Vigo: Ciudad Fiel, Leal, Valerosa y Siempre Benéfica

Vigo is a city, a port and municipality in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula, in Galicia, situated on the Ría of the same name on the Atlantic Ocean.

The city of Vigo has 297,124 inhabitants, with an extended metropolitan population of 468,654, making it the 14th-largest metropolitan area of Spain.

The urban area of Vigo is built over both a Pre-Roman hill-fort (O Castro) and a Roman settlement. It is generally accepted that the name Vigo is derived from the Latin word vicus.

Breathe

"Breathe" is a song by Scottish singer Midge Ure released March 22nd 1996, as the first single from his album Breathe.

The song was written by Midge Ure and produced by Richard Feldman.

It was made particularly famous by its use in a popular television advertising campaign of the Swatch, two years after its actual publication.

Daylight Saving Time

Daylight saving time (DST)—also summer time in several countries, in British English, and European official terminology—is the practice of advancing clocks so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the start of spring and are adjusted backward in autumn.

Best students - 2011/12 2nd Term

Our best students of English during the 2nd Term have been:

1 ESO A - Andrea Cobo Arena (9.32) (2nd Time this schoolyear)

1 ESO B - Andrea Aguado Oliveira (9.78) --Best overall ESO student of English in the 2nd Term!

2 ESO A - Antía Junqueira Leis (8.87)

2 ESO B - Mario Quinteiro Sotelo (9.48) (2nd Time this schoolyear)

3 ESO A - Rodrigo Rodríguez González (8.71) (2nd Time this schoolyear)

3 ESO B - Alejandro Penín Rodríguez (8.68)

4 ESO A - Iago Borrajo Rodríguez (8.94)

4 ESO B - Jessica Davila Prado (6.87) (2nd Time this schoolyear)

Very often the students who get the highest grades are not the most talented ones, but those who try harder, show a positive attitude and have a praiseworthy work ethics.

Congratulations!

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Muamba 'Effectively Dead For 78 Minutes'

We give you now the article published by Sky News today about Bolton Wanderers' football player Fabrice Muamba.

Doctors treating Bolton Wanderers' Fabrice Muamba have revealed the player was effectively dead for over an hour after his cardiac arrest on the pitch at the weekend.
They said the 23-year-old was given 15 electric shocks before his heart started beating again following his collapse during an FA Cup game against Tottenham.

Father's Day

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Another Quiz

Labor ESO Students,

I have received a message which started like this:

Hi, teacher, That such these?

2012 Carnival, Lent, Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) & Ash Wednesday

Carnival

Carnival is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during February. Carnival typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus, masque and public street party. People often dress up or masquerade during the celebrations, which mark an overturning of daily life.

ESO 1 - 2nd Term PBL

ESO 1 Students,

Your task is to send me an e-postcard imagining you are in a foreign country (click here or on the envelope image on the right-hand menu to access my e-mail address). You must include details about where you are: describe the place, describe the weather, the things that you and the other people you are doing and what you are doing next. And it would be just fine if you could insert a nice small photo of one of the most famous landmarks in that country.

ESO 4 - 2nd Term PBL Marks

ESO 4 Students,

These are your marks for your 2nd term PBL assignments:

Comenius 1st Prize Winner - Congratulations Andrea!!

Nine ESO-4 students travelled to Altentreptow, Germany, from January 29th to February 4th, in order to take part in the Comenius School Partnership European Week. There they had the opportunity to get to know their colleagues not only from Germany, but from Poland and Estonia, practise their English and get involved in various cultural activities.

The organization held a logo competition open to every student from the 4 schools involved in the programme and we are proud to announce that our ESO-1 student Andrea Aguado Oliveira's design was awarded the 1st prize thanks to her wonderful design (click to enlarge):

Some Jokes

A joke (or gag) is a phrase or a paragraph with a humorous twist. It can be in many different forms, such as a question or short story. To achieve this end, jokes may employ irony, sarcasm, word play and, of course, polysemy and homophones, as well as other devices. Jokes may have a punchline that will end the sentence to make it humorous.

Farewell!

ESO Students,

I am afraid it is time to say good-bye. This is my last post on Labor English Zone as I am resigning my position at Labor School in order to join Barcelona FC, where I am expected to make my debut this weekend.

I will miss you... I wish you all the very best.

Yours, ever

Labor Teacher

ESO 4 - 2nd Term PBL Task 2011-2012

ESO 4 Students,

Your grandfather has just been given a fantastic alarm clock for Christmas, but the instructions booklet is in English and he can't understand it. He has asked you for help because you have been studying English since you were 6 years old (at least!) He trusts you and your skills in English!

Your task is to translate the booklet into Spanish during the lessons on Monday 30th Jan, Tuesday 31st Jan, Friday 3rd Feb and Monday 6th Feb. Once your translation is finished you must forward it to our mail in PDF FORMAT. The file identification must be as follows:

GROUP_X.PDF (X = your group number)

The deadline is FRIDAY 10TH FEBRUARY at precisely 23.59.59.

And these are the groups:

2012 First Quiz

ESO Students,

This is our first quiz for 2012. 10 points, as usual, to give away to the first student to email to us the correct answer to this question:

What do the following words have in common?

Owls, Magpies, Robins and Gulls

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1984 by George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four is a classic dystopian novel by English author George Orwell. Published in 1949, it is set in the eponymous year and focuses on a repressive, totlitarian regime. The story follows the life of one seemingly insignificant man, Winston Smith, a civil servant assigned the task of falsifying records and political literature, thus effectively perpetuating propaganda, who grows disillusioned with his meagre existence and so begins a rebellion against the system.

English Pronunciation

About 2 years ago we published Hints on Pronunciation for Foreigners. Now, thanks to Ginés L. Oliver, we would like to offer you another test for your pronunciation. The following poem by Nolst Trenité was published on The Poke last 23rd December 2011. Enjoy it:

The 3 Wise Men Didn't Have a GPS...

There is no historical evidence, but we can be quite sure that the 3 Magi did not use a GPS to find the stable in Bethlehem...

Life of Brian

Scene 2: Three Wise Men with Bad Senses of Direction

The sketch:

holy music

BABY BRIAN COHEN: crying
WISE MAN #1: Ahem.
MANDY COHEN: Ohhh!
whump
Who are you?
WISE MAN #1: We are three wise men.

Three Wise Men

In Christian tradition the Magi (pronounced /ˈmeɪdʒaɪ/; from the Greek: μάγοι, magoi, usually translated as "wise men", although it probably meant "astronomer" or "astrologer"... that is why they were following a star), also referred to as the (Three) Wise Men, (Three) Kings, or Kings from the East, are said to have visited Jesus after his birth, bearing gifts.Traditions identify a variety of different names for the Magi. In the Western Christian church they have been commonly known since the 8th century as Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar. In the Gospel of Matthew, the only one to describe the visit of the Magi, it states that they came "from the east" to worship the Christ, "born King of the Jews". Although Matthew does not mention their number, because three gifts are recorded as having been given to the Christ Child, traditionally there are thought to have been three Magi. The Magi, as the "Three Kings" or "Three Wise Men" are regular figures in traditional accounts of the nativity and in celebrations of Christmas.

New Year's Day

"New Year's Day" is a song by rock band U2. It is on their 1983 album War and it was released as the album's lead single in January 1983. Written about the Polish Solidarity movement, "New Year's Day" is driven by Adam Clayton's distinctive bassline and The Edge's keyboard playing. It was the band's first UK hit single, peaking at #10 on the singles chart, #11 on the Dutch Top 40 and charting on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in their career. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine placed the single at #427 on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".