The Best Horror Stories of History
These stories have many types of villain, from a little murderous hand and misfortunate black cat to enormous demonic beasts and cosmic gods, but often the villain is only there to tease out the real horror. Perhaps it is our hero’s guilt over his past, or a weakness that he is desperately trying to hide, something which the villain serves as an unavoidable reminder of.
https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/collection/horrorAmid 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.
The Logical Song by Supertramp
Complete the song using the correct form of the words given.
When I was young, it seemed that life was so ______ WONDER,
a miracle, oh, it was ______ BEAUTY, ______ MAGIC.
And all the birds in the trees,
they'd be singing so ______ HAPPY,
oh, ______ JOY, oh, ______ PLAY, watching me.
But then they sent me away to teach me how to be _____ SENSE, ______ LOGIC, oh, ______ RESPONSE, ______ PRACTICE.
And then they showed me a world where I could be so ______ DEPEND,
oh, ______ CLINIC, oh, ______ INTELLECT, ______ CYNIC.
There are times when all the world's ______ SLEEP, the questions run too deep for such a simple man.
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned I know it sounds absurd, please tell me who I am.
I said watch what you say, they'll be calling you a radical, a liberal, oh, ______ FANATIC, ______ CRIME.
Oh, won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're ______ ACCEPT, ______ RESPECT, oh, _______ PRESENT, a vegetable!
Oh, take, take, take it, yeah! But at night, when all the world's ______SLEEP, the questions run so deep for such a simple man.
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned I know it sounds absurd please tell me who I am, who I am… who I am… who I am.
Past Simple, Past Progressive Games
We use the past simple to talk about past events in chronological order, i.e. for a story’s main events.
We also use the past simple to talk about past habits or past states.
We use the past continuous to set the scene in a story.
We use the past continuous for actions in progress in the past or longer actions interrupted by shorter actions in the past simple.
We use the past perfect simple to talk about an earlier past: events which happened before the main event.
We use the past perfect simple to talk about earlier events and experiences or single actions completed earlier in the past.
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 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.
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.
We use the past perfect continuous with dynamic verbs to talk about repeated actions from earlier in the past.
Vocabulary:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2kej47095no
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.
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 election had been building over the weekend after parliament rejected two decree laws put forward by the minority government to protect tenants in the rental market.
LINKERS/CONNECTORS PRACTICE:
EXPRESSING PURPOSE (LINKERS OF PURPOSE)
