Football World Cup...

everyone is talking about it! On TV, in the street, among friends and family... like it or not, we are all living the World Cup!

Activity 1-
So, let´s read about it! Click on http://fourfourtwo.com/news/worldcup2010/58096/default.aspx and read an article in English on Argentina´s last match and some more information about our players.

What do you learn by reading the article? Any news or information you didn´t know about? Write to me about it to solibarrav@gmail.com

Activity 2-
Now, let´s watch a funny commercial that is on TV these days!
Click on to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmc1f-J3jKQ&NR=1 and watch the commercial. What happens in this short video?
Tell me about it to solibarrav@gmail.com and also tell me about YOU: Are you watching the World Cup? All matches or only Argentina? Alone or with other people? Tell me about your feelings and expectations. (each exercise minimum 50 words. Please, use double spaced format, size 12 Arial font. You may illustrate your writing with an image from the web related to the World Cup! :))
Deadline: July 14th


Great work!

In case you want to listen to some music while you write, here is the link to the World Cup Song “Waving Flag”! Click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhM-cpSwrmM
or the happy, energetic, official Shakira song “Waka Waka”! Click on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WeISLedvxY&feature=related

Your Murphy´s Laws!!

You are doing a fantastic job! Here are some Murphy´s Laws that YOU thought about. Read below and check out if these Murphy´s Laws happen to you too!

Martín Ramón said:
For example, on a rainy day I go out with an umbrella, then the sun will rise and I’ll be a fool with my umbrella in hand. For that reason I don’t use umbrellas.
When I go to my toolbox to search for a tool, it will be in the bottom under all other tools.
When you have your dirty hands or if you are cooking the phone will ring.
You are standing at the bus stop waiting for your bus with other people; the first bus to come is not yours.
(Only for smokers) you are standing at bus stop, you light a cigarette and the bus will come.

Vanesa Sanz said:
I think that Murphy’s Law apply every day. There are a lot of examples.
Think about queues in a supermarket. If you change queues, the queue you were before will move more quickly.
Or about cars: if you wash your car, the next day IT will rain.
If you don’t smoke and there is someone near you smoking, the smoke will always FLOAT towards you (this always happenS to me and I hate the cigarettes!). So, I believe in Murphy’s Law, they are a fact, not only a law.

Victoria Sanz said:
Sometimes Murphy’s Law applies in my life. When the weather is bad I always say “If I don’t take the umbrella with me, It will rain” but when I take it, It never rains. And if there’s a loose paving stone, I will step on it.
I usually go to the supermarket and when I choose between two queues, the other will move faster than the one I selected.

Marisa Gonzalez said:
Sometimes, in my daily life, I remember the Murphy’s law: when I wear my white
jacket (which I use for my job) before I have breakfast… I will spill my tea over the jacket!
If I wear my white jeans, I will stain it THEM with chocolate or ice cream.
If I need a taxi becAuse it’s very late o it’s rainy, I won’t catch it.
If I forget my umbrella, it will rain.
If I put away my papers and throw away some of them becAuse I think that I won`t need THEM any more, I will need them the next week.
If I want to buy something for myself (clothes, shoes) I won´t to find my size or my number.
If one day there is an electricity blackout, I won’t find candles.

Ana Laura Ceraldi said:
Murphy’s Law applies in my everyday life. Luckily, it is true for little things but those things sometimes make me feel really angry. For example: every time I go to the bus stop, I see the bus leaving, especially if it rains, the weather is very cold or I have to arrive early at work. And when I see another bus coming, it‘s not the one I need!!

Susana Souilla and Sandra Rivero said:
We don’t believe that Murphy’s Law applies in our everyday life, but it’s true that sometimes we aren’t lucky. For example, sometimes, when we are in a hurry we lose the bus, there are long queues in the bank, or the traffic lights are always red; when we need money, we don’t find any cash machine or if we find one, it doesn’t work or hasn’t got any money, and when we go on holiday, the weather is bad and it rains everyday.
These situations don’t mean that we have to believe in Murpphy’s Law. In the western world and especially in the cities, life is very demanding, we want everything to always be ok and we become pessimist when we have difficulties. But it isn’t about the famous Murphy’s Law, it’s just the life with its pros and cons.

MURPHY´S LAW

Are you familiar with Murphy's Law??
It is a famous law that says that
"If anything can go wrong, it will"

Do you know the story of the famous Murphy´s Law? Check it or find it out at:
http://www.murphys-laws.com/murphy/murphy-true.html


Activity ONE: Writing about you


Does Murphy´s Law apply in your everyday life? Do silly, normal, small, annoying things happen to you every day? Can you think of examples?


Tell me about it by mail to solibarrav@gmail.com!! (Your work cannot have less than 50 words. Please, use double spaced format, size 12 Arial font. You are expected to illustrate your writing with an image from the web related to your anecdote)

Activity TWO: Listening Section


Now, let´s listen to a song where Muphy´s Law situations appear all along!

The singer, Alanis Morissette named the song “Ironic”, do you know it?

Enjoy the song, listen to the lyrics and take notes of as many Murphy´s Law situations as you hear.

Click on the following link to listen to the song and watch the video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v9yUVgrmPY

From your notes, write examples of Murhpy´s Law situations that are mentioned in the song and e-mail them to me to solibarrav@gmail.com... have any of them happened to you? :)


Deadline: June 22th

Did you like the song? She mentions many awkward situations!

If you have doubts or would like to read the lyrics, click on this link: www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/alanismorissette/ironic.html