25/10/18

Lots of thin ends

Today we talked about potatoes... and Italian rap. Click here to see what was probably the first  rap ever recorded. the song starts at about 1 min. 45.

An expert knows his onions

If you want to see the vocab we looked at in class, it's on Consigna. Search term: Mark Elliott, password: MRME.


BTW, an acre comes from the Greek and Latin agr-,as in agriculture, and originally meant the countryside. It used to be defined as the area that a pair of oxen could plough in one day.

Clase miércoles 09.00-10.00

Siento no haber asistido. Estaba en el médico. Nos vemos la semana que viene.

Still waiting...

... for your email addresses.

Rain.

The Three Graces, Liverpool. Photo: Removers Liverpool 

To celebrate today's (18.10.18) wonderful weather, here's the official video of Rain, a little-known Beatles song that deserves a wider audience. On the record, the song fades out with the song being played backwards - the first time that this had ever been done on a record. For more information, visit this Wikipedia page  If you want to sing along, John Lennon's lyrics are below the video itself. Enjoy!

Hello

Hi, this is just something that might be of occasional use. I'm going to put things of interest; in fact I've already started! Take a look at the links that I've included on the sidebar, or there's stuff like this virtual tour of Liverpool University that I'll include in my posts.

This used to be a hotel. Rumour has it that it might soon
be a hotel again

BTW, I didn't go to Liverpool University, I went to the other one - Liverpool John Moores  University. It isn't as prestigious, but look at its Halls of Residence! 

photo courtesy of
http://artwondereveryday.blogspot.com/

 These first two photos of St. Andrew's Church show what the church looked like in the 1980s. It was derelict until Liverpool council bought it and converted it into student accommodation

Here it is now. It still has its pyramid. Local legend says that its inhabitant, Sir James Mackenzie, a local businessman and gambler, sold his soul to the Devil in a poker game and promised Old Nick to surrender his soul when he had played his last hand. So after his death he was placed inside the pyramid sitting in a chair holding his last cards in order to cheat the Devil.