BLADE RUNNER ENDING SCENE

I heard the other day that Blade Runner ( by Ridley Scott) was filmed and screened for the first time 30 years ago (in 1982). The end of this film is my favourite end together with that of the film Smoke scripted by Paul Auster. The last scene is a deep thought about life and living experiences, about moments that remain and moments that are forgotten. This is one of my obsessions ever: TO REMEMBER!

Both actors, Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer, are fantastic.

The film presents the city of Los Angeles in 2019. Life is weird there but you learn that humans and replicants have the same worries than ever: LIFE & DEATH and how we face them. It is a magnificent film.

Please: Watch films in English if possible. The real voice of the actors is very important to understand a film deeply.

THE END OF THE COURSE

This is a song for ALL MY STUDENTS at CEPA Joaquín Sorolla 2011-2012

• SECONDARY IIA: Juanjo, David, Delia, Fabricio, Bruno... Good luck with your studies & work. Thanks for leaving me 5 minutes for coffee before the classes.
• CONVERSATION GROUP: Wonderful 18 ladies and 2 gentlemen. Time used to fly in your class. I owe you the scones. I'll write the recipe at least when I have some time. Sorry to leave you so soon.
• ENGLISH LEVEL 1 (morning): You are fantastic students and your English improves day by day. You were also a very varied but unified group. Congratulations. Leoncio, you will get well soon. We'll be all waiting for you.
• ACCESO: Well, I've already told you how happy you made me on those winter evenings. You passed your exam and I'm proud of you.

Meeting you all and teaching you has been a pleasure. It's always hard for me to say good bye. That's why I always think about a song at the end of the academic year which gives me ENERGY to continue loving my work:

I WILL SURVIVE ( by Gloria Gaynor)
GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU!!!

ELVIRA'S CUPCAKES

Elvira's cupcakes

Elvira is one of those people who everybody should have as a friend. She is the opposite of me: patient, relaxed, meticulous. And she is also the most elegant person I have ever met. I mean the elegance that is inside some people and that appears in everything they do. She's lived in Ireland for a long time, where we shared unforgetable experiences. In The British Isles the decoration of every single thing is essential even if the flavour is awful.

Elvira invited me to her home last Sunday and she had made these delicious CUPCAKES decorated with lovely eatable little things bought even in Germany! I was really impressed (and my children devored them). Next step: I'll get the recipe and share with my conversation students.

Everybody should have an Elvira in their lives.  THANKS for being my friend for 20 years.

SONG FOR MY EX-ACCESO STUDENTS

Hi boys. Congratulations for passing your exam. You are free now to study what you want. GOOD LUCK & THANKS for doing my Friday evenings so enjoyable & thanks for taking me to that pub with muic from the 80s. It was a nice end of the course and a nice beginning of  something.
Kike, Pepe, Víctor, Jaime...for you
Love is in the air:

THE PHILOLOGISTS: 20th ANNIVERSARY

Twenty years ago, just at this time of the year, we picked up the "papeletas" and got our degree. We are still good friends and we celebrated this special anniversary with wine and more... These are my beloved philologists: Elvira, the queen of patchwork, Rudolph & Susi, the late-sleepers, Cris, the politician and cello player, Mari Carmen & Santi, the owners of the most beautiful house in Toledo and in the world, Luis, the god-father and myself, the non-sitting lizard's tail. You were the best subject, the ones who taught me more things. I love you. (Martínez: see you soon at your school, hopefully!)

HENRY VIII AND HIS SIX WIVES

ACTIVITY FOR MY CONVERSATION GROUP
We have read the book; Henry VIII and his Six Wives by Oxford University Press.
I suggest you some activities to do to work more deeply with the text.
This is the link to get more information about the book and resources to exploit the book. You can have a look at it.
http://elt.oup.com/catalogue/items/global/graded_readers/oxford_bookworms_library/stage_2/9780194790628?cc=global&selLanguage=en

Here you have a fantastic link with photos of all the characters, a text about them and a video. It is very intering to get into the context of the story
http://talesofcuriosity.com/v/HenrysWives/