Jose Enrique Loves Newcastle....You can too! Learn English in Newcastle

Jose Enrique, Newcastle and Spanish footballer loves Newcastle. Read the article below to find out why. You can find out for yourself why Newcastle is such a great place. El Centro de Ingles can arrange for you to learn English there with an internationally recognised organisation. Contact us for more details.

Jose Enrique is so happy to have stayed at Newcastle United Football Club last summer that he is already contemplating the possibility of spending the rest of his career in Newcastle.

Enrique has developed into an outstanding left-back during his time at Newcastle and is arguably the best full-back playing outside of the Premier League. His performances this season – and at the end of the last – have established the former Spanish Under-21 international as a crowd favourite at St James’ Park (Newcastle's stadium) and the former Villareal prospect has responded by claiming he never wants to leave.

At 24, Enrique, in theory, still has his best years ahead of him, but he has formed a strong bond with the city and its football club during his three years in English football.

“I’m so happy I decided to stay at Newcastle in the summer,” said Enrique.

“I know we are only in the Championship (Segunda), but I love the city and the club. All the foreign players hate the weather here, but it’s not just Newcastle, it’s England. I’m really settled here and I have no desire to go back to Spain. I’m happy at Newcastle, in England and in this team.

“In my three seasons here I know the fans like me and I love that. That is more important for me than anything else, more important than trophies and cups.”

Enrique is not the first foreign import to fall in love with the club and the city it calls home and it is clear Enrique’s words are not empty pledges of loyalty

He added: “I know it will be difficult for us to win something. I would like that very much, but the biggest thing for me is to enjoy playing football and to be happy. I have that at Newcastle and I don’t want to let that go. I could stay here for the rest of my career because of the warmth I feel. It is unbelievable when the fans sing my name, you know you are playing well when that happens.

“I want to play well for the fans and the club. I say thank you all the time. To come over from Spain and to be so liked by the people here. It makes me very proud.

“The fans in England are very different to Spain. The fans love football here. Spain is a good league, but all the Spanish players prefer playing here I think. I want to stay here, I don’t want to go back to Spain.”

http://www.journallive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2010/03/19/jose-enrique-hopes-for-long-united-career-61634-26064695/

Modern Spain...in English (Magazine Article)

Very interesting link, spoken in very clear English. The article talks about Spain in the modern world.

Monocle's photographers, editors and writers travelled the length and breadth of Spain for our national survey. Along the way they sampled its food, culture and transport and scouted out the businesses, brands and services that are leading the country into its new status as a business hub for southwest Europe

http://www.monocle.com/Spain/

in, at, on

in / at / on - prepositions of place

IN

Use 'in' with spaces:

· in a room / in a building

· in a garden / in a park

Use 'in' with bodies of water:

· in the water

· in the sea

· in a river

Use 'in' with lines:

· in a row / in a line

· in a queue

AT

Use 'at' with places:

· at the bus-stop

· at the door

· at the cinema

· at the end of the street

Use 'at' with places on a page:

· at the top of the page

· at the bottom of the page

Use 'at' in groups of people:

· at the back of the class

· at the front of the class

ON

Use 'on' with surfaces:

· on the ceiling / on the wall / on the floor

· on the table

Use 'on' with small islands:

· I stayed on Maui.

Use 'on' with directions:

· on the left

· on the right

· straight on

IMPORTANT NOTES

In / at / on the corner

We say 'in the corner of a room', but 'at the corner (or 'on the corner') of a street'

In / at / on the front

· We say 'in the front / in the back' of a car

· We say 'at the front / at the back' of buildings / groups of people

· We say 'on the front / on the back' of a piece of paper

Real English pronunciation

7 Informal Contractions

WANNA know what GONNA means? LEMME show you.

Have you seen words like "gonna" or "wanna" and wondered
what they mean? Perhaps you have looked in a dictionary and
been unable to find them. That's because these words are
"informal contractions" or short forms of other words that
people use when speaking informally. They are not exactly
slang, but they are a little like slang. In fact, if you
look in a good (big) dictionary, you will usually find them.

Here are the 7 most common informal contractions, with
example sentences:

1. GIMME = give me
Gimme your money.
Don't gimme that rubbish.
Can you gimme a hand?

2. GONNA = going to
Nothing's gonna change my love for you.
I'm not gonna tell you.
What are you gonna do?

3a. GOTTA = (have) got a
I've gotta gun.
I gotta gun.
She hasn't gotta penny
Have you gotta car?

3b. GOTTA = (have) got to
I've gotta go now.
I gotta go now.
We haven't gotta do that.
Have they gotta work?

4. INIT = isn't it
That's smart, init?
Init strange?

5. KINDA = kind of
She's kinda cute.
Are you kinda mad at me?

6. LEMME = let me
Lemme go!
He didn't lemme see it.

7a. WANNA = want to
I wanna go home.
I don't wanna go.
Do you wanna watch TV?

7b. WANNA = want a
I wanna coffee.
I don't wanna thing from you.
Do you wanna beer?

Please remember that these are *informal* contractions.
That means that we do not use them in "correct" speech, and
we almost never use them in writing. We use them only when
speaking fast and informally, for example with friends. Also,
the sentences above may be a little artificial because when
we use a contraction like "wanna", we probably also use
other contractions in the same sentence, as follows:

Do you want a beer?
Do you wanna beer?
D'you wanna beer?
D'ya wanna beer?
Ya wanna beer?
Wanna beer?

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Confusing Adjectives

Bored v Boring

Bored is an adjective that describes when someone feels tired and unhappy because something is not interesting or because they have nothing to do.

For example: She was very bored in the English class.

Boring is an adjective that means something is not interesting or exciting.

For example: The English class is very boring.

Complete these sentences with bored / boring

Example : The film was very boring so we were bored.

I don’t like football, it’s __________.

I think she is ____________ because she looks uninterested in the film.

She doesn’t like David, she says he is ____________.

I always sleep when I’m on the train because it’s____________.

A ___________ film always makes me _______________.

Excited v Exciting

Excited is an adjective that describes when someone feels happy and enthusiastic about something.

For example: She is very excited about the party.

Exciting is an adjective that means something is making you excited.

For example: The party will be exciting.

Complete these sentences with excited / exciting.

Example : In my opinion, football is an exciting sport, I get excited when I go to a match.

I think she is ___________ because she looks happy.

The children are ____________ for the school trip.

My brother is ____________ because he is going to visit his friends tomorrow.

Watersports are really ______________.

Mountain climbing is _________________, it makes me feel ______________.

Interested v Interesting

Interested is used as an adjective, it says how someone feels.

For example: "I am very interested in the lesson."

Interesting is used as an adjective, it describes the people or things that cause the feelings.

For example: "It was an interesting lesson ."

Complete these sentences with interested / interesting.

Example : He is interested in learning English, he finds it interesting.

Note : The verb after interested is in the gerund form

1. I think History is very ________________.
2. We’re _____________________ in going to French classes.
3. I found the documentary quite ________________.
4. She’s ___________________ in starting dance classes.