Amid a wave of diverse local grievances, protests have erupted across Southern and Western Europe this week, sweeping through France, Albania, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Greece.
Demonstrations against living costs and school conditions have rocked France since late September, with many turning violent. Meanwhile, Albania has entered its fifth day of anti-government riots and protests over general economic conditions have taken place in Milan and in several cities in Portugal.
Spanish protests targeted housing affordability and the right to housing, while motor oil refinery workers in Greece gathered over demands for better workplace safety.
Last night, I was walkinghome listening to my iPod when…
The sun was shining, and lots of tourists were lying on the beach. Suddenly…
We use the past continuous for actions in progress in the past or longer actions interrupted by shorter actions in the past simple.
After dinner, I went into the living room and saw that she was crying.
When she opened the door, we were talking about her.
Past perfect simple
We use the past perfect simple to talk about an earlier past: events which happened before the main event.
Earlier single events
We use the past perfect simple to talk about earlier events and experiences or single actions completed earlier in the past.
When she opened the door, he had already left.
I realised that I had beenthere before.
When I met her, I had never been in a serious relationship.
He noticed I had cleaned the car. It was smooth and shiny.
We use the past perfect simple (and not continuous) to say how much or how many we had done of something earlier in the past.
We had driven500 miles, and we needed some rest.
How many hours had he slept when you woke him up?
Duration from earlier in the past (stative verbs)
We use the past perfect simple with stative verbs to talk about states or situations that had started earlier in the past. We often use how long, for or since, always, etc.
The day Anne died, they had been married for 48 years.
The day I left, I had been in England for exactly four years.
She told me she had always hated her sister.
Past perfect continuous
Duration from earlier in the past (dynamic verbs)
We use the past perfect continuous with dynamic verbs to talk about longer continuous actions that started earlier in the past than the main events of the story.
I was furious. I had been waitingfor him in the cold, and he didn’t call to say he’d be late.
We had been driving for less than an hour when the car broke down.
Repeated actions from earlier in the past (dynamic verbs)
We use the past perfect continuous with dynamic verbs to talk about repeated actions from earlier in the past.
I couldn’t believe it. She had been writinga letter every day for over a year.
Tens of thousands of people have protested across Spain calling for greater protections for tenants after the government failed to pass emergency housing legislation.
About 50 marches took place on Saturday in cities including Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona. "There is a lot of anger in the streets," a spokesperson for the Valencia Tenants' Union said. Clashes have taken place between some protesters and police in the city. It is calling for a general strike over the housing crisis.
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An encampment has been set up for days by protesters at Puerta del Sol in Madrid
Spanish Prime Minister has called an early election for 29 November after recent defeats on legislation aimed at addressing the country's housing crisis. Speculation about a snap electionhad been building over the weekend after parliament rejected two decree laws put forward by the minority government to protect tenants in the rental market.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm9w4042yklkoExactly 50 years after they formed, U2 returned to Dublin to play a gig at the school where they met."We've escaped from the lab," declared Bono, as the quartet took to a stage in the playground. "How's the experiment working for you?"The pupils of Mount Temple Comprehensive may not have been born when U2 were the world’s biggest band, but they gave them a hero's welcome, waving signs that said, "I love U2", "It's a beautiful day - no school", and, "Bono, my mum says hi!"The group treated them to a career-spanning set that included hits like I Will Follow, Vertigo and With Or Without You, as well as their latest single, Silencio.As they played, teachers pulled down pupils who’d climbed on their classmates' shoulders, before getting swept up in the moment and dancing along themselves.As he looked out from the same stage where U2 made their debut in 1976, Bono became emotional."Thanks for, er… Yeah... I didn't… Wow," said the frontman, temporarily lost for words.U2 were all pupils at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in the mid-1970shttps://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-powerpoints/reading-comprehension/general-reading-comprehension/celebrities-famous-people/u2-ppt/37405
Is it getting better? Or do you feel the _________? Will it make it easier on you now? You got someone to___________
You say, one love, one life When it's one need in the night One love, we get to share it Leaves you baby if you ___________ for it
Did I disappoint you? Or leave a bad taste in __________? You act like you never had love And you want me to ____________
Well it's too late tonight To drag the past out into the light We're one but we're not the same We get to carry each other, carry each other One!
Have you come here for ____________? Have you come to raise the _____________? Have you come here to play Jesus? To the lepers in your _______________
Did I ask too much? More than a lot You gave me nothin' now it's all I got We're one but we're not the same Well we hurt each other then we do it again
You say love is a __________, love a higher __________ Love is a _________, love the higher ____________ You ask me to __________ but then you make me ____________ And I can't be holdin' on to what you got When all you got is ______________
One love, one blood One life, you got to do what you should One life, with each other Sisters, brothers
One life but we're not the same We get to carry each other, carry each other One One
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