Australia

Here is a map of Australia:

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/australia/australia_rel_1999.jpg

and Australia's official tourism website:

http://www.australia.com/index.aspx

Do you want to learn about Agatha Christie?

This is Christie's official webpage. Have a look to learn about her life and works.

http://www.agathachristie.com/

Penelope Cruz won the Oscar to the best actress in a supporting role

Listen to her acceptance speech on this site:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ammK6D3_IeA

Here you can read her speech:

http://movies.hollyscoop.com/penelope-cruz/penelope-cruz-2009-oscar-acceptance-speech_1342.aspx

Some advice for students

Read this list of rules for life. They have been attributed to Bill Gates, although it seems that they were written by someone else:

http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2005/03/23/bill-gates-11-rules-of-life.htm

If you need a dictionary online, try this:

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

Obamas's presidential oath and inaugural speech

If you want to watch Obama's oath and his inaugural speech as the 44th president of the United States, click on the following link:

http://www.hollyscoop.com/barack-obama/president-barack-obamas-inaugural-speech-part-ii_19053.aspx

This is the presidential oath:

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pihtml/pioaths.html

Merry Christmas

Let's sing some Christmas Carols:

Have yourself a merry little Christmas (Coldplay):

http://www.christmas-carols.net/carols/have-yourself-merry-little.html

video: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=zOpT8vsloeA&feature=PlayList&p=C0E5866950751AEF&playnext=1&index=20

Last Christmas (Wham):

lyrics: http://home.quicknet.nl/qn/prive/avangalen/populair/lastchristmas.htm

video: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=hZhoF9Isf0o

The twelve days of Christmas:

lyrics: http://www.carols.org.uk/the_twelve_days_of_christmas.htm

video: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=I1szT-GOvug

Who is the new President of the United States of America?

Watch Obama's video:

Barack Obama: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY

Here you can read the lyrics of "Yes, we can": http://www.anysonglyrics.com/lyrics/w/Will-I-Am/Yes-We-Can-Barack-Obama-Song.htm

What do you think about this song, based on a speech given by Obama? If you want to send your essay to this blog, create a gmail account and send your username to my e-address: chuscastroc@gmail.com

If you want to learn more about Obama's campaign, visit his website:

http://es.youtube.com/user/BarackObamadotcom

Some Spanish commercials are also based on Obama's video. Have a look:

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=LmCXGPPBQSQ&feature=related

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=hmwUFdc9bTs&feature=related