Listening practice at home

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000c9mb/episodes/downloads

The rise and fall of Anna Delvey, who conned New York high society into believing that she was a multi-millionaire heiress. Vicky Baker and Chloe Moss dig deeper into the scandal. (6 episodes in total)

RECYCLING

                 Nowadays, many people believe that recycling is a good way of protecting the environment, but other humans argue that it is useless.                                                                                             There are some reasons why people don't recycle. First off all, a lot of them cannot be bothered because they are sometimes bored to recycle their trash and they throw it all in the same bin. Secondly, they often don't believe it will make any difference because if they only recycled, then the planet wouldn't be saved from global warming. Another reason would be that they complain that separating waste is too difficult and that there are no recycling bins near their house so they do not want to walk a long distance for rubbish.                                                                                                                    There are a lot of ways that we would encourage people to recycle. The first aspect that should be considered is to increase the number of recycling bins, so people would have the opportunity to recycle more easily. Another proposal would be to start an information campaign in the media, to open no-waste stores so people could bring their bag and save the planet at the same time and to people give people a reason or the benefits of recycling.                                                                         This problem should be solved as soon as possible, because our planet will be destroyed in some decades. I am looking forward to seeing an increasing number of people recycling. 

Recycling

                                                 Recycling

  In modern society, most people try to protect the planet, so the next generation has a better place to live in.Not recycling has a negative impact on the environment.On the other hand, recycling ought to save energy,save money and reduce the pollution which is cauced by waste.

   One of the most common excuses people use to avoid recycling is that it is too time consuming, as some people claim that recycling takes too much time and they have more important things to do.Additionally, other people say they cannot be bothered and they do not want to be the ones who make the effort first because they think if an action is too small it will not make a difference.

   The question is what we can do to encourage people to start recycling.Actually I think there many ways, such as opening shops that are based on no-waste products.Or even publishing articles in the media, for instance putting an article on a newpaper about recycling as a good way for people to understand how important recycling is.

   To sum up, Recycling can impact in a positive way on the environment, as if we give people incentives to recycle, more of them will understand how in danger our planet is.   

Further practice at home or in the computer room

How can I practise at home?

• Free Rice Vocabulary Game
• British Council: Advanced Vocabulary
• Spotify podcasts: Stuff you should know
• CNN 10
• Voice of America: Learning English
• The Guardian
• The Life Scientific Podcasts
• BBC Radio 4
• Scientific American
• TED videos
• Collection on the school's blog

Spotify playlist

This is our Spotify playlist of songs that express our students’ goals, wishes and dreams for the year 2020 and the future, in general. The list is getting bigger and bigger by the day!

https://open.spotify.com/user/11101034598/playlist/7spQBcTE06NsIWLlnMDKxy?si=dcIaKhFWSdqO31kOr4zuVA

You can visit the school’s class blogs to see each student’s message and song of choice.

My 2020 song

David Guerra  ft. Sia is the song that represents my personal goals for 2020.I want to be stronger and to be able to stand out in everyday life's challenges.My swimming routine and my school schedule are the most difficult and maybe the most important things, especially school which I need to keep on working hard for.

https://youtu.be/JRfuAukYTKg

You will excel, as always! Great choice, swimmer! Christina 

My song for 2020

https://uncvrd.co/to/grandsonBW

                            BLOOD WATER-Grandson

         

     This song has influenced me a lot since I heard it first. It makes me understand how other people feel sometimes. The song might be a true story for someone. If you hear it carefully you will understand how real the lyrics and the feelings of the singer are.

That is so true! Great song, Maraki! Christina 💝

FCE writing tips

A song that describes my goals for 2020

                           

                   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pO40TcKa_5U


        This is a song that perfectly describes my goals for 2020 as I want to be stronger and stop feeling anxiety for unimportant things.In addition I want to start following advice that other people want to give to me.

(That will only benefit you, Evridiki! Way to go! Christina 💝)

My favourite song

                                                                                                                                                                             This is the song that I like the most :                                                                                                                                                         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wtfhZwyrcc                                                                                                                                             This is my favourite one because it describes my goals for this year. It says that you should believe that you can achieve any goal if you want. It describes my new year's attempt to increase my marks at school and to be improved at basketball.  

(Excellent choice, blogger! Christina 💝)

Having a pet is not as easy as you might imagine

                        (Well done, blogger!)                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Ηaving a pet is not as easy as you might imagine.Having previously owned a cat, I can confirm that there are many difficulties to confort in your everyday routine, however pets can offer you a large number of memories, and positive things.

First of all one of the worst drawbacks of owning a pet is their death, it is painful because after a while they become a part of your family and daily life.So their death can be truly traumatic experience and change your whole life and feel heartbreaking.Secondly travelling is another problem, as you need someone to keep them, when you are away, and it needs to be a trustworthy person, but it is also the emotional pain that you will get through.

On the other hand, there are many more benefits. For instance, if you live by yourself, it can get lonely at home, but pets make good company, and they make sure that you are not lonely. Moreover,   they help you if you have a mental illness. Pets are a relief from social anxiety or depression.Especially if it is a dog it will make you go out more often and meet new people.

In the view of the above, I think pets can contribute your happiness as they give you emotion support, but you also have many obligations to be awe of, as you need to keep them happy and clean too.

 

Honesty is the best policy

The definition of Honesty is the best policy is used to say that telling the truth is better than lying even when it is hard to do. For instance, someone realizes that honesty is the best policy and tells his parents what really happens with his grades at school. However, In my view we all can sometimes tell white lies, if they do not matter to the other person.

Teens' communication

 Many teens have conversation with their friends by social media or face to face. Here are some advantages and drawbacks of those two types of communication.                                               

Face to face communication is very good because you spend time socializing, talking to people, making friends and not looking all the time at a screen. Face to face communication also has some disadvantages like the fact that it is difficult to meet people who live far away. 

Social media are very good because they are convenient if you are short of time and you can also communicate with humans that are far away. But social media have some drawbacks that should be mentioned. Firstly, it is very easy to get addicted to it so you probably never meet 'real' people.                 

If you are a sociable person, it is probably better to have conversations face to face, but if you are a person that loves chatting, you are better of having conversations via social media.

Unexpected and thought provoking! Merry Christmas, bloggers!