Great Speeches

The King´s Speech, starring Colin Firth, has been nominated for 12 Oscars in this year´s Academy Award Ceremony. It is based on the story surrounding the historic speech given by King George VI at the outbreak of World War One. It is one of the many memorable speeches of the past century. Click on the links below to listen and/or watch the original, along with many others that you might also have heard of, or even remember watching on t.v the day they were given: The King´s Speech,...

The Greatest Oscar Snubs

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On the 27th February the eyes of the world will be on the Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles as the great and the good (and the not so good) of movie world comes together for the 83rd Academy Awards. The awards began in 1929 and have produced some classic moments. A streaker in 1973 who received a cutting put down from the host David Niven, Roberto Benigni leaping around like a loon when he won for Life is Beautiful, Jack Palance doing one armed push-ups and Charlie Chaplin returning, after years of...

A Guide to the BBC Radio Stations

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Submitted by Sophie Fort Babylon Idiomas English teacher, Sevilla If you are learning English, or you are a homesick Anglophone expat, listening to the radio just is brilliant. For English learners, you can improve your listening skills, hear different accents and learn about Anglo-Saxon culture. For expats, it can be quite nice to hear native English people talking. As a British native, I would recommend the good old BBC, or the British Broadcast Corporation. You can listen to all its radio...

A Typically English Meal

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Submitted by Megan V. Fennell, Babylon Idiomas teacher, Sevilla I can see that David has done his bit to defend American cooking in an earlier blog, and I think it’s time to do the same for the British. I recently asked some of my students what they thought about British food and most of them just assumed I was joking and laughed. Fair enough – admittedly we don’t have a great reputation for cuisine, particularly in Europe, but I hasten to point out that the British brought the world...

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