The Sound of Silence

Listen to this song and answer these questions:

- Who sings the songs?
- What do you know about the singers? Look for information about their lives and describe them physically.
- What is the message of the song?
- What verbal tenses can you find in the song?


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The Importance of Silence in our Health

Watch this video with or without subtitles in English or Spanish and answer these questions:

- How many ways of listening are mentioned in the video? What is the difference between them?

- Are headphones good or bad to listen to music?

- What problems can noise cause in our health?

- What is the best sound we can listen to?

Five ways to listen better

Watch this video (with and without subtitles in English and Spanish) and answer these questions:

- Are we losing our listening? Why?
- What can we do to listen better?
- Is it possible to listen to the silence?
- Can we communicate in a world of noise?


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My Summer Holidays

"Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower,
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind." By William Wordsworth (1770-1850). Ode: Intimations of Immortality, from Recollections of Early Childhood (l. 177-180)

Answer these questions:

- What is the name of this place?
- In which country can you see it?
- Who built this place?
- What language do people speak there?
- Where did you go this summer? Bring a picture of a place you visited last summer and choose a poem you like to decorate the photo.