Happy St, Valentine's Day, everyone!

Each year on February 14th, many people exchange cards, candy, gifts or flowers with their special “valentine.” The day of romance we call Valentine’s Day is named for a Christian martyr and dates back to the 5th century, but has origins in the Roman holiday Lupercalia: 

In the beginning, Valentine's Day was associated with romantic couples only but in recent times the festival is seen in much larger perspective. Now, people take opportunity of the day to wish ‘Happy Valentine's Day' to anyone they love be it father, mother, teachers, siblings, friends, co-workers or just anyone special to them. The idea behind this tradition is to celebrate love, get love and give love to everyone around us. 

Approximately 150 million ❤ Valentine's Day cards ❤ are exchanged annually, making Valentine's Day the second most popular card-sending holiday after Christmas.

Do you want to surprise your beloved ones? No need to spend your money. Here you can learn about how  to make a Valentine's Day Heart Pop-up Card ❤

 And... if you need some inspiration to express your love: 

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
- Aristotle

Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.
- Anais Nin

I love you and that's the beginning and end of everything ― F. Scott Fitzgerald

"I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you" ― Roy Croft

"If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever" ― Alfred Tennyson

"A loving heart is the truest wisdom".- Charles Dickens

"Love is a promise; love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear." —John Lennon

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."
-Helen Keller

"Loving is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction"

- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry,

"I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride; so I love you because I know no other way than this" 
- Pablo Neruda, "Love Sonnet XVII"

“A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.”
- Honore de Balzac

• • “Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.”
    
    -Oscar Wilde
  • Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,

    
    

    And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

    
    

    A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare 
• Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. ~Albert Einstein
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Happy St. Valentine's Day!

Each year on February 14th, many people exchange cards, candy, gifts or flowers with their special “valentine.” The day of romance we call Valentine’s Day is named for a Christian martyr and dates back to the 5th century, but has origins in the Roman holiday Lupercalia.

Cupid became a symbol of Valentine's Day due to the fact that he is the Roman

god associated with the erotic, passionate type of love. His arrows cause his targets to fall in love.

Traditional Wedding Vows

I, (name), take you (name), to be my (wife/husband), to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part. 

Mr Bean's Wedding 

Band Aid 30. Do They Know It's Christmas?

Band Aid is a charity supergroup featuring mainly British and Irish musicians and recording artists. It was founded in 1984 byBob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for anti-poverty efforts in Ethiopia by releasing the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market that year

Band Aid 30 is the 2014 incarnation of the charity supergroup Band Aid. The group was announced on 10 November 2014 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, with Geldof stating that he took the step after the United Nations had contacted him, saying help was urgently needed to prevent the 2014 Ebola crisis in Western Africa spreading throughout the world. As in previous incarnations, the group covered the track "Do They Know It's Christmas?", written in 1984 by Geldof and Ure, this time to raise money towards the Ebola crisis in Western Africa.

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                                                 "Do They Know It's Christmas?"

[One Direction:]
It's Christmas time, there's no need to be afraid

[Ed Sheeran:]
At Christmas time, we let in light and we banish shade

[Rita Ora:]
And in our world of plenty we can spread a smile of joy

[Sam Smith:]
Throw your arms around the world at Christmas time

[Paloma Faith:]
But say a prayer and pray for the other ones

[Emeli Sandé:]
At Christmas time it's hard but while you’re having fun

[Guy Garvey:]
There’s a world outside your window and it’s a world of dread and fear

[Dan Smith:]
Where a kiss of love can kill you

[Angelique Kidjo:]
Where there’s death in every tear

[Chris Martin:]
And the Christmas bells that ring there are the clanging chimes of doom

[Bono:]
Well, tonight we’re reaching out and touching you

[Seal:]
Bring peace and joy this Christmas to West Africa

[Ellie Goulding:]
A song of hope where there’s no hope tonight

[Sinéad O'Connor:]
Why is comfort to be feared, why is to touch to be scared?

[Bono:]
How can they know it’s Christmas time at all?

[One Direction:]
Here’s to you

[Olly Murs:]
Raise a glass to everyone

[Bastille:]
Here’s to them
[Sam Smith:]
And all there is to come
[Rita Ora:]
Can they know it’s Christmas time at all?

[All:]
Heal the world
Let them know it’s Christmas time again

Heal the world
Let them know it’s Christmas time again

Heal the world
Let them know it’s Christmas time again

Heal the world
Let them know it’s Christmas time again

Heal the world
Let them know it’s Christmas time again

Heal the world
Let them know it’s Christmas time again

Heal the world
Let them know it’s Christmas time again

Heal the world
Let them know it’s Christmas time again

COMPARATIVES and SUPERLATIVES: The New Halloween Costume.

Whoever said bigger equals badder hasn't seen this video. This time, the largest dog in the world became the biggest baby when he saw the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.

This mother loves to trick her Great Dane every year on Halloween. Every year, she dresses up in a new Halloween costume and surprises Luke (named after Luke Skywalker). His reaction is usually a combination of fear, wonder and excitement.

DRESS UP = disfrazarse, vestirse elegante
COSTUME = disfraz, traje
WONDER = asombro

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HAPPY ST. VALENTINE’S DAY

Each year on February 14th, many people exchange cards, candy, gifts or flowers with their special “valentine.” The day of romance we call Valentine’s Day is named for a Christian martyr and dates back to the 5th century, but has origins in the Roman holiday Lupercalia.

Watch the video to learn  about the origin of this tradition

Are you a romantic? You will love this marriage proposal! 

A big surprise was waiting for Dusting at  at the Home Depot in Salt Lake City

WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS!

We Wish You a Merry Christmas : Lyrics

We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin;
Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer
We won't go until we get some;
We won't go until we get some;
We won't go until we get some, so bring some out here

We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

PENGUINS' COVER

The Penguins of Madagascar The Twelve Days of Christmas

ONE WEEK FOR CHRISTMASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.......

HAVE YOU WRITTEN YOUR LETTER TO SANTA?

Fourth Thursday of November: THANKSGIVING DAY.

In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. It wasn't until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November.

HARVEST FEAST = fiesta de la cosecha
ACKNOWLEDGED = reconocido, declarado

ESO STUDENTS

BACH STUDENTS

FUNNY THANKSGIVING with 'Friends':  Thanksgiving Flashback - Joey and the Turkey

Happy Mother's Day.

Let's learn from Japan.

Read this beautiful Information about Japan

1 - Did you know that Japanese children clean their schools every day for a quarter of an hour with teachers, which led to the emergence of a Japanese generation who is modest and keen on cleanliness.

LEAD, led, led = conducir, llevar a
EMERGENCE = aparición, surgimiento
KEEN ON = aficcionado a

2 - Did you know that any Japanese citizen who has a dog must carry bag and special bags to pick up dog droppings. Hygiene is part of Japanese ethics.

CITIZEN = ciudadano
PICK UP = recoger
DROPPINGS = excrementos

3 - Did you know that hygiene worker in Japan is called "health engineer" and can command salary of USD 5000 to 8000 per month, and a cleaner is subjected to written and oral tests!!

COMMAND = reclamar, ordenar
USD = US dollars
To BE SUBJECTED TO = estar sujeto a

4 - Did you know that Japan does not have any natural resources, and they are exposed to hundreds of earthquakes a year but do not prevent her from becoming the second largest economy in the world? -

RESOURCES  = recursos
EARTHQUAKES = terremotos
PREVENT = impedir

5 - Did you know that Hiroshima returned to what it was economically vibrant before the fall of the atomic bomb in just ten years?

VIBRANT = brillante

6 - Did you know that Japan prevents the use of mobile in trains, restaurants and indoor public spaces?

7 - Did you know that in Japan students from the first to sixth primary year must learn ethics in dealing with people?

DEAL WITH = tratar con 

8 - Did you know that the Japanese even though one of the richest people in the world but they do not have servants. The parents are responsible for the house and children.

EVEN THOUGH = incluso aunque,  a pesar de que
SERVANT = criado

9 - Did you know that there is no examination from the first to the third primary level; because the goal of education is to instill concepts and character building, not just examination and indoctrination. -

INSTILL = inculcar

10 - Did you know that if you go to a buffet restaurant in Japan you will notice people only eat as much as they need without any waste. No wasteful food.

WASTE = malgasto/ malgastar

11 - Did you know that the rate of delayed trains in Japan is about 7 seconds per year!! They appreciate the value of time, very punctual to minutes and seconds.

RATE = tasa, índice
DELAYED = retrasado
12 -. Did you know that children in schools brush their teeth (sterile) and clean their teeth after a meal at school; They maintain their health from an early age -

13 - Did you know that students take half an hour to finish their meals to ensure right digestion. When asked about this concern, they said: These students are the future of Japan


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Are you romantic?

St Valentine's Day  is about.... The way you make me feel (Michael Jackson)

      Authors, poets and playwrights (=dramaturgo)  have been trying to capture love in words for thousands of years.   Check out this collection of quotes (=citas)  about love from some of the world's most famous romantics

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
- Aristotle

Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.
- Anais Nin

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
-Helen Keller

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride; so I love you because I know no other way than this 
- Pablo Neruda, "Love Sonnet XVII"

  Cupid, Roman God of Love, is perhaps the most famous of all Valentine symbols, As the son of Venus, he is often depicted as a mischievous (=travieso), winged (=alado) child whose arrows  (=flechas) pierce the hearts of his victims, causing them to fall in love. Cupid is derived from the Latin word cupido, which means "desire." His Greek counterpart is Eros (from whom comes the word "erotic"),

Even Cupido has problems with taxes...

And... just in case you have not seen it yet, this is the most famous wedding entrance EVER!

Romantic? Cheerful? Different?... HAPPY!