WE USED TO WAIT - Arcade Fire

Arcade Fire is one of the most successful groups now. They published their last album, "The Suburbs", last year. One of the songs of this album is this one, that was released with an amazing film. You can watch it here.
To watch the film you have to use the browser Google Chrome. If you don't have it in your computer, you can download it here. It's only a minute!!

Have you seen the film?? Did you like it?

BEYONCE - IF I WERE A BOY

by Inmaculada Muñoz (2nd Bachillerato A Night)

Her name is Beyonce Giselle Knowles. She was born on 4th September 1981 in Houston, Texas. She celebrated her wedding anniversary on 4th April 2009 with her husband Jay Z. Beyonce won fame in the late 90s as the lead singer of the group "Destiny's Child". Her first album was "Dangerous in Love", released in June 2003. Her second album was "Live at Wembley" (2004) and her third album was "B' Day" (2006). Her last CD is "I am... Sasha Fierce". Here we can find the song "If I Were a Boy".



This song is about a girl in the body of a man. She talks about her experience with her husband. She sees life as a man with a woman's body. This song is for many girls that are in her situation.

Do you like this song? What do you think about this?

SUSAN BOYLE

She is a contestant in "You got Talent". She surprised everyone with her voice. Let's see if you understand something of what they say.

Watch the video

How old is she? Where is she from?
This contest is shown in Spain too. Do you know the name of the program in Spanish?

WATCHMEN

This is a film based on a popular series of comics and graphic novels that present superheroes as ordinary people that must face their own ethic conflicts and personal problems, and that except Doctor Manhattan, don't have any superpowers.

Have you read any of these comics? Have you watched the film?
Do you know the name of the creators of the comics?
And a difficult question: Do you know the name of the group that performs the song in the trailer?

LOSE YOURSELF

This is the video from this song by Eminem, my favourite rap song. I'm sure you have listened to it a lot of times.

This song was composed as the main theme for a movie, do you know which?
How would you translate "Lose Yourself"?
Do you like Eminem?

SAFARI AT KRUGER

This video is a bit long, but it's worth watching it. It's amazing. I only want you to tell me what do you think of it all.

THE MATRIX

"The Matrix" is a science fiction movie that was made in 1999. It was written and directed by the Wachowski Brothers. The main actors in the movie are Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss and Hugo Weaving. The main character is Neo, a hacker. A man named Morpheus shows Neo what the Matrix is. The Matrix is a computer program that is an unreal world and makes people think that live in a real world... If you haven't watched it yet, I won't tell you more. You can watch the trailer:



How many sentences can you understand from the trailer?
This is one of my favourite films. Do you like it?
Do you know the name of the charecter played by the actor Hugo Weaving?

THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS

Watch the trailer of this film:



The film is based on a best-seller of the same name. Do you know the author? Have you read the book?

How old are the children?

SNEEZING

Hi, here you have an interesting video. You can follow it because the girl speaks very slowly and it is subtitled. Here you will learn some aspects of the English culture. I hope you like it.



Is there any difference with Spanish concerning sneezing?

A FUNNY DANCE

Look at this video:



What do you think of it? Do you like it?
Do you know the name of the group and of the song?

LILLY

This video is a bit long, but it is worth watching it. Here you can learn the name of a lot of countries in the world.



One question: How old is Lilly?