Sir David Attenborough warns of climate "crisis moment"

Click HERE for a BBC article and a video where the naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough issues urgent warning on climate change.

Lemon tree

Click HERE and listen to Lemon tree by Fool´s garden

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Let's twist again

Click HERE to hear Chubby Checker sing Let's twist again

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Eva Barreiro, a lively 18-year-old girl from Mera has sang this happy song  beautifully in her debut in OT last Saturday, 11th January

What a wonderful world by Louis Amstrong

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FEELING GOOD

Click HERE to listen to FEELING GOOD (cover by Brigitte Wickens)

Click HERE to hear Michael Bublé sing FEELING GOOD

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Is "super coral" the key to saving the world's reefs?

Click HERE for a BBC article and a subtitled video on the world's first large-scale coral reef restauration.

Mark speaking about England

Click HERE to listen to Mark talking about places to go to in England. Choose  the right option (a, b or c) for each question. 0 is the example. Then check the KEY  and the TRANSCRIPT below.

0.	Mark is…
□ a)	Scottish
X b)	English
□ c)	Irish

1.	Mark doesn’t like London because…
□ a)	it’s too busy.
□ b)	it’s too expensive.
□ c)	it’s both too busy and too expensive.

1.	Mark doesn’t like London because…
□ a)	it’s too busy.
□ b)	it’s too expensive.
□ c)	it’s both too busy and too expensive.

2.	Which of these famous places in London is mentioned by Mark?
□ a)	Trafalgar Square
□ b)	St. Paul’s Cathedral
□ c)	Picadilly Circus

3.	Mark recommends to spend ___________ in London.
□ a)	a week
□ b)	a weekend
□ c)	one or two days

4.	Mark’s favourite place in England is in…
□ a)	the north of England.
□ b)	the north-east of England.
□ c)	the north of Scotland.

5.	There are about _________ lakes in the Lake District.
□ a)	twenty or thirty
□ b)	two or three
□ c)	twelve or thirteen

6.	A famous ___________ was born in the Lake District.
□ a)	Painter
□ b)	writer
□ c)	Actor

7.	To spend the night in the Lake District…
□ a)	you can stay in a hotel or in a pub, but you cannot camp
□ b)	there are no hotels, so you have to stay in a bed-and-breakfast
□ c)	you can stay in a bed-and-breakfast or you can camp

8.	You can visit the area…
□ a)	by train or by bus
□ b)	by bus or by car
□ c)	by train or by car

9.	Mark also recommends to visit…
□ a)	Glasgow, York and Oxford.
□ b)	York, Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon
□ c)	Edinburgh, Oxford and Cambridge

KEY

1.    C

2.    A

3.    C

4.    A

5.    A

6.    B

7.    C

8.    B

9.    B

TRANSCRIPT

Todd: OK, Mark, we've been talking about places that you've traveled, things that you have

done. What about people that go to your country, England? Can you recommend three or four

good places to go to in England?

Mark: Right. Well, obviously, most people should visit London. Personally, I don't like London.

It's too busy and too expensive.

Todd: But, wait a minute, you're saying that people should visit it but you don't like it. Why?

Mark: They should visit it because you have to go once to see all the famous places such a Big

Ben, Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, just to say you've been, but if you arrive in London,

I'd say spend maybe one or two days there and then move and you can move to cheaper

places. My favorite place in England is in the North of England. It's called the Lake District.

Todd: The Lake District.

Mark: Yeah, it is very, very beautiful.

Todd: So, I take it there's many lakes.

Mark: That's right. There's got to be about twenty or thirty lakes up there and the scenery's

beautiful. Famous for Peter Rabbit. Do you know Peter Rabbit?

Todd: Yeah, the fairy tale.

Mark: That's right. The children's character. Yeah. The writer, Beatrice Potter, she was born in

the Lake District, so that's how she got her inspiration.

Todd: So if you go the Lake District, now are you talking about camping or do you stay in a like

a bed-and-breakfast, or?

Mark: Yeah, you can stay in a bed-and-breakfast. You can camp. You can stay in pubs or inns,

or there are many hotels. It's very organized for the tourists in the Lake District. Yeah, and it's

not such a big area, so you can travel around there by bus, or by car pretty easy. Yeah.

Todd: OK, so that's two. Anymore?

Mark: Actually, I've never been but I'd probably recommend Scotland, but I've never been. But

Edinburgh Castle is very famous. Also, York. The city of York, in Yorkshire is very beautiful as

well. That was famous for the Vikings in the olden days, so it has a beautiful big cathedral and

all the old viking walls, so if you like history then England is a beautiful place to visit. There are

many places. You have Stratford-upon-Avon for Shakespeare, Oxford which is a famous

university city, so if you like history then England is great.

Todd: OK, well, sounds good. Thanks, Mark.