PICK ENGLISH WITH TICs

Hello everybody,
A group of teachers and students have made this video to express gratitude to Greek contribution to European culture.
They use Greek words to refer to Medicine,  History, Music, Astronomy, Sports, Mathematics, Philosophy, Politics,...  in the touching video.
They all together say: "Thank you, Greece".

Hello everyone,
Did you listen to this piece of news yesterday? I was baffled after watching this video.
Mick Fanning, three-time world surfing champion was very lucky and he could escape when a shark attacked him in South Africa.

Here you can watch Mick Fanning shark attack.

Hello everyone,
Malala Yousafzai celebrated her birthday yesterday. She was born in Pakistan,  12 July in 1997. Then she's 18 years old now. Happy birthday Malala.

This is what she said to BBC yesterday: "I promised to help people". She's a brave girl.



She is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate.

Do you want know more about her? Read this comic about Malala's life.

Hello everybody,
Do you know Jackeline Kiplimo? She was born in 1984 in Kenya. She started athletics when she was in primary school. She normally runs half marathons and marathon races. Her husband is also an athlete and he is Jackeline's coach and manager.

This story happened in China on March 28, 2010. Jackeline saw a Chinese man calling upon his countrymen and fellow athletes to give him water.

They just looked at him and passed. Jackeline was at ten kilometre mark and was leading.


 The weather was hot and humid and even the most able athletes were getting dehydrated.
"I have never regretted helping the man. To me, he was not a stranger, but someone who needed my help. Said Kiplimo!". She got the second position in the race. Her countryside Emily Samoei won the race.

She started running in 2004 while she was in primary school.
But she used to run a 1,500 metres race. She also took  long distance running in 2007 and She now run 21 and 42 kilometres.
She is married to Fredrick Kiplimo who is also a runner and they have got a child. They train together most of the time.
I have faced many challenges in my running career, but the major one is financial problems.
Her role models are her fellow Kenyan athletes Lydia Jerome, Moses Kiptanui and Sharon Jerop.

Remember: "Winning is not everything".

Hello everybody,
Are you having a good time? I hope so.
Here you can find a lot of easy exercises to brush up your English a little bit during your summer holidays.
Visit these  pages:
1. Saber inglés. Do these grammar exercises.

2. Basic English course. Here you have got some audio files and dialogues.

3. Idioms. Here you can find some easy idioms.

4. English short stories.

5. Games.

6. Some English famous songs. Find the lyrics and watch the videos.


Do you like reading? Here you can find some books which contain a CD to listen to the story at the same time you read it. You have to buy them.

Level 1

Level 2

These are some of my favourite quotes about reading:

"Reading give us some place to go when we have to stay where we are".

"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body".