THE GIFT OF THE MAGI CHRISTMAS STORY

http://www.auburn.edu/~vestmon/Gift_of_the_Magi.html

CHRISTMAS READING: AUGGIE WREN'S CHRISTMAS STORY

A CHRISTMAS STORY BY PAUL AUSTER

LISTEN TO THE STORY HERE:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDGVoaSL6o8

THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN READ THE STORY

http://www.christmasmagazine.com/en/spirit/story10.asp

MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86kckraMXtI

JAIME'S SUGGESTION: MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS

JAIME'S SUGGESTION


Film: My Blueberry Nights
Year: 2007
Director: Wong Kar Wai
Plot: The plot is not important in this film. What makes this film interesting is the beauty of its images.Why I liked it: This film, in its apparent simplicity, traps you with its music and its photography.

Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Blueberry_Nights

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86kckraMXtI

http://www.blueberrynightsmovie.com/

TREADING WATER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTKJcXKrNkk

Have a look at this video

FIND OUT ABOUT 49 Up


http://www.pbs.org/pov/fortynineup/


WATCH SOME VIDEOS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcMWAWaXWhg

http://video.google.es/videosearch?hl=es&source=hp&q=49-up&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv#

http://video.google.es/videosearch?hl=es&source=hp&q=49-up&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rQ1V7m0Kfs

HUNGRY EYES- PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

I've been meaning to tell you...
Watch this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oKUTOLSeMM

I've been meaning to tell you
I've got this feelin that won't subside
I look at you and I fantasize
You're mine tonight
Now I've got you in my sights
CHORUS:
With these hungry eyes
One look at you and I can't disguiseI've got
hungry eyesI feel the magic between you and I
I want to hold you so hear me out
I want to show you what love's all about
Darlin tonight
Now I've got you in my sights
CHORUS
Now I've got you in my sights
With these hungry eyes
Now did I take you by surprise
I need you to see
That you were meant for me
CHORUS FADES

Do you remember...? Waltzing Matilda

VIDEO

This version contains the lyrics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1VLUgTvqc4&feature=related

tbis is the version you probably remember best:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOJxEI2MERg

and this version is the one that brings me the most memories...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1blMBfx29c


LYRICS

There are no "official" lyrics to "Waltzing Matilda", and slight variations can be found in different sources.[7] This version incorporates the famous "You'll never catch me alive said he" variation introduced by the Billy Tea company.[8] Paterson's original lyrics referred directly to 'drowning', which the tea company felt was too negative.

Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
And he sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me
"Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me"
And he sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled,
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".

Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong,
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee,
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me"
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".

Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred,
Down came the troopers, one, two, three,
"Where's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?"
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda"
You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me"
"Where's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?",
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".
Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong,
"You'll never catch me alive", said he,
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me"
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me.""Oh, You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me."
PLOT DETAILS

The song narrates the story of an itinerant worker making a crude cup of tea at a bush camp and capturing a sheep to eat. When the sheep's ostensible owner arrives with three policemen to arrest the worker, he drowns himself in a small lake and goes on to haunt the site. The lyrics contain many distinctively Australian English words, some now rarely used outside this song. These include:
waltzing
derived from the German term auf der Walz, which means to travel while working as a craftsman and learn new techniques from other masters before returning home after three years and one day, a custom which is still in use today among carpenters.[9]
Matilda
a romantic term for a swagman's bundle. See below, "Waltzing Matilda."
Waltzing Matilda
from the above terms, "to waltz Matilda" is to travel with a swag, that is, with all one's belongings on one's back wrapped in a blanket or cloth. The exact origins of the term "Matilda" are disputed; one fanciful derivation states that when swagmen met each other at their gatherings, there were rarely women to dance with. Nonetheless, they enjoyed a dance, and so they danced with their swags, which was given a woman's name. However, this appears to be influenced by the word "waltz", hence the introduction of dancing. It seems more likely that, as a swagman's only companion, the swag came to be personified as a woman.
Another explanation is that the term also derives from German immigrants. German soldiers commonly referred to their greatcoats as "Matilda", supposedly because the coat kept them as warm as a woman would. Early German immigrants who "went on the waltz" would wrap their belongings in their coat, and took to calling it by the same name their soldiers had used.
swagman
a man who travelled the country looking for work. The swagman's "swag" was a bed roll that bundled his belongings.
billabong
an oxbow lake (a cut-off river bend) found alongside a meandering river.
coolibah tree
a kind of eucalyptus tree which grows near billabongs.
jumbuck
a large difficult to shear sheep, not a tame sheep. Implies that the sheep was not 'owned' by the squatter or regularly shorn, thus not able to be stolen by the swagman.
billy
a can for boiling water in, usually 2–3 pints.
Tucker bag
a bag for carrying food ("tucker").
troopers
policemen.
squatter
Australian squatters started as early farmers who raised livestock on land which they did not legally have the right to use; in many cases they later gained legal use of the land even though they did not have full possession, and became wealthy thanks to these large land holdings. The squatter's claim to the land may be as uncertain as the swagman's claim to the jumbuck.

SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION

"Waltzing Matilda" is Australia's most widely known bush ballad, a country folk song, and has been referred to as "the unofficial national anthem of Australia".[1] The title is Australian slang for travelling by foot with one's goods in a "Matilda" (bag) slung over one's back.[2]
The song narrates the story of an itinerant worker or Swagman making a drink of tea at a bush camp and capturing a sheep to eat. When the sheep's ostensible owner arrives with three police officers to arrest the worker for the alleged theft (a crime punishable by hanging), the worker drowns himself in a small watering hole and goes on to haunt the site.
The original lyrics were written in 1887 by poet and nationalist Banjo Paterson. It was first published as sheet music in 1903. Extensive folklore surrounds the song and the process of its creation, to the extent that the song has its own museum, the Waltzing Matilda Centre in Winton, Queensland.

VIVA LA VIDA- LYRICS + SONG

For the lyrics and music click here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b1rXfEgMQA

vIirgina's suggestion: YES MAN

Yes man is the first film suggested by one of you.
Virgina enjoyed very much and recommends it because it is a comedy, but it has a message.
click here and enjoy the film's trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRv4CoXQoAQ

SUGGEST A FILM

Hello avanzado 1,


Some of you had a brilliant idea, which I would love to put into practice.


You said you would like ot hear our own suggestions for films to watch in English. This could be extended to books too, of course.


This is how we can do it. If there is a film you have watched and enjoyed and would like to recommend, you can write it as a comment in this blog.


If possible include

• NAME OF FILM


• YEAR


• DIRECTOR


• PLOT


• WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT IT.

My suggestion will arrive shortly!!!

Cheers!

PRACTISE CONDITIONALS WITH MUSIC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVTyLqkez6A LISTEN TO IF I WERE A BOY BY BEYONCE KNOWLES


http://www.metrolyrics.com/if-i-were-a-boy-lyrics-beyonce-knowles.html
READ THE LYRICS AND SEE WHAT SHE WOULD OR WOULDN'T DO