Commercial breakdown

Do you want to watch the commercials we watched in class once more? 
Click here!  And click here if you want to see more commercials.

Here's some information on the TV-programme we watched ('Commercial breakdown').

Sustainable food

In class, Roland did a presentation about sustainable fish sold at Delhaize and he explained how much energy is wasted before we can eat a simple shrimp. 

In this presentation on ted.com, chef Arthur Potts-Dawson shares his very personal vision for drastically reducing restaurant and supermarket waste.  He explains how much is often wasted when simply cooking a potatoe.

A presentation which is certainly worth having a look at!

Do you prefer something more controversial?  Here's a presentation by Marcel Dicke, asking us 'Why not eat insects?'. 

'Food for thought' ...

Mr Duncan about slang

Here are two lessons about 'slang' by Mr Duncan:
Mr Duncan's lesson 15 (slang)
Mr Duncan's lesson 21 (more slang)

Nigel's winter warmers

This video is the video for your homework titled 'Nigel Slater's winter warmers'.  Success!

Scarborough fair

In last week's lesson, we summed up some herbs and spices.  Which four of them are mentioned in the second line of the song Scarborough fair by Simon and Garfunkel?  Write your answers in the reaction box...

Cherry cheesecake

Watch some fragments of Nigella Lawson's cookery show here:

Caramel croissant pudding

Cherry cheesecake

Curry in a hurry

And some Nigel Slater fragments:

Scrambled eggs
Simple suppers

Enjoy watching
cooking
and...
eating!

Tropic of cancer

During one of our lessons in October, we watched a part of the travel program 'Tropic of cancer'.  Do you want to see some more episodes?  Click on one of the links below the picture!

Tropic of Cancer trying to get to a secret Russian military base

Tropic of Cancer meeting the president of Moldova for a drink

Tropic of Cancer in Hawaii, extinction capital of the world

Another very entertaining and informative travel program is 'Meet the stars'.  Check out this astonishing fragment...

Meet the stars on the Aral sea bed

And what about this subtitled English lesson about travelling?

Mister Duncan on holiday in Turkey

How to make roast potatoes

In this video, you can watch the recipe for roast potatoes that we dealt with in class.

Soup and stew recipes

Here you can find some lovely winter recipes from the website of The Guardian. 

Have fun and enjoy your meal!

A day in the life of a flight attedant

Here you can find the interview with a flight attendant that your homework is about.  Good luck!

British versus American slang

In this video, you can see an American and a Brit doing some kind of a quiz on tv, in which they have to guess what a certain slang word means.  And here, you can find one of the many online slang dictionaries.

More Roald Dahl

If you liked the Roald Dahl story, you can read some more of his stories here.

What makes us equal

 By clicking here, you can watch a sketch by George Carlin on everyday habits.  If you like his style, you might also want to watch this funny sketch about time words.  If you type his name in the Youtube search bar, you will find numerous other sketches by him.  His biography is here.

Weird or just different?

By clicking here, you can watch the conference speech by Derek Sivers on cultural differences that we watched in our lesson of 23rd September.  Subtitles are available in Dutch and English.  Just choose the language you prefer in the list right under the video. 

If you scroll down the page, you can read the comments from other people who watched the video.  And of course, you can add your comment too. 

There are a lot of other interesting speeches on the website http://www.ted.com/, too, on topics like science, culture, education, ...  Feel free to stroll around the website and watch some videos, with or without subtitles.  This other speech by Derek Sivers was quite funny, too.

What your handshake says about you

In this article, you can find some information on what your handshake says about you.  Keep this in mind, next time you shake somebody's hand...

An endless vacation

Via this link, you can reach the online article 'the secret to an endless vacation'.

It contains numerous links to travellers' blogs.

Secret tourist

Via this link, you can watch a tv program called Secret Tourist that was on BBC this summer. 

Instructions:
Don't click on 'download this video', but close the advertisement first by clicking on the 'x' in the upper right corner of the advertisement.  Then, just click on the play button (the > symbol) in the middle of the screen and the program will start. 

We will watch a part of this program in next week's lesson. 

Marc Beaumont

By clicking, you can watch the documentary about Marc Beaumont, the Scot who cycled around the world.  It's a video on Youtube, so it will probably start automatically. 

And here's the announcement of a lecture he gave.