Projects
Learning Spanish — Project Day 47
Today's topics
- Indirect objects
- Imperfect 'you' for '-er' and '-ir' verbs
- Quantitative adjective pronouns
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Music
Motown Soul, New York Girls
It's time to go back to the Motown vaults. Obviously, I've followed my usual pattern of trying to select a few tracks that were not global hits. It's pretty obvious why the Honest Men's “Baby” didn't make it. It's utter shit. I'm amazed that they even got session time for it. I can only imagine that Berry Gordy thought its sub-Beach Boys sound would appeal to white teens. Nah! Not even the most crew-cut, saccharine-up, bible-bashing christian would go for this turkey. In fact there's a few turkey's in the Motown list. C'est la vie. Change is as good as a rest. Shorty Long's 2 minutes 45 seconds is worth a spin, and there's always 1971.
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Activities
Language Learning Strategies 04
OK, today's piece is not so much an 'article' as it is a 'list of lists', with an introduction and some commentary.
Having decided to work within my existing resources, prioritise 'breakthrough' skills and target time slots rather than lists of topic content ... I still need to know what I'm actually going to do tomorrow, on 'day 1'.
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Comment
Insouciance — An English Disease
Insouciance — the effortless, laugh it off, never take things too seriously, cultural tic that the English language couldn't be bothered to find its own word for — is everywhere in British society. It underpins both the self-proclaimed 'sense of humour' and endemic fatalism. Breaking sweat to fix big problems or make great advances can only lead to embarrassing failure. So best not try, eh?
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Dislikes
Electric Cars — stupid option
Obviously, electric cars are better than diesel or petrol-driven cars. But the problem with cars goes far beyond the poisons they emit, or their effect on global heating. They are weapons that directly kill or maim countless more people than terrorists or natural disasters — and that's only the tip of the iceberg. They diminish our lives in so many other ways ...
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Likes
Dutch Bikes Are Best
I don't own a 'Dutch Bike', but I have adapted a mountain bike and a folding bike to their more comfortable and relaxed riding style. Because, that's partly what it takes to get unfit, overweight and aged people like me riding more often. As with so much of British business, UK cycle retailers seem to have everything 'arse over tit' — promoting the bottoms up, heads down, racing position.
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