WRITERS SENTENCED TO THEIR OWN SENTENCES AND THEN FREED

Most writers are remembered for their famous sentences. In between the opening lines and the final lines of a good novel or play there lies an immense array of emotions, powerful feelings and experiences turned into a work of art: a liberation in most cases.
See if you can identify both the author and the title of the following masterpieces:(We are just providing you with the initials)

 

1) . Call me Ishmael. —H. M, M-D

2. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. —J A, P &  P)

3. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.- G.O. N.E.F.

4. Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. —G. G M, O H Y o S

5. Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. —V N, L

6. Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. —L T, A K

7. riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs. —J J, F W

8. I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull. D.D.  R.C.

9.The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art´s aim.O.W. T.P o D.G.

10. Mr and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. J.K. R.  H.P & t P.S.

11.It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. —C D, ATo TC. 

12. I am an invisible man. —R. E., I M

13. The Miss Lonelyhearts of the New York Post-Dispatch (Are you in trouble?—Do-you-need-advice?—Write-to-Miss-Lonelyhearts-and-she-will-help-you) sat at his desk and stared at a piece of white cardboard. —N W, M L

14. You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter. —M T, A o H F

15. If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth. —J. D. S, T C i t R

16 Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo. —J J, A P o t A a a Y M

17. This is the saddest story I have ever heard. —F M F T G S

18. I wish either my father or my mother, or indeed both of them, as they were in duty both equally bound to it, had minded what they were about when they begot me; had they duly considered how much depended upon what they were then doing;—that not only the production of a rational Being was concerned in it, but that possibly the happy formation and temperature of his body, perhaps his genius and the very cast of his mind;—and, for aught they knew to the contrary, even the fortunes of his whole house might take their turn from the humours and dispositions which were then uppermost:—Had they duly weighed and considered all this, and proceeded accordingly,—I am verily persuaded I should have made a quite different figure in the world, from that, in which the reader is likely to see me. —L S, T S

19. Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. —C D, D C

20. Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed. —J J, U

22. Somewhere in la Mancha, in a place whose name I do not care to remember, a gentleman lived not long ago, one of those who has a lance and ancient shield on a shelf and keeps a skinny nag and a greyhound for racing. —M d C, D Q

23. Mother died today. —A C, T S

24. I am a sick man . . . I am a spiteful man. —F D N f t U

25. Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself. —V W, M. D

26. I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story. —E W, E F

27. He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish. —E H, T O M a t S

28. Elmer Gantry was drunk. —S L, E G

29. A story has no beginning or end; arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead. —G G, T E o t A

30. It was love at first sight. —J H, C-22

31. I have never begun a novel with more misgiving. —W. S M, T R's E

32. The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children's games from the beginning, and will probably do it till the end, which is a nuisance for the few people who grow up. —G. K. C, T N of N H

33. In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. —F. S F  T G G

34. If I am out of my mind, it's all right with me, thought Moses Herzog. —S B, H

35. The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.  —L. P. H, T G-B.

36. I, Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus This-that-and-the-other (for I shall not trouble you yet with all my titles) who was once, and not so long ago either, known to my friends and relatives and associates as "Claudius the Idiot," or "That Claudius," or "Claudius the Stammerer," or "Clau-Clau-Claudius" or at best as "Poor Uncle Claudius," am now about to write this strange history of my life; starting from my earliest childhood and continuing year by year until I reach the fateful point of change where, some eight years ago, at the age of fifty-one, I suddenly found myself caught in what I may call the "golden predicament" from which I have never since become disentangled. —R G I C

37.This is a tale of arms and of a man.Fated to be an exile, he was the first to sail from the land of Troy and reach Italy at its Lavinian shore. V T AE 

38. I will tell you in a few words who I am: lover of the hummingbird that darts to the flower beyond the rotted sill where my feet are propped; lover of bright needlepoint and the bright stitching fingers of humorless old ladies bent to their sweet and infamous designs; lover of parasols made from the same puffy stuff as a young girl's underdrawers; still lover of that small naval boat which somehow survived the distressing years of my life between her decks or in her pilothouse; and also lover of poor dear black Sonny, my mess boy, fellow victim and confidant, and of my wife and child. But most of all, lover of my harmless and sanguine self. —J H, S S

39. In the town, there were two mutes and they were always together. —CMC, T H i a L H

40. High, high above the North Pole, on the first day of 1969, two professors of English Literature approached each other at a combined velocity of 1200 miles per hour. —D L, C P

 

NOW TEN BOOKS ABOUT SPAIN I LOVE DEEPLY:

41. The stooping figure of my mother, waist-deep in the grass and caught there like a piece of sheep´s wool, was the last I saw of my country home as I left to discover the world. L. L.  A I W O O MM

42.The dirt road wound upwards between narrow terraces of olives and wheat, circling on itself without destination. R. F. T P A M V o t C d S

43.Spain is almost an island-a fragment crudely soldered, so the poet Auden thought, to the shape of Europe. J. M.   S.

44.Like many other Spanish place-names the name Alcalá derives from an Arabic word. J.A.P.R. T P o t S..

45.We left Northolt airport just before sunrise and flew under a ceiling of grey clouds. Caen, Bordeaux, Saint Jean de luz  G.B.  T F o S

46. The kingdom of Spain, which looks so compact on the map, is composed of many distinct provinces, each of which in earlier times formed a separate and independent kingdom. R.F. G f S

47. Our house stands upon a little hill. Its windows look southward across the vega, the fertile, low-lying plain that skirts the Andalusian coast. M G.H. M F

48 . On the morning of 10th of November 1835, I found myself off the coast of Galicia, whose lofty mountains, gilded by the rising sun, presented a magnificent appearance. G.B. T B i S.

49. It was in September 1919 that I went to Spain for the first time. I had just been demobilized and I was looking for a house where I could live for as long as possible on my officer´s bounty. G.B. S f G.

50. A few weeks ago, I carelessly let fall the remark:" I should be glad to go to Spain!" T.G. A R i S.

  KEEP A  HOME READING RECORD like this:

AUTHOR        TITLE           PAGES              DATE

 

FASHION, urban tribes and teen freaks..

 A) COMPLETE  WITH FIVE MORE ITEMS according to your personal taste:

 

WHAT IS IN?  PIERCINGS, TATTOOS, SKINNY JEANS, DREADLOCKS,BLACK...

 

WHAT IS OUT?  FLARED TROUSERS, BELL-BOTTOM TROUSERS, SHORT FRINGES, YELLOW,...

 

B) CLASSIFY CLOTHES AND ARTICLES OF CLOTHING:

JACKET,SOCKS, BOOTS,SUIT, DRESS,APRON, CAP,OVERCOAT, SHORTS, SHIRT, TEE-SHIRT,PULLOVER,TROUSERS, SHOES, BOOTS,SANDALS, WAISTCOAT,VEST, TIE, SCARF, SKIRT,SLIPPERS,BLOUSE, PYJAMAS, SNEAKERS,JEANS,TRAINERS,HAT,COLLAR,LAPEL,

SOLE,HEEL, SHOELACES, BUTTON, BELT, POCKET,SWEATERS, TRACKSUIT, TOP, PANTS, UNDERWEAR, ZIP, STOCKINGS, LEGGINGS, DUNGAREES,SLEEVE,RING, HOODIE, HEADBAND,NECKLACE,EARRINGS,etc.....

 

 

FOOTWEAR:

 

FROM THE WAIST DOWN:

 

TOPS:

 

ACCESSORIES:

FOR MEN:

FOR WOMEN:

FOR BOTH:

 

                                               

C) URBAN TRIBES:1950´S: TEDDY BOYS

                                      1960´S: HIPPIES, MODS & ROCKERS

                                       1970´S: PUNKIES, GLAM

                                                  1980´S: NEW ROMANTICS, DISCO  GOERS (TRAVOLTAS), SKATERS

                                      1990´S: JUNGLISTS, GREBOS, GOTHS, NEW AGERS

                                                   2000´S ONWARDS: RAPPERS, CHAVS,JOCKS, NERDS, OTAKUS, BARBIES,  STONERS, JOINERS,HATERS, ZOMBIES, ROBOTS, EMOS, TECHNOS,       DORKS ,                    LIBERTARIANS, ACTIVISTS, UNITED COLOURS OF BENETTONERS, PULL&BEARERS, BERSHKA´S, H&M´S, ZARA´S, STRADIVARIUSERS´,WEB GEEKS,..

D)PEOPLE WHO CREATED NEW FASHION:

MARY QUANT designed or invented the MINI SKIRT, the 7th Earl of Cardigan, James Thomas Burdenell invented the CARDIGAN

WHO CREATED the following?:

BIKINI

BLOOMERS

BURBERRY

ZARA

DKNY

NEW LOOK

DOC MARTEN

GLADSTONE BAG

MACKINTOSH

STETSON

TRILBY

TAM O´SHANTER

VELCRO (George de Mestral)

ZIP (Whitcomb Judson)

E) YOUR PASSION: FASHION. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

  1) ARE WE ALL FASHION VICTIMS? IS THERE A FASHION POLICE? PEER PRESSURE?

   2)  WOULD  YOU LIKE TO BECOME A FASHION ICON?

  3)  WHAT IS A FASHIONISTA?

   4) WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET A FASHION JOB?

   5) DESCRIBE YOUR HAIRSTYLE AND THE EVOLUTION OF HAIRSTYLES

  6) DESCRIBE IN DETAIL WHAT YOU ARE WEARING

   7) DEFINE: HIGH FASHION, RED CARPET, CATWALK

  8) COLOURS AND FASHION: Black is slimming;....

  9) THERE´S NO DISPUTING ABOUT TASTE. What do you think?

  10) TRY TO DEFINE " STYLE"

  11) WOULD YOU ENTER A MISS or MR. WORLD/FAIR /KING/QUEEN COMPETITION? 

        WOULD YOU LIKE TO BECOME A BEAUTY ICON?

  12) FASHION ENGINEERING AND MARKETING. NAME THREE FAMOUS FASHION DESIGNERS FROM USA/ GREAT BRITAIN/FRANCE/ SPAIN? 

13) FEMINISM MADE FASHION A GUILTY PLEASURE. DO YOU AGREE?

14)  FASHION IS NOT FRIVOLOUS . DO YOU AGREE? 

15)  FIND OUT  WHAT H.D. THOREAU WROTE ON CLOTHES & FASHION: DO YOU AGREE?

 

F)  IF ANY, WHICH TATTOO WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE?

A NAME: your mother´s, father´s; partner´s?

YOUR FAVOURITE FOOTBALL TEAM

A HEART

A RELIGIOUS SYMBOL

YOUR INITIALS

A FLOWER

 A LIZARD/ A SPIDER

AN ANGEL

A PHOENIX

CHE GUEVARA/ CHAIRMAN MAO/ KARL MARX

 A NATIVE AMERICAN CHIEF

THE OM SIGN

 JAPANESE SYMBOLS

ELVIS/MICHAEL JACKSON

A GUITAR

 AN INDIAN SYMBOL

AN INDALO

A BUTTERFLY

A HAMMER & SICKLE

ADOLF HITLER SVASTIKA

SPANISH FLAG

SONG LYRICS: ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

BLACK POWER

A CANNABIS LEAF

A NUMBER

AN INDIE DRAWING

A GEOMETRIC PATTERN

YOUR MOTTO: HAPPINESS & LIBERTY 

 

G) OPPOSE CONSUMER SOCIETY PROJECT:

 

"THESE TRAINERS I´M WEARING HAVE BEEN SEWN BY CHILDREN WHO ARE EXPLOITED AND PAID LESS THAN A DOLLAR A DAY "

"THIS PURCHASE WILL NEVER MAKE UP FOR YOUR/MY LOVELESS CHILDHOOD"

" IMAGINE HOW MANY FAMILIES YOU COULD FEED FOR THE PRICE OF THIS ITEM"

"THIS ITEM/VASE IS EXPENSIVE YET EMPTY...THE SAME AS YOU?

"TODAY TRY THINKING THE OTHER WAY ROUND"

"SPONSOR FAIR TRADE DAY"" ORGANISE ANTI-CONSUMERISM DAY"

"DO SOMETHING RADICAL WITH YOUR HAIR/LOOK"

"DOWNSIZING DAY IN YOUR LIFE"

"RECYCLE AND SWAP YOUR CLOTHES"

"COMPLIMENTS: FLATTER YOUR COLLEAGUE" and see if it gets you anywhere...

WEAR A BURKA/HIJAB/NIKAB, etc..SOMETHING FROM A DIFFERENT CULTURE and review your OWN life accordingly...

      

H) PUT IN A DIFFERENT PREPOSITION:

YOUR JACKET IS UNDONE, BUTTON IT...............

IT WAS SO WARM WE TOOK OUR COATS.............

PUT..........YOUR PULLOVER.IT IS COLD OUTSIDE

THE MAN.......... THE DARK SUIT IS MY COUSIN JOHN. 

I) TEST YOUR FASHION I.Q.: (inspired by the NEW YORKER)

True or False?:     Wearing the logo of your favourite band or superhero on your T-shirt guarantees that you can´t sing.

       T/F                  Having a healthy body image means being able to look in the mirror and hate everyone else.

         T/F                It is appropriate for a woman/man to show her/his  navel.

        T/F                 I do not mind wearing retro-chic looks.

        T/F              In our male dominated society wearing a tight top or showing cleavage increases a girl´s chances of passing an oral tes.

       T/F             At Carnival I dress up the way I like and feel completely free.

       T/F            Clothes maketh man or I´m All right, Jack, as long as I´m warm. 

       T/F           I have to look good to feel good

        T/F           I am a follower of fashion.

        T/F           I wear what I can afford, not what I like

        T/F           Wearing long suits may change your ideology .

        T/F          If you´ve got it flaunt it.

1) What is the difference between a modern look and a classic look?

2) Would you go to the King´s Palace in shorts and flip-flops?

3) Would you use a plastic surgeon for a nip and tuck here and there?

4) Is it acceptable for a man/woman to shave their entire bodies?

5) I would buy a white-mink coat if I had the money...

6) Do you agree with fashion for PLUS-SIZED WOMEN?(fat girl clothes)

7) Do you prefer to wear downmarket products rather than upmarket luxury brands?

8) Why aren´t there any fat girls in fashion ads?

9) Do you know of any fashion blogger in your town?

10) Are you obsessed with your own image?

11) Do you like people watching? Stop/stand/stare?

12) Do you use make up/mascara/lipstick/..?

13) Do you feel good if you look unkempt?

14) Which fabric do you prefer: silk, satin, cotton, wool, acrylic, crinoline,lycra,linen,Gore-tec,..? Divide between Natural and Synthetic:

15) Do you have to consume more to become a better human being?

16) Do you often look at yourself in the mirror?

17) Do you fancy an hourglass figure in a woman?/plenty of muscle in a man?

18) Do you enjoy watching fashion TV programmes/reading fashion magazines?

19) Do you think you have to be young to be beautiful?

20) Would you take part in a fashion show? 

21) What can this logo be:"(SLIP on a shirt, SLOP sun screen lotion,SLAP on a hat)"?

22) Design your own original fashion poster/ collage/ Acrostic:

Fabuolous, Artistic, Style, Haute couture,Irresistible,Outrageous, Nostalgic

23) Would you ever undergo a face lift or a faith lift?

24) Do you think you may look glamorous? Could you define glamour?Glam & Glitz?

 

 

J)Compare European, British and American sizes:

Clothes           Shoes        Trousers          T-shirts

  S M L XL XXL          35-45           32- 58

 

K)Write a composition on the future of clothes, the so-called wearables, which can control bodily functions. Draw your inspiration from science-fiction films and books

L) FASHION TIPS. Which urban tribe would have:?

SPIKY HAIR

SAFETY PINS

TATTOES

RIPPED JEANS

RIPPED T_SHIRTS

PIERCED NOSE,LIP, EYEBROW,.. 

 

M) Describe the Winter 2014/ Spring 2015/Summer 2015/...Fashion, following a pattern along this line: (be creative and humorous if you can)"The winter collection for this year is characterized by  patterned garments inspired by nature from subdued overdyed and muted to bright colourful roses. Warm stripes are in...."(inspiration from The New Yorker Oct 13th 2014)

N) Do you suffer from fatphobia? 

     What do you think about Full Figured Fashion Week?/ Málaga Fashion Week?

 

 

Prime time : RHYME TIME

This activity has been taken from BRAIN GAMES, a book meant to expand your memory, your reasoning and your creative thinking.
In the following exercise you´ll have to answer each clue below  with a pair of rhyming words. The numbers that follow each clue indicate how many letters are in each word. For example,"Angry child(3,3) would be hot tot. I´ll do the first ten for you and you try to do the others.

CRIMSON LUGE (3,4) would be          RED SLED
HUMOROUS CURRENCY (5,5) "        FUNNY MONEY
SPOT ABOVE THE KING (3,5)  "        ACE PLACE
BAKERY´S FALSE ITEM (4,4)  "         FAKE CAKE
REAR RIBS (4,4)                     "          BACK RACK
WHERE GOLDILOCKS SAT   "           BEAR CHAIR
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR(4,5) "        NEWS VIEWS
DISTANT CELESTIAL OBJECT (3,4)   FAR STAR
A HOUSE IN ITALY´S CAPITAL(4,4) ROME HOME
SUBDUED REACTION TO A JOKE(4,5)HALF LAUGH


KEY TO THE POEM SECRET MESSAGE (3,4)....................
LONG-LASTING WINTER ILLNESS (3,4)..........................
ATLANTIC WAVE  (5,6)....................................................
DANGEROUS PLACE FOR A STROLL(4,4).......................
MISSING COLOUR (5,4)...................................................
ROBIN HOOD, TO HIS MERRY MEN(5,5)........................
SHORT POEM (5,5)...........................................................
THE FISH ALWAYS BITE IT(4,4).....................................
STINGY MONARCH(4,5)..................................................
IDENTIFICATION PROBLEM(4,4)...................................
FUN 24 HOURS(4,3).........................................................
EXTREMELY UNSHAVEN(4,5)........................................
TENNIS(5,5)...................................................................
BOVINE THAT JUST ATE(4,4).......................................
AN ENTIRE NAVY (8,5).................................................
WHERE IS HANNIBAL BURIED?(7,7)...........................
UNEXPECTED ENGLISH CASH (5,5).............................
THE ENTIRE ARMY RAN AWAY(8,7)...........................
PLANT SEEDS WELL UNDERGROUND(3,3).................
WHERE THE PLANE CROSSED THE CHANNEL(4,5).....

English: a language of monosyllables

Why, you may wonder , is monosyllable such a long word?
Part of the international succes of English is due to its simplicity and the triumph of the linguistic law of least effort. The 100 essential words to learn are monosyllabic: pronouns, the verb to be,etc. And those words which are not monosyllables are reduced to one syllable because of linguistic APHERESIS( the loss of one or more sounds from a word),SYNCOPEi.e.I´d´ve, APOCOPE or CLIPPING and ELISION: twixt instead of between.
"Small words can be crisp, brief, terse--go to the point, like a knife. They have a charm all their own. They dance, twist, turn, sing. Like sparks in the night, they light the way for the eyes of those who read. They are the grace notes of prose. You know what they say the way you know a day is bright and fair--at first sight. And you find, as you read, that you like the way they say it. Small words are gay. And they can catch large thoughts and hold them up for all to see, like rare stones in rings of gold, or joy in the eyes of a child. Some make you feel, as well as see: the cold deep dark of night, the hot salt sting of tears."
(Joseph Ecclesine, "Advice to Scientists--in Words of One Syllable." American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 1965)
The best English poetry has been written in monosyllables: "When I do count the clock that tells the time and see the brave day sunk in...."
Most proverbs  and idioms are monyllabic: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush; Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones;Don´t cry over spilt milk;Like two peas in a pod; pie in the sky;etc..

Here is a list of English monosyllables: You´ll have to complete the missing consonants "W""Y" "Z":
(Special thanks to Patricia Pérez Gallardo for her suggestion) 

Mono-syllabic Words

A, ache, act, add, age, aid, aim, air, all, am, an, and, arch, arm, arms, art, as, ash, ask, at, aunt, awe, axe.

back, bad, bag, bake, bald, ball, ban, band, bang ,bank, bar, bare, bark, base, bath, bathe, be, beach, beak, beam, bean, bear, beard, beast, beat, bed, bee, beef, beer, beg, bell, belt, bench, bend, best, bet, bid, big, bike, bill, bind, bird, birth, bit, bite, blab, black, blade, blame, blank, blaze, bleed, blend, bless, blind, blink, block, blood, blot, blow, blue, blunt, blush, board, boast, boat, boil, bold, bomb, bone, book, boot, bore, born, boss, both, bound, bow, bowl, box, boy, brain, branch, brand, brass, brave, breach, bread, breadth ,break, breast, breath, breathe, breed, breeze, bribe, brick, bride, bridge, brief, bright, bring,

broad, brook, broom, brow,

brown, bruise, brush, bud, bug, build, bulb, bull, bump, bunch, burn, burst, bus, bush, but, buy, by.

cage, cake, calf, call, calm, camp, can, cane, cant, cap, car, card, care, cart, carve, case, cash, cast, caste, cat, catch, cause, cave, cease, cell, chain, chair, chalk, chance,

change, chap, charge, charm, chart, chase, chat, cheap, cheat, check, cheek, cheer, cheese, cheque, chess, chest, chew, chief, child, chill, chime, chin, chip, choice, choke, choose, chop, chum, ccite, claim, clap, clash, clasp, claw, clay, clean, clear, cleave, clench, clerk,

click, climb, cling, clip, clock, close, cloud, clown, club, clue, clutch, coach, coal, coarse, coast, code, coil, coin, cold, comb, come, cone, cook, cool, cope, cord, cork, corn, corpse, cost, conch, cough, could, count, course, court, crack, craft, cramp, crash, crawl, craze, cream, creep, crew, crime, crisp, crop, cross, crow, crowd, crown, crush, crust, cry, cub, cuff, cup, cure, curl, curse, curve, cut.

dam, damn, damp, dance, dare, dark, dash, date, dawn, day, days, dead, deaf, deal, dear, death, debt, deck, deed, deep, deer, den, dense, depth, desk, dew, die, dig, dim, dine, dip, dirt, dish, ditch, dive, do, dock ,dodge, dog, doll, door, dose, dot, doubt, down, drag, drain, draw, dream, dress, drill, drink, drip, drive, drop, drown, drug, drum, drunk, dry, dub, duck, due, duet, dull, dump, dusk, dust, dwarf, dwell.

Each, ear, earn, earth, ease, east, eat, edge, egg, eight, else, end, err, eye.

face, fact, fade, fail, faint, fair, faith, fake, fall, false, fame, far, fare, farm, fast, fault, fear, feast, fee, feed, feel, fence, fetch, few, field, fierce, fifth, fight, file, fill, film, filth, find, fine, fire, firm, first, fish, fist, fit, fire, fix, flag, flame, flap, flash, flask, flat, flea, flee, fleet, flesh, flight, float, flock, flood, floor, flour, flow, flue, fluid, flush, fly, foam, fog, fold, folk, fond, food, fool, for, force, forge, fork, form, fort, foul, found, four, fourth, fox, frail, frame, frank, free, freeze, freight, fresh, fridge, friend, fright, frog, from, front, frost, frown, fruit, fry, fuel, full, fun, funds, fur, fuse.

gab, gain, game, gang, gap, gape, gas, gasp, gate, gay ,gaze, gear, get, ghost, giant, gift, girl, give, glad, glance, glare, glass, gleam, glide, glimpse, globe, glove, glow, glue, gnaw, go, goal, God, gold, good, goods, grab, grace, grade, grain, grand, grant, grape, graph, grasp, grass, grave, graze, grease, great, greed, green, greet, grey, grief, grill, grim, grind, grip, groan, grope, ground, group, grow, growl, growth, grudge, grunt, guard, guess, guest, guide, guilt, gulf, gum, gust, guy (gi).‘

hail, hair, half, hall, halt, halve, hand, hang, hard, hare, harm, harsh, haste, hate, hatred, haul, haunt, have, hay, haze, he, head, heal, health, heap, hear, heart, heat, hedge, heed, heel, height, heir, hell, helm, help, hen, her, herd, here, hers, hide, high, hill, him, hint, hip, hire, his, hit, hive, hoarse, hoax, hoist, hold, hole, home, hook, hoot, hop, hope, horn, horse, hose, host, hour, house, how, howl, huge, hunt, hurt, hut.

ice, if, ill, in, inch, ink, inn, is, it, its, itch.

jack, jail, jam, jar, jaw, jazz, jet, job, jog, join, joint, joke, joy, judge, jug, juice, jump, just.

Keen, keep, key, kick, kid, kill, kin, kind, king, kiss, kit, kite, kith, knee, kneed, kneel, knife, knit, knock, knot, know.

Lace, lack, lad, lag, lake, lamb, lame, lamp, lance, land, lane, lap, large,

last, late, laugh, launch, law, lawn, lay, lead, leaf, leak, lean, learn, least, leave, left, leg, lend, length, lense, lent, less, lest, let, liar, lick, lid, lie, life, lift, light, like, limb, lime, limp, line, link, lion, lip, lisp, list, live, load, loaf, loan, lock, lodge, log, long, look, loose, lord, lose (looz), loss, lot, loud, lounge, love, low, luck, lump, lunch, lung, lux.

Mab, mad, maid, mail, main, maize, make, male, man, map, march, mark, marsh, mask, mass, mat, match, mate, may, me, meal, mean, means, meat, meet, melt, men,

mend, mere, mesh, mess, midst, might, mild ,mile, milk, mill, mince, mind, mine, miss, mist, mix, moan, mob, mock, mode, moist, mole, monk, month, mood, moon, more, mosque, most, moth, mount, mourn, mouse, mouth, move, mow, much, mud, mug, mule, mum, muse, must, mute, myth

nab, nail, name, naught, near, neat, neck, need, neigh(na), nerve, nest, net, new, news, next, nice, nick, niece, night, nil, nine, ninth, no, nod, noise, none, noon, nor, norm, north, nose, not, note, noun, now, nun, nurse, nut, nymph.

Oak, oar, oath, odd, of, off, oil, old, on, once, one, or,ore, ought, our, ours, out, owe (–o), owl, own, ox.

pace, pack, pad, page, pain, paint, pair, pale, palm, pan, pane, pang, pant, par, park, part, pass, past, paste, pastry, pat, patch, path, pause, pave, paw (po), pawn, pay, pea, peace, peach, peak, pear, pearl, peek, peel, peep, peer, pen, per, pet, phase, phone, phrase, pick, piece,

pierce, pig, pile, pill, pin, pinch, pink, pint, pious, pipe, pit, place, plain, plan, plane, plank, plant, plate, play, plead, please, plot,

plough, pluck, plug, plum, plump, plus, point, pole, pond, pool, poor, pop, pork, port, post, pot, pound, pour, praise, pray, preach, press, prey, price, prick, pride, priest, prime, prince ,print, prize, proof, proud, prose, prove, pub, pull, pulse, pump, punch, pure, purse, push, put.

Quack, quail, quaint, queen, queer, quench, quest, queue, quick, quiet, quit, quite, quote.

Race, rack, raft, rag, rage, raid, rail, rain, raise, rake, range, rank, rare, rash, rate, raw, ray, reach, read, real, reap, rear, reef, rent, rest, rhyme, rib, rice, rich, rid, ride, ridge, right, rind, ring, riot, ripe, rise, risk, road, roam, roar, roast, rob, robe, rock, rod, role, roll, roof, room, root, rope, rose, rot, rouge, rough, round, rouse, route, row, rub, rude, rug, ruin, rule, run, rush, rust.

sac, sack, safe, sail, saint, sake, same, sand, sane, sauce, save, saw, scale, scar, scarce, scare, scarf, scene, scent, scheme, scoff, scold, score, scorn, scout, scrape, scratch, scream, screen, screw, script, sea, seal, search, seat, seed, seek, seem, seize, self, sell, send, sense, serve, set, sew, sex, shade, shake, shall, shame, shape, share, sharp, shave, she, shed, sheep, sheer, sheet, shelf, shell, shield, shift, shine, ship, shirt, shock, shoot, shore, short, shot, shrug, should, shout, show, shrewd, shriek, shrink, shrug, shut, shy, sick, side, siege, sigh, sight, sign, silk, sin, since, sing

jack, jail, jam, jar, jaw, jazz, jet, job, jog, join, joint, joke, joy, judge, jug, juice, jump, just.

keen, keep, key, kick, kid, kill, kin, kind, king, kiss, kit, kite, kith, knee, kneed, kneel, knife, knit, knock, knot, know.

lace, lack, lad, lag, lake, lamb, lame, lamp, lance, land, lane, lap, large, last, late, laugh, launch, law, lawn, lay, lead, leaf, leak, lean, learn, least, leave, left, leg, lend, length, lense, lent, less, lest, let, liar, lick, lid, lie, life, lift, light, like, limb, lime, limp, line, link, lion, lip, lisp, list, live, load, loaf, loan, lock, lodge, log, long, look, loose, lord, lose, loss, lot, loud, lounge, love, low, luck, lump, lunch, lung, lux.

mab, mad, maid, mail, main, maize, make, male, man, map, march, mark, marsh, mask, mass, mat, match, mate, may, me, meal, mean, means, meat, meet, melt, men, mend, mere, mesh, mess, midst, might, mild, mile, milk, mill, mince, mind, mine, miss, mist, mix, moan, mob, mock, mode, moist, mole, monk, month, mood, moon, more, mosque, most, moth, mount, mourn, mouse, mouth, move, mow, much, mud, mug, mule, mum, muse, must, mute, myth.

nab, nail, name, naught, near, neat, neck, need, neigh, nerve, nest, net, new, news, next, nice, nick, niece, night, nil, nine, ninth, no, nod, noise, none, noon, nor, norm, north, nose, not, note, noun, now, nun, nurse, nut, nymph.

oak, oar, oath, odd, of, off, oil, old, on, once, one, or, ore, ought, our, ours, out, owe, owl, own, ox.

pace, pack, pad, page, pain, paint, pair, pale, palm, pan, pane, pang, pant, par, park, part, pass, past, paste, pastry, pat, patch, path, pause, pave, paw, pawn, pay, pea, peace, peach, peak, pear, pearl, peek, peel, peep, peer, pen, per, pet, phase, phone, phrase, pick, piece, pierce, pig, pile, pill, pin, pinch, pink, pint, pious, pipe, pit, place, plain, plan, plane, plank, plant, plate, play, plead, please, plot, plough, pluck, plug, plum, plump, plus, point, pole, pond, pool, poor, pop, pork, port, post, pot, pound, pour, praise, pray, preach, press, prey, price, prick, pride, priest, prime, prince, print, prize, proof, proud, prose, prove, pub, pull, pulse, pump, punch, pure, purse, push, put.

quack, quail, quaint, queen, queer, quench, quest, queue, quick, quiet, quit, quite, quote.

race, rack, raft, rag, rage, raid, rail, rain, raise, rake, range, rank, rare, rash, rate, raw, ray, reach, read, real, reap, rear, reef, rent, rest, rhyme, rib, rice, rich, rid, ride, ridge, right, rind, ring, riot, ripe, rise, risk, road, roam, roar, roast, rob, robe, rock, rod, role, roll, roof, room, root, rope, rose, rot, rouge, rough, round, rouse, route, row, rub, rude, rug, ruin, rule, run, rush, rust.

sac, sack, safe, sail, saint, sake, same, sand, sane, sauce, save, saw, scale, scar, scarce, scare, scarf, scene, scent, scheme, scoff, scold, score, scorn, scout, scrape, scratch, scream, screen, screw, script, sea, seal, search, seat, seed, seek, seem, seize, self, sell, send, sense, serve, set, sew, sex, shade, shake, shall, shame, shape, share, sharp, shave, she, shed, sheep, sheer, sheet, shelf, shell, shield, shift, shine, ship, shirt, shock, shoot, shore, short, shot, shrug, should, shout, show, shrewd, shriek, shrink, shrug, shut, shy, sick, side, siege, sigh, sight, sign, silk, sin, since, sing, sip, sir, sit, site, six, size, sketch, skill, skin, skirt,

skull, sky, slack, slap, slave, sleep, sleeve, slice, slide, slight, slim, slip, slit, slope, slot, slow, smack, small, smart, smash, smell, smile, smoke, smooth, snack, snail, snake, snap, snatch, sneer, sneeze, sniff, snow, soak, soap, soar, sob, sober, sock, soft, soil, sole, solve, some, son, song, soon, sore, sort, soul, sound, soup, sour, source, south, sow, space, spade, spare, spark, speak, speech, speed, spell, spend, spill, spin, spit, spite, splash, split, spoil, sponge, spoon, sport, spot, spread, spring, square, squat, squeeze, stab, staff, stage, stain, stair, stairs, stale, stall, stamp, stand, star, stare, start, starve, state, stay, steal, steam, steel, steep, steer, stem, step, stern, stick, stiff, still, sting, stir, stitch, stock, stone, stool, stoop, stop, store, storm, stout, stove, straight, strain, strange, strap, straw, streak, stream, street, strength, stress, stretch, strict, stride, strife, strike, string, strip, stripe, strive, stroke, strong, stuff, stunt, style, such, suck, suit, sum, sun, sure, swamp, sway, swear, sweat, swell, swift, swim, swing, switch, sword.

tab, tack, tail, take, tale, talk, tall, tame, tan, tank, tap, tape, tar, task, taste, tax, tea, team, teach, tear, tell, tempt, ten, tend, tense, tent, tenth, term, test, text, than, thank, that, their, them, theme, then, there, these, they, thick, thief, thin, thing, think, third, thirst, this, thorn, those, though, thought, thread, threat, three, thrill, thrive, throat, throne, throng, through, throw, thumb, thus, tide, tie, tight, tile, till, time, tin, tip, tire, toast, toe, toil, ton, tone, tongs, tongue, too, tool, tooth, top, torch, toss, touch, tough, tour, town, toy, trace, track, trade, trail, train, tram, tramp, trap, tray, tread, treat, tree, trench, trend, trial, tribe, trick, trim, trip, troop, truck, true, trunk, trust, truth, try, tub, tube, tug, tune, turn, twelve, twice, twin, twist, two, type, tyre.

up, urge, urn, us, use, used.

vade, vague, vain, valve, van, vase, vast, vault, veil, verse, very, vest, vice, view, voice, vogue, vote, vow.

Scientific laws and life principles

The universe and our whole human existence is goverrned by sets of rules. There are biological laws,laws of Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Phonetics, Electromagnetism, etc.. These laws are constantly being revised, they change, their validity may be challenged: that´s the essence of life and the construction of human and scientific thought as opposed to dogmas.
If we start by having a look at five BASIC laws of Economics:

PARKINSON´S LAW:" Work expands to fill the time available" The more time workers have to complete their task, the less efficcient they become.

Jean Baptiste SAY´S LAW: "Supply creates its own demand" Every time industrial or agricultural output rises, so does income.

GRESHAM´S LAW :"Bad money drives out good" If a government issues debased currency instead of gold and silver, the old "pure" currency disappears from circulation.

The Iron Law of Wages: "Wages are always set at subsistence level" If earnings fall below it, workers won´t be fit to work; if earnings rise above it, the working population grows, and increased competition for jobs forces wages back down to subsistence levels. David Ricardo

The law of Diminishing Returns: "In any venture there comes a point at which further investment ceases to bring a worthwhile profit" A. R. J. Turgot

 

 RESEARCH PROJECTS:

 

Now it´s your turn to describe the basic laws of the following subjects:

PHONETICS: OSTHOFF, VERNER; GRIMM; ,G.K. ZIPF´S or The Law of Least Effort,etc..

CHEMISTRY: ARCHIMEDES,BERNOUILLE´S, POISEUILLE´S, STOKE´S,etc...

PHYSICS: NEWTON´S THREE LAWS OF MOTION, NEWTON´S LAW OF GRAVITATION,EULER´S, MAXWELL´S, HOOKE´S LAW, SNELL´S LAW, BRAGG´S LAW, PLANCK´S LAWetc..

ELECTROMAGNETISM: GAUSS´S, FARADAY´S, AMPERE´S, MAXWELL´S,OHM´S LAW,COULOMB´S, etc...

BIOLOGY: MENDEL´S INHERITANCE LAWS...

MATHEMATICS LAWS: PYTHAGORAS´,H. GROSSMAN´..

ASTRONOMY: 3 KEPLER´S LAWS, HUBBLE´S LAW...

PSYCHOLOGY: ABRAHAM MASLOW´S , PAULOV´S, J.M. KEYNES,etc.. 

THERMODYNAMICS LAWS,etc..

 

from Ideas that shaped our world by Robert Stewart Marshall Publishing London 1997
 Thanks to Dr. A. Montero for his ideas on the subject..

Optical & Mind illusions

Life is full of optical illusions and deceits as there are tricks everywhere and you cannot trust your eyes.  
An illusion is an effect which is different from reality.Everything is in our heads. You´ll see double or even see things that never existed. You´ll have to put everything in perspective as both your eyes and your mind will be tricked. Does your mind´s eye see what it´s really out there or just what it thinks it sees? The French coined the term "trompe l´oeil" or trick the eye to define this phenomenon.
You´ll see imaginary things: both an old lady and a young lady , both two faces and two cups, someone both angry and happy at the same time, a man and a woman.  What we see is partly invented...We´ll see some impossible figures and situations, like How many legs has a particular elephant got? or How many prongs does a particular pitchfork have?
Perceptions are one thing, reality another and, in general, we may be full of wishful thinking to make life bearable.
As the Spanish folk song goes" daisies dreaming of becoming rosemary", or Mª Ángeles Pérez López´s
poem "scissors dreaming of becoming keys", nowhere will you find all this better expressed than in surrelist painters, such as Dali or Magritte´s hallucinatory imaginations.

Let´s start by mentioning some of Salvador Dali´s most surprising paintings:

 

THE LOBSTER TELEPHONE

DREAM CAUSED BY THE FLIGHT OF A BEE AROUND A POMEGRANATE A SECOND BEFORE AWAKENING

THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY (melting clocks)

THE MAE WEST LIPS  SOFA

THE METAMORPHOSIS OF NARCISSUS

THE GREAT MASTURBATOR

LEDA ATOMICA

THE PROFANATION OF THE HOST

THE BIRTH OF LIQUID DESIRES

SWANS REFLECTING ELEPHANTS

ANTHROPOMORPHIC BREAD

MORPHOLOGICAL ECHO

THE BURNING GIRAFFE

APPARITION OF FACE AND FRUIT DISH ON A BEACH

FOUNTAIN OF MILK FLOWING USELESSLY ON THREE SHOES

SLAVE MARKET WITH THE DISAPPEARING BUST OF VOLTAIRE

 

 

TRY TO SEE THE IMAGES OF THE FOLLOWING WORKS BY MAGRITTE:

 

MEMORY

THE MAN OF THE SEA

THE KEY TO DREAMS

THE KEY TO THE FIELDS

PERPETUAL MOTION

THE MARCH OF SUMMER

THE THERAPEUTIST

VICTORY

PHILOSOPHY IN A BOUDOIR

THE CHILDHOOD OF ICARUS

THE MAN IN THE BOWLER HAT

EVERY DAY.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT M.C. ESCHER´S IMPOSSIBLE FIGURES &  BUILD YOUR OWN ILLUSION.

from Optical illusions, a D.K. book Pearson
        Revista de Occidente  July- August 2014 nº 398-399

Teachers as "demented" creatures

This is a tongue-in-cheek exercise to practise both relative pronouns and modal auxiliaries.. (Sorry imagination is running dry after this long dry spell)

A TEACHER WHO IS HAPPY ONE DAY AND GRUMPY THE NEXT MAY BE A SERIOUS CASE OF SPLIT PERSONALITY or DR. JEKYLL & Mr. HYDE SYNDROME..

A TEACHER WHOSE BUSHY EYEBROWS MEET IN THE MIDDLE MAY BE A WEREWOLF.

A TEACHER WHO SPENDS A LONG TIME IN THE LABORATORY MAY BE A MAD SCIENTIST.

A TEACHER WHO DOES NOT HAVE A REFLECTION IN THE MIRROR MAY BE A VAMPIRE.

A TEACHER WHO DOES NOT FEEL PAIN MAY BE A ZOMBIE.

A TEACHER WHOSE ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION IS PERFECT BROKEN ENGLISH MIGHT BECOME A UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR.

A TEACHER WHO IS OBSESSED ABOUT THE PAST WILL NOT ENJOY THE PRESENT

A TEACHER WHO ALLOWS HIS/HER STUDENTS TO CHEAT AT EXAMS MAY GO VERY FAR IN THE POLITICAL ARENA.

A TEACHER WHO IS A FRUSTRATED POLITICIAN MAY ENJOY THE TRANSIENT "GLORY" OF BEING THE SCHOOL HEAD.

A TEACHER WHO REFUSES WEDDING PRESENTS AND ASKS FOR DONATIONS TO N.G.O.´S  MAY BE A SAINT WITHOUT A HALO .

A TEACHER WHO SYSTEMATICALLY FAILS ALL HIS/HER STUDENTS MAY BE A SADIST.

A TEACHER WHO PASSES ALL HIS/HER STUDENTS  MAY BE A MASOCHIST.

A TEACHER WHO ABUSES TERMS OF ENDEARMENT MIGHT AS WELL BE A MONSTER or A WITCH.

A TEACHER WHO HATES TEACHING MIGHT AS WELL END UP BEING AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER.

A TEACHER WHO IS ALWAYS SILENT MIGHT HIDE  A SAVAGE BEAST.

A TEACHER WHO ALWAYS ARRIVES LATE MIGHT BE AWARDED  THE ALPHONSE X TEACHING DIPLOMA  FOR THEIR TEACHING SERVICES..

A TEACHER WHOSE HOUSE HAS BEEN BROKEN INTO MAY BE VERY LUCKY TO BE ALIVE.

A TEACHER WHO BECOMES THE PPRINCIPAL WILL FIND IT VERY HARD TO GO BACK TO ORDINARY CLASSROOM TEACHING.

A TEACHER WHO LOVES TO LEARN MAY MAKE HER STUDENTS LEARN TO LOVE LIFE....

A TEACHER WHO....

IT´S YOUR TURN NOW TO BUILD UP TEN MORE SENTENCES STARTING WITH 
A STUDENT WHO...  (TRY TO BE FUNNY WITHOUT HURTING PEOPLE´S FEELINGS)
INITIAL INSPIRATION DRAWN FROM JOHN BYRNE´S THE WORLD´S SCARIEST JOKE BOOK.