Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Day (Jour de l'Action de grâce in Canadian French) is a national holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Several other places around the world observe similar celebrations. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and on the second Monday of October in Canada. Thanksgiving has its historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, and has long been celebrated in a secular manner as well.

Film Review

Yesterday I went to the movies. I watched "Blue Jasmine". That's Woody Allen's last film. It's awesome, a masterpiece, you can't miss it. ( if you want to read a review go to:
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/19/blue-jasmine-review

This is a short synopsis:

After everything in her life falls to pieces, including her marriage to wealthy businessman Hal (Alec Baldwin), elegant New York socialite Jasmine (Cate Blanchett) moves into her sister Ginger’s (Sally Hawkins) modest apartment in San Francisco to try to pull herself back together again.

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution

As promised:

Listening Exercise

Good morning!! Thank God it's Friday!! A new weekend with lots of free time and nothing to do hehehe. That's why I'm going to post a listening exercise, if you are up to it.
I hope you enjoy it!!!

"When British Prime Minister Adam Lang's ghost writer, Michael McAra, dies in mysterious circumstances, a new writer is brought in to write Lang's autobiography. But it soon becomes clear that Lang and his wife Ruth are a much more complicated couple than they first appear. The Ghost is a powerful commentary on the policies employed by the British government in the 'War on Terror'."

Original work by Robert Harris

http://www.macmillanreaders.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/The_Ghost_01.mp3

A new book review

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is the first of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series of novels by Alexander McCall Smith, set in Gaborone, Botswana, and featuring the Motswana protagonist Precious Ramotswe. Part of the novel's plot is based on the murder of Segametsi Mogomotsi in 1994, a ritual killing in Mochudi.




Great Book for Advanced 1 level that you can find in the library.

Guy Fawkes Night

Guy Fawkes is a very British celebration. It celebrates a failed attempt to blow up the Houses of parliament (that's where Big Ben is) in London. This was probably one of the first examples of terrorism, only it didn't work.

If you want to know more go to