VOCABULARY Focus:

stoat (animal)

ermine (fur)

rapport + with

empathy

sympathy

Ebro watershed

licorice or liquorice

absinthe /ˈæbsɪnθ/

"a white elephant"

"to have an elephant in the room"

"white elephant gift exchange or Evil Santa"

The Elephant Song - Children's Music

Password:

"Life is like a cup of coffee. Youth is............................................."

B&B:

• Guess what the short story Hills Like White Elephants is about.
• Investigate about the Ebro River.

VOCABULARY Focus

Seasons of Life:

Childhood: infancy  pester power, Disney films, picture books, innocence, tree climbing, fairy tales, den building, school age, junior

Teenage Years: puberty, adolescent, inexperienced, puerile, immature, green, raw, undeveloped, blossoming, flowering, naïve, unaware, freshman, fresh meat

Youth: minor, juvenile, salad days, fresh-faced, legal age ( the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs)

Adulthood: grown up, of age, prime of life, manhood, parentage, maturity, ripened, full bloom, completion, ripe, fertile.

Old Age: aged, long-lived, old, oldish, full-bloom, golden age, over-the-hill, senile, barren, retired, seasoned.

Re-Birth: reanissance, awakening, reincarnation, comeback, outset, reborn, regeneration, renewal, resurrection, reinvention,reactivation. 

New words:

• alumnus/ alumni ( plural)

 - Alumnus and alumna stem from Latin alere, "to nourish or be nourished," now by a university; originally alumnus was a pupil and now it is a male graduate. Alumni refers to either sex. Farlex Trivia Dictionary

• mythomania (ˌmɪθəʊˈmeɪnɪə) - Collins English Dictionary  

 (Psychiatry) psychiatry the tendency to lie, exaggerate, or relate incredible imaginary adventures as if they had really happened, occurring in some mental disorders.

mythomaniac n, adj

Life is Like a Cup of Coffee

"Forever Young" by Bob Dylan second/"fast" version - both are from his 1...