FGM

WARNING: THIS VIDEO COULD BE DISTURBING FOR SOME VIEWERS BUT IT IS HOW REALITY IS IN SOME COUNTRIES.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgbvZzCZU_4&feature=youtu.be

In the video, a girl named Maria is sewn into a picturesque scene, only to be abruptly torn from her home. Her nose is sliced off, her ear is removed and closed shut and her lips are the last to get sealed together .

Female Genital Mutilation, which involves partial or total removal of the female genitalia for non-medical reasons, is illegal in the UK. In fact, it’s classified as an act of child abuse and carries a prison sentence of up to 14 years.

The numerous health risks include heavy bleeding, developing sepsis, urinary tract infections, cysts and becoming infertile, according to WHO (World Health Organization).

CPE

WORD FORMATION

It is quite common in a Cambridge Exam to find an exercice similar to that one.

You have to form a word with the words given which fits in the spaces or gaps given.

Let's go for it.

The board was coming under intense 1)..PRESSURE................ to take action, there seeming to be (2)...IRRECONCILABLE........... differences between the two sides in the dispute.

The figures the board had were so at (3)..VARIANCE.......................... with what the workers submitted etc.

WORDS GIVEN 1) PRESS 2) RECONCILE 3) VARY
 SOLUTIONS: PRESSURE, IRRECONCILABLE, VARIANCE

 KEY WORD TRANSFORMATION
 In my view you are responsible for our losses. (hold)
I.............................lost.
answer: I hold you responsible for what we have lost




WORD FORMATION CPE

1.- It's almost a year since I stopped smoking.
up
I gave up smoking a year ago.

Nobody has had sight of the boat for two days.
last
The boat was last seen two days ago.

Immediately we finish this, we'll join you .
minute
We'll ...join you the minute we have  finished this.

Bergkampt's goal is the most extraordinary I've ever seen.
yet.
I've.....yet to see such  an  extraordinary goal as Bergkamp's.

THE PRESENT PERFECT IN ENGLISH VS THE PAST SIMPLE

Do you know why these sentences are wrong?

Let's try to explain it. The one in red are wrong because...

It's the third time he missed a meeting

Correct version: It's the third time he has missed the meeting.

The action is not finished or it is not clear if the action is finished so you have to use   present perfect instead of past simple.

As soon as he will finish, he is going home

Correct: As soon as he finishes , he will go home

This sentence is similar to a conditional sentence. "If she finishes, he will go home". If + present+ will ( 1st type of conditional), Remember in this kind of conditional that if the sentence starts with "if", you have to add a comma after the first sentence. If the "if" part of the sentence is in the second part of the sentence you don't have to. 

This is the best lasagne I ever have

This is the best lasagne I have ever had.

In this sentence you have to use present perfect  because the time is not defined. It is an action in the past with the time not specified.

Since we’ve known each other,he always shows impecable manners.

Since we have known each other, he has always shown impecable manners.

The action is in the past but not finished.

Since I’ve met her, I have never seen her lose her temper.

Since I met her, I have never seen her lose her temper.

The action of meeting her is an action which is over ( Past simple).

ADJECTIVES ORDER. Nice scheme to be remembered when writing.

So, I have a cute, big, new red Italian car.


You won't normally find such a long sentence but you have to now the order.

 It matters!

In construction



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Today BARÇA is the main ACTOR.

It was a thrilling spectacle which lead to a great victory. FCB simply had that extra touch of fantasy that places them above the rest of Europe.

See the links about what the world explains about it.

http://www.lefigaro.fr/

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/33010277

I don't know much about cars but I share this advert because someone posted it and I have found it just AWESOME.

I'm not only talking about the car itself. It's obvious that it's a truly amazing car, but have  look at the advert, it's worth.

Listen to the sound, the sort of a sword sound heard along the advert it really gives you goosebumps. The images, the endless road with the car driving at a top speed.
The amazing sensations that the car produces on the man. Look at his face, eyes, ear, hands...

The  soundtrack and the narrator's voice, simply stunning .

I think even the tiniest detail has been covered.





See link .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql94IYUrwXY


See transcription:

Chapter one: The approach/ Chapter Two: The analysis
Final test: The savage S bend
Objective: optimize extreme apex for record time
One: delay turn-in point/ Two:hit the breaks
Three: Dynamic Steering to dodge rubble
Breathe...................
The dip. Magneride suspension
Don’t hesitate.
Calm pulse rate
Calibrate horizontal drift.
Counter-steer
Three, two one: pedal to the metal.
Chapter 3: The execution
Apex perfected, drift controlled, max output reached.
Another hundredth of a second..... shed.