European Day of Languages

At the initiative of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, the European Day of Languages has been celebrated every year since 2001 on 26 September.
The general objectives of the European Day of Languages are:

1. Alerting the public to the importance of language learning and diversifying the range of languages learnt in order to increase plurilingualism and intercultural understanding;
2. Promoting the rich linguistic and cultural diversity of Europe, which must be preserved and fostered;
3. Encouraging lifelong language learning in and out of school, whether for study purposes, for professional needs, for purposes of mobility or for pleasure and exchanges.

portal del día europeo de las lenguas

Here are our last words of the day:

1ESO:make,answer,ask,understand

2ESO: too,late, early

3ESO: still, also,weak,improve

Remember that you have to learn a new word every day that you have English in your schedule. That means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for 1ESO, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for 2ESO and Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for 3ESO.

Air Conditioning: too cool to be good for you?

Not so many years ago, air conditioning was a luxury vouchsafed only to the privileged few; now, though, it's the norm in many offices and public transport systems, so it's a part of our lives whether we want it or not. Unfortunately, abusively low temperatures and faulty maintenance have led to health problems, triggering common disorders in some people and occasional major outbreaks of illnesses such as Legionnaires' disease. Let's take a look at the pros and cons of keeping your cool:
Benefits:

• Extreme heat has a clear negative impact on the intellect and on physical activity and the use of air conditioning can go some way to rectifying this.
• It improves comfort levels at work and at leisure.
• It improves job performance.
• It can result in increased physical and intellectual activity.
• A lower temperature reduces the presence of insects and parasites.
• Lower temperatures mean less sweating, reducing the risk of dehydration.
• A clean air conditioning system helps exclude external allergens such as pollens.
• If the air conditioning installation is good, and if it is well maintained, it renews and improves air quality.

Risks:

• Sudden changes in temperature and humidity affect the respiratory system.
• It has a drying effect on skin and mucous membranes.
• It adds to ambient noise, contributing to noise pollution.
• The air circulation can transmit infectious respiratory diseases.
• Airborne dust and fungi can cause allergic reactions.
• Air conditioning is associated with chronic rhinitis and pharyngitis, throat irritation and hoarseness.
• Air conditioning can exacerbate eye conditions such as conjunctivitis and blepharitis, as well as causing problems for contact lens wearers.

vouchsafed: concedido
to trigger: desencadenar
outbreak: brote (de una enfermedad)
leisure: ocio
job performance: rendimiento en el trabajo
airborne: transportado por el aire
hoarseness: afonía
Read the whole article at http://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/health-and-fitness/201007053811/air-conditioning/health/risks/

word of the day 5-9 June

Here are our words of the day for the first week of June:

1ESO:chin,open, closed, up

2ESO: sad,again,carry

3ESO: awake, asleep, reverse, clue

Remember that you have to learn a new word every day that you have English in your schedule. That means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for 1ESO, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for 2ESO and Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for 3ESO.