What do winter rainy days make you feel like?

How do weather conditions affect your mood? >>>> (Can weather affect your mood?)

Some articles to read about the issue:

• Don’t be Sad: how to beat seasonal affective disorder (The Guardian)

• Could I have Sad or is winter just making me miserable? (The Guardian)

• Does sunshine make us happier? (BBC)

• The weird ways the weather makes you buy things you didn’t plan to (The Washington Post)

Word formation: Tell me all the adjectives you can think of connected with the verb TO SLEEP

Listening exercise to do: 'When do you feel sleepy?' (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

English with Lucy >>  PRONUNCIATION

 PRONUNCIATION >>    English Pronunciation Training | Imitation Technique | Tongue Twisters - /l/ /r/ /s/ /ʃ/ /θ/  

 English at university: Lost property (episode 14)

LINGOHACK  >>>

Episode 161214 / 14 December 2016   >>>  Expressions presented: a testament, lived rough, sanctuaries & urban oasis.😉

Run, Forrest, run!!!!

Do you like running? jogging? Well, you need a pair of trainers!!

What's the American word for 'trainers'? "I just felt like running" What does this expression mean?

Listening exercise to do: 'Why we love trainers' (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

Have you seen the film Forrest Gump? You can read about the film HERE. Did you like it? What's your opinion?

Here are some newspaper articles from The Guardian for you to read:

• Chinese authorities make perilous cliff-face school run safer (China)

• How do we fight the loudmouth politics of authoritarian populism?(Politics, opinion)

English with Lucy >>>> 

PERFECT the TOP 25 IRREGULAR VERBS | British English Pronunciation 

English at university: Dinner time (episode 9)

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 161116 / 16 November 2016   >>>  Expressions presented: evade tax, traces & solving.