Happy holidays!

Enjoy your summer holidays!

Don't forget to practise your English a bit during the summer.

Best wishes,

María.

The reader_ Int 1 Listening

I've chosen this video for my last post before the holidays because, apart from being beautiful, it shows how important effort and determination are at all levels and stages of life.

I hope you enjoy it.

Best wishes,

María

Exam results June 2015 _ Int 1

Hello everybody!

As I told you after your exams, your marks will be published next Monday evening. Be patient because the website takes its time!

http://gem.extrasoft.es/wCalificaciones.aspx?CODIGO_ESCUELA=M24&CODIGO=60&CCA=017

And you will be able to see your exam (Revisión de examen) on Tuesday 9th at 20:00h. Of course, this is not compulsory!

If you are not coming on Tuesday, ENJOY YOUR SUMMER!

36 Life Lessons I Learned Before the Age of 30_ The Observer 4th May 2015

Here's a simplified version of this recent interview that I have really enjoyed reading. I hope that you enjoy it too! It's so true!

36 Life Lessons I Learned Before the Age of 30

Sam Altman is the president of Y Combinator, which has incubated companies such as Airbnb, Dropbox and Scribd.

I turned 30 last week and a friend asked me if I had figured out any life advice in the past decade worth passing on. I’m somewhat hesitant to publish this but here is a cleaned-up version of my answer:

1.    Never put your family, friends, or significant other low on your priority list. Prefer a handful of truly close friends to a hundred acquaintances. Don’t lose touch with old friends.

2.    Time is extremely limited and goes by fast. Do what makes you happy and fulfilled. Don’t do stuff that doesn’t make you happy and cut negative people out of your life. Don’t waste time. Be a doer, not a talker.

3.    Work very hard but not so hard that the rest of your life passes you by. Aim to be the best in the world at whatever you do professionally. Don’t waste time and don’t be afraid to take some career risks, especially early on.

4.    On money: Whether or not money can buy happiness, it can buy freedom, and that’s a big deal. Also, lack of money is very stressful. Making money is often more fun than spending it, though I personally have never regretted money I’ve spent on friends, new experiences and travel.

5.    Talk to people more. Read more long content and fewer tweets. Watch less TV. Spend less time on the Internet. Learn voraciously.

6.    Don’t let yourself get pushed around. There is a big difference between confident and arrogant. Aim for the former, obviously.

7.    If you think you’re going to regret not doing something, you should probably do it. Regret is the worst, and most people regret far more things they didn’t do than things they did do.

8.    Exercise. Eat well. Sleep. Get out into nature with some regularity.

9.    Go out of your way to help people. Few things in life are as satisfying. Be nice to strangers. Be nice even when it doesn’t matter.

10. Be grateful and keep problems in perspective. Don’t complain too much. Don’t hate other people’s success.  Don’t judge other people too quickly. You never know their whole story and why they did or didn’t do something. Be empathetic.

Adapted from: http://observer.com/2015/05/the-days-are-long-but-the-decades-are-short/#ixzz3ahxqReE1 

Exam dates _ Academic Year 2014/15

Here you have the exam dates in case you want to check again:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2nhj0KV2NVWbEtINXg5T2VtazQ/edit

Inspiring Steve Jobs _Int 1 Listening

Watch the extract of Steve Job's Commencement Speech again  (12:30') and practise your listening. You can activate the subtitles by clicking on the fourth option on the left.

I hope you have found these ideas motivating. It's a relly inspiring speech from a real modern icon.

Practise your American English a bit!

Count on me by Bruno Mars

Remember to pay attention to 1st Conditional. I hope you enjoyed the song and the lyrics.

Isn't it catchy?