Last May's Online Speaking Corner

I was late to the last May Speaking Corner because I had a previous meeting about our evaluation.  I apologized for being late, and we chatted for a while about our favorite foods.

Rat seized the opportunity, as usual, and showed us the worms she brought from Thailand. Delicious!

MyEnglishLab exercises

We are at the end of our English course and I'm reviewing all we've studied. I've been doing the online exercises in MyEnglishLab. I'm proud I got the checkmark in all the units till the 8th and I hope I'll finish on time the lasts units.

May's Online Speaking Corner III: beauty canons

I met again my classmates Mary and Marce in the 3rd May's Online Speaking Corner.

We started watching some famous people's pictures.  We saw the original photo and its version edited with Photoshop, and then we talked about beauty canons and how they affect women and men. 

Little by little our speech became deepest, and we discuss the fashion industry, the anorexia, beauty surgeries... We had a good time.

May's Online Speaking Corner II: holiday destinations

Our second May's Online Speaking Corner was a bit masochistic. We are still locked down because of the coronavirus, but we talked for one hour about pictures from the holidays.

May's Online Speaking Corner I: Edward Hopper

In the first May's Online Speaking Corner we talked about some paintings by Edward Hopper, who is an American painter that Joan loves. 

To be honest, I don't like quite much that painter. I've always thought that his work is very depressing. However, his paintings were useful to help us to invent stories about their characters. In fact, we laughed a lot. 

National Theatre Live's Frankenstein

I knew through the EOI Cornellà de Llobregat information channel that the National Theatre is making the plays accessible to thousands free of charge during the coronavirus pandemic.

I watched Frankenstein on the National Theatre's YouTube channel, performed by Benedict Cumberbatch as the creature and Jonny Lee Miller as Victor Frankenstein.

overcome	superar
sworn	jurado
outcast	paria
bargain	negociar
abhor	aborrecer
deserted	abandonado
bubbling up	burbujeando
cherish	apreciar
lace and velvet	encaje y terciopelo
Whatsoever	Lo que
lured	atraído
beg	mendigar
lair	guarida
awry	torcido
meddled	entrometido
grievance	queja
lack	carencia
stink	hedor
furnace	horno
forsaken	abandonado
muck in a sack	estiércol en un saco
shred of human warmth	jirón de calor humano
Hatred	Odio

More Skype sessions with Ingrid

I enjoy very much the Skype sessions with our Conversational English Teacher. We normally talk for several minutes, and then she shows me some mistakes I did in my speech.

She writes in the chat window the keywords and correct structures. Since I got an Ethernet wire my connection is much better and now I can follow the sessions online without a problem.