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HORRIBLE HISTORIES is a h istorical sketch show, based on the successful books by Terry Deary. http://horrible-histories.co.uk/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/horrible-histories HORRIBLE HISTORIES - The wives of Henry VIII (Terrible Tudors) You may know that Henry VIII's first wife was Catherine of Aragon. Catherine was born at the Archbishop's Palace in Alcalá de Henares near Madrid, on the night of 16 December 1485. She was the youngest surviving child of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile, the so-called Catholic Monarchs. Mary I ( AKA Bloody Mary) was Henry and Catherine's only surviving daughter who became Queen of England and Ireland in 1553. Guess who she married? Philip II of Spain, the king who asked the architects Juan Baustista de Toledo and Juan de Herrera to build the Escorial Palace in Madrid. That's why if you visit the Houses of Parliament in London, you can see a picture of Philip II in the Royal Gallery .  If you g

After the death of his father King George V (Michael Gambon) and the scandalous abdication of King Edward VIII (Guy Pearce), Bertie (Colin Firth) who has suffered from a debilitating speech impediment all his life, is suddenly crowned King George VI of England. With his country on the brink of war and in desperate need of a leader, his wife, Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter), the future Queen Mother, arranges for her husband to see an eccentric speech therapist, Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush). After a rough start, the two delve into an unorthodox course of treatment and eventually form an unbreakable bond. With the support of Logue, his family, his government and Winston Churchill (Timothy Spall), the King will overcome his stammer and deliver a radio-address that inspires his people and unites them in battle. Based on the true story of King George VI, THE KING'S SPEECH follows the Royal Monarch's quest to find his voice. The King's Speech movie trailer Hear the

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According to  BPS Research Digest , as sighted in the May 2008 addition of PSYCHOLOGIES Magazine, the answer to the age old question of learning a language,  "might lie in a song...The researchers concluded that we find it easier to remember words if they're set to music, partly because it's more emotionally engaging, but also because the words are structured in a way that makes it easier for us to 'segment' the information and store it in our memories".   www.saberingles.com.ar/songs/ www.agendaweb.org/songs/learn_english_through_songs.html www.musicalenglishlessons.com/index-ex.htm www.isabelperez.com/songs.htm www.lyricstraining.com/ www.subingles.com/ www.ompersonal.com.ar/ www.tuneintoenglish.com/ www.esolcourses.com/topics/learn-english-with-songs.html http://www.learn-to-speak-english-esl.com/learn-english-free-lessons.html http://allphonetics.blogspot.com.es/ http://www.learnenglish-a-z.com/learn-english-songs.html#.UHPi5

B Conditional sentences practice: Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Now, doing grammatical exercises is all right but it's much more fun to practise conditional sentences in a different way: Conditional sentences in The Big Bang Theory Conditionals: examples in songs If you had a million dollars song + game A parody of "If I had a million dollars": If we had some global warming Some lyrics extracts: If we had some global warming we wouldn't be 20 below If we had some global warming I wouldn't be shovelling snow If we had some global warming I wouldn't have to drive this giant truck .... If we had some global warming we wouldn't have any cares .... If we had some global warming we'd have some nice greenhouse effect  If we had some global warming maybe we'd have some palm trees  If we had some global warming maybe we'd have aligators  ....  If we had some global warming we could throw our

History of 4th July A History of US: Independence WEBISODES This is a wonderful website where you can find everything you need to learn about the American Revolution. There are 9 webisodes plus an introduction, just choose a segment from the webisode menu and read the text. Do notice that there three icons. If you click on the 'see it now' icon, you can see real documents from that time. If you click on the 'hear it now' icon, you can listen to some of the things the protagonists said. And much more at  http://www.michellehenry.fr/july.htm CNN article and video: America celebrates Independence Day (July 4th, 2012) Saratoga's All-American celebration sounds like a lot of fun: Now, here you have the song we listened to in class this morning: