Advanced - Tales of the Unexpected

Watch the two parts of Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat and answer the following questions:

Part 1
Part 2

1. What did Mrs Bixby bring Mr Bixby at the beginning? Lunch, French fries
2. What did Mr Bixby ask her? He asked her to stop her visits to her aunt
3. What does Mrs Bixby always do when she visits the Colonel? Look out of the window, enjoy the view
4. What was the Colonel's errand? He wanted to have a look at some horses he intended to buy
5. Why does Mrs Bixby not wear the coat? She says it's too warm
6. Why does Mrs Bixby not go with her husband to the pawnshop? She says she can't be seen there
7. What does Mr Bixby say when he gives her the mink scarf? That she won't receive a Christmas present because he had spent more than he intended.

As always the answers are written in white. Select the text to see them.

Advanced - Ecotourism

Watch one of the following videos and prepare a gap exercise for your partner.

Student A: Eco-friendly hotels


More Eco-friendly options.

Student B: World Green Destinations

Leave a comment: How green are your holidays?

Advanced - Housing

Have you ever considered squatting?
Watch this video and see that it is not such a bad option.

Answer the following questions.
1. What was the place like when she first arrived there?
2. Why did she settle for it?
3. Where did they find the building materials?
4. How did she transport them?
5. Where did they get food? And clothes?
6. Why did she decide to live this way?
7. How does she say she pays for her rent?
8. Why did she leave the kitchen wall open?
9. What’s her favourite piece of recycling?
10. How did she avoid confrontation in the house?
11. What are the gardens used for?
12. Where did the plants come from? And the marble for the paths?

The answers are written in white. Select to see them:
1. The place had no doors, windows the cables ripped out
2. She saw potential in it. She chose the house because of the light from the east and west
3. The building material was found in the neighbourhood
4. She used a trolley to bring things
5. She got her food from the Covent Garden market. The clothes came from jumble sales or charity shops
6. She could make a home for herself
7. She paid the rent with her work
8. She left the wall open in the kitchen because she likes the light and she wanted to see the lath, the muscles of the house
9. Her favourite piece of recycling is an 1937 oven
10. To avoid confrontation in the house she built kitchens
11. The gardens were an outlet for their creativity
12. They bring the plants from other peoples gardens. They brought marble from a factory nearby

Stupid Criminals

Read about funny cases here.