Background to A Passage to India: Learning about Hinduism

Here you have a link in which you can do some basic research about Hindu philosophy and religion. It's not very profound, but it gives you some idea.

English accents in the world

This is the site with the different pronunciations of the little text that I gave you in a photocopy:

English accents

And here are two links where you can watch a comedian who has the amazing ability to imitate a lot of different English accents from both the Bristish Islands and outside. Difficult to follow, but extraordinary. Try to watch them two or three times.

Inside the British Islands
Outside the British Islands

A Passage to India

We'll see Sir David Lean's film version of A Passage to India on Thursday 15th May, 18.30. Click the image to get some info about the film.

David Lean is one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema, with such titles as Lawrence of Arabia and Great Expectations. More about him: DavidLean.com

Poem

Your classmate Marina Spa won this year's contest of short stories. Hers was also this good poem. She says it's a mixture between Fank Sinatra and the 'copla'. It starts almost as a parody and ends on a melancholic note.

I saw you,

a man in navy blue.

I love you,

a sailor inside my heart.

All winds bring me sorrow.

Dark skies won't tell me you messages.

White clouds won't write you words.

Damp sands won't shape your steps.

Even quiet seas have so many ways,

I wish I listened to you across the waves.

This absence runs and fills my days.

A sailor inside my heart:

all winds bring me sorrow.

Speeches

Remember that you will have to deliver a brief speech in the oral exam.

Here you have the video with Kennedy's speech about Martin Luther King's death. Click on the photo.


Try to watch/listen to some of the great speeches in the Online Speech Bank of American Rethoric

Coming back

We had various problems concerning the mail address to which the blog was attached. We are back for the last month

Bono the Speaker

Here you have the link (Bono's video) with the commencement speech that Bono gave at the University of Pennsylvania.Read the sript I gave you first. The video is very long and Bono doesn't start talking until the minute 1:56:00.

As a tip, here you have the link to a wonderful classic song by U2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpVbLm4TN3g