Drunk Man Utd fan calls the police

Just for fun! Listen and read this phone conversation. A drunk and upset fan speaks some real English when he calls the police to complain about Manchester United. Listen to the funny audio and read the full transcript.

Does travel broaden the mind?

Listen to this podcast.

Fill in the gaps in these sentences (one word in each gap). Check your answers in ‘comments’.

1.       Melissa thinks the more you _____________, the more different _____________ you encounter and learn about them and _____________ the differences.

2.       They both agree that you learn nothing on the _____________.

3.       When you get there, you do the _____________ things: look at the nice _____________, take a few _____________, try the _____________...

4.       She did backpacking around _____________. They did about _____________ countries in 1 month and she thinks by the end of it they stopped _____________ it in.

5.       He travelled around South America for 3 and a half or 4 months and he was just _____________.

6.       ‘You learn about _____________’. She thinks this cliché is true. You learn about what you are _____________ of.

7.       He was water rafting and he learnt he could _____________ under water.

8.       She thinks travel broadens your mind considering travel as in taking yourself _____________ very different to what you know, putting yourself in another _____________, with another _____________, in another place.

9.       He thinks for travel to broaden your mind you have to _____________ and _____________ there. You basically have to be an _____________ _____________.

Tour Guide Speech

Listen to a tour guide (don't read the script) and take notes. Then listen and read. 

Travel options

Click here and listen to Keren talking about the way she travels. Do the comprehension activity and have a look at the vocabulary.

*Have a look at old posts about travelling clicking on Unit 3 F2F.

Relative pronouns

Click here to see a lesson on that topic.

Happy Valentine's Day

A. Watch this short video about one of the legends about the history of St Valentine and answer the questions. Check your answers in 'comments'.

1. When and where did St Valentine live?
2. Why was the Roman Empire crumbling?
3. What did Emperor Claudius II believe?
4. What did the Emperor do?
5. What did the bishop do?
6. What did the bishop do during his imprisonment?
7. Why was he sentenced to death?
8. What did he do before his execution?


B. Click here to listen to a podcast about St Valentine's Day. Answer the questions and then check them in 'comments'. You can also click here (you have the complete story and some of the vocabulary).

1. How do couples show their love for each other on St Valentine's Day?
2. What has the celebration become in recent years?
3. How many roses are sold worldwide?
4. Who do some historians suggest St Valentine was?
5. When did the duke of Orleans send what is considered the first St Valentine's card?
6. How did the duke seek solace for his confinement?
7. How is it celebrated in Japan?
8. What happens in Korea on 14th April?
9. What do Internet security experts say?
10. Who sends Valentine cards to criminals?
11. What kind of criminals?
12. Can you complete the poem?

________ are red
Violets are ________ 
You've got a warrant and
We'd ________ to ________  you!

*You can learn more about this festivity having a look at older posts.

Daily Exercise Leads to Better Health

Listen to the podcast and take notes. Then listen and read to check your notes (you can click on words you don't know to check the meaning).