Only for CAT LOVERS!!!

You know I never do publicity. This time, a good friend has just sent me this whatsapp, which I would like to share with you. 

If you don't like cats, ignore it!!!

"I’m doing a soft launch of my new side hustle,

Ellie-Gant Designs.

I’ve been busy creating a growing collection of funny and quirky cat designs for print-on-demand products.The designs are available on all sorts of things, including T-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, kids’ clothes, bags, aprons, mugs, mouse mats and lots more. And with autumn settling in, you might spot a few Halloween and Christmas designs in there at the moment!

If you fancy having a look, I’d be absolutely delighted if anything takes your fancy — but there’s certainly no obligation to buy! Just having a browse would be lovely. And if you think any of your friends might be interested, I’d be really grateful if you could share the link with them.

This is very early days and I’m always developing new designs, so I’d also genuinely love to hear any comments, feedback or ideas for future designs. If there’s a particular cat-related theme, joke or type of design you’d like to see, please tell me!

Thanks so much for taking a look and for supporting my little venture."

 

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EL PAÍS (News in English)

A chance to save a UN in decline

Dear readers,

As world leaders take turns speaking at the 81st UN General Assembly in New York, the head of the International Crisis Group think tank reflects on the waning power of the international organization and how the upcoming selection of a new chief is an opportunity for governments to rally around it and choose a ‘general,’ not a ‘secretary,’ to lead the charge.

Also this week, a court brought hope to migrants who were deported by U.S. authorities without their consent to countries in Africa that they have no ties to. EL PAÍS spoke with a dozen migrants from Cuba, Honduras, Brazil, and Colombia who remain in a legal limbo there, with scant medical assistance and no knowledge of what will happen to them.

In other stories, we looked at the corporate power of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints in the United States and of Opus Dei in Spain, and followed the growing resistance movement against artificial intelligence.

We hope you enjoy this selection of stories from EL PAÍS USA Edition.

You can also read:

• Netanyahu challenges half-empty UN General Assembly: Accusing Israel of genocide is the ‘biggest lie of the century’
• Riding electric scooters multiplies the risk of serious injuries compared with cycling or motorcycling
• Maricarmen: Eviction of elderly woman in Madrid sparks social and political outrage
• ‘El Niño’ already at record levels and threatens to claim 450,000 lives due to extreme heat alone

European Day of Languages 2026

Empowering language learners A motivation manifesto for the European Day of Languages

• Language Facts
• Myth or Fact?
• Famous Quotes
• Questions you never dared to ask about languages

Other year celebrations of this event:  2016, 2018, 2023, 2024

Dictionary Skills KEY

Check your ansewrs HERE.

A 100 Other Words for "ISSUES"

You can see them all HERE too.

One Word Substitution

10 English Pronunciation Errors by Spanish Speakers

Have a look (and a listen*) at this website. (from pronunciationstudio.com)

Football Frenzy

Play football-themed puzzles from the New York Times Gameplay archives for free. 

Available through September 30.

Negative (Mean, Jealous and Narrow-Minded) Personality Traits

 

100 Confusing Word Pairs

Read them more clearly HERE.

Highlight the ones you find quite difficult. 

You should check pronunciation in many of them!

Used to vs Would

 

Types of Laughter

Transitive Verbs

Dictionary Skills

Let's get down to work with the monolingual dictionary you're used to working with. 

Try and do this activity.

Key next Friday

Especially vs Specially

Celebrate European Day of Languages with us!

C1 & C2 BBC Ideas

Ideas

Short Films for Curious Minds

Watch ONE video you find interesting and be ready to talk to your classmates about it for 2 mins. next week.

Get my British Accent (British RP) By Lucy

Modern RP Ebook

What you'll work through:
Warm-up techniques to train your jaw, lips and tongue
Every Modern RP vowel sound, including the tricky ones that trip everyone up
The notorious th sounds and how to stop substituting them
How sounds blend together in fast, natural speech
Word stress, sentence stress and the rhythm that makes you sound genuinely British
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This isn't a quick lesson you watch once and forget. It's the kind of resource you come back to and work through section by section.Shadow the example sentences. Repeat the tongue twisters. Test yourself with the quizzes. Real progress comes from doing the work, and I've laid all of it out for you.

EL PAÍS News in English

Zohran Mamdani: ‘I will leave it to others to label me’

Dear readers, ‌

This week we published an exclusive, wide-ranging interview with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who despite leading a progressive wave in the Democratic Party in the U.S. prefers to downplay his anti-Trump reputation: "I’ve been very clear that I have a wide range of disagreements with the president. On immigration, for example. I’ve told him directly that ICE is an agency that operates with cruelty and inhumanity. It should be abolished," he told EL PÁIS.

September 11 marked the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York, a city famous for its constant reinvention. Photographer David Monderer was in a chance position on that fateful morning to capture what turned out to be one of the final shots of the Twin Towers, and the aftermath of the airplane impacts on the World Trade Center.

We also traveled to the pro-Russian region of Transnistria in Moldova, a country on the path to EU membership, looked at the widening inequality gap in Cuba and pondered the question on everybody's minds in the age of AI: should we genuinely fear the technology rising up?

We hope you enjoy this selection of stories from EL PAÍS US Edition.

You can also read:

• Alexia Putellas: ‘I would have loved for previous generations, the real pioneers, to have experienced what I’ve experienced’
• How do you make a map? The problem of flattening the Earth and why the UN is abandoning Mercator
• Rosalía ends the Lux Tour in Miami as the high priestess of avant-garde pop
• ‘La Bola Negra’ enters the Oscar race with the biggest awards campaign ever mounted for a Spanish film
• Dining outdoors in Spain: From popular custom to neighborhood protest against mass tourism and the privatization of public space
• European Canada

Advanced Adjectives for Physical Appearance

Sonrisas Harmony GIG

Don't miss the celebration of the European Day of Languages (26th)!

Attend the concert with Sonrisas Harmony, A Cappella Choir, on Sep. 29th at 7 pm at the Assembly Hall!

Save the date!

Used To vs. Be Used To vs. Get Used To

Read more explana-tions, examples, typical mistakes and a quiz HERE.

KEY to Activities. Dictionaries: Monolingual or Bilingual?

Check your answers HERE.

Character Traits

You can find all of them in groups according to meaning, 

some translated and some extras HERE.

Rainy Season

Personality Words

Think about one person you know who fits each adjective. 

Adjectives to Describe Personality