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The Royal Wedding

Talking about England and the english last week was talking about the wedding. Since they were given the titles of Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the town from where your exam will come, I couldn't let it pass without mentioning it. So here it goes, enjoy the video.

application letter

Dear Sir or Madam,

I would like to apply for the job as shop staff as advertised in several newspapers.

I am applying for this job because I need some financial increases and this is the kind of job that has everything to do with me.

I have a degree in Business and some workshops related to Fashion. Also, I am a very social person.

I have already worked at a shop and attached I send the recommendation letter from my previous boss.

I can speak English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Deutsche German and I also get on well with teenagers because I am only 21 years old.

I have some queries about the contract and I thought we could schedule an interview.

I hope you will think I fit the job.

I am available at any time.

I will be looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully.

Urgent! Staff required.

Coastal Campsites require:

- Reception assistants,
- Bar and Restaurant staff,
- Shop Staff,
- Gardeners,
- Swiming Pool attendants

to work in the UK on our busy, five-star campsites this summer.

Applicants must have a reasonable command of English and be willing to work hard.
-relevant skills and experience an advantage;
-good pay and conditions;
- free board and accommodation.
                                                                                                                                    (Ready for FCE)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

A Funny and Embarrasing moment

I was spending holidays in Mexico when something funny and embarrassing happened.

Well, as I said, I was in México in a great hotel with swimming pool, and all of that stuff. People there were very nice to everyone, but for me the only problem was that everyone spoke Spanish! So one day, a Spanish guy came next to me and started talking to me in Spanish of course. I didn´t understand a thing! And the most embarrassing thing of all, was that I tried to talk to him in English but he just did strange faces and my parents were there laughthing like crazy! Well, my only luck was that a friend of his arrived and the two of them left me in the middle of the street.

Next day we came back to Portugal but I didn’t forget about the guy that I didn´t know from anywhere, doing strange faces and talking in Spanish.

An embarrassing moment

When I was in London with Avensino, three maybe four years ago, we were visiting Madame Tussauds me and Marco fell behind the group. We started playing with an interactive screen.
My mom called me and said that we thought was the last part of the visit.
We tried to find an exit but just kept going in circles until we went through a door that led us to the first room and then we went outside. We searched for the museum exit and when we found it there was no one there, so I called my mom and she said that she was still inside and that the part that was supposed to be the last one wasn’t, so we waited for them for about half an hour and we couldn’t go back inside.

Strange story

One strange story that happened to me was when I was at the beach and  my friends picked up our towels and went to near another group of friends while I was still in the water.
When I finally decided to come out of the water and go to the towel I sitted and stayed for some minutes in some towels that had come to the place where we used to be without realising that it wasn't mine. The problem was when the owner of the towel came out the water and found me in his.
The man kept coming to where I was and then I realized I was in the wrong place. I apologized and went to my real towel.
It was one of the more embarrassing moments I have ever been in.

Useful links to study for writing

• FCE writing exam: http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/general-english/sfl/writing.html

• Writing techniques: http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/writing.htm

• Writing exercises: http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/writing.htm

• Online Interacting writing activities: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/learn.jsp

• Writing skills (letters, essays, formal and informal texts, lesson plans...) :http://esl.about.com/od/writinginenglish/English_Writing_Skills_Letters_Resumes_and_Writing_Style.htm
• Spelling quizzes: http://www.manythings.org/fq/1/spelling.php?u=1

Teacher, what title should I put? :)

Well, I've got some pretty funny stories to tell, but I choose one that happened recently.

I was with my friends on the bus and we told a joke about a friend of ours. We get on really well with him and one day, at a birthday party, I fell asleep next to him and I was saying:

- "Oh, it's nice to sleep next to him, his girlfriend's gonna be lucky."

And my best friend answered:

- "Yeah, nice! He doesn't move."

It was no ofense and at the time he laughed because it was a private joke and we all knew she said that because that party was on a winter day and by not moving we would get less cold.

Suddenly the bus stops, we all get out and I realize his girlfriend was right behind us.

UPS. I hope she was wearing headphones!