Social Communication is the best !

Here are some links from 2008 that include stories and videos and the two men in the film, John Rendall and Anthony Bourke, who bought and took care of Christian.

Story, photos and video of appearance on the Today show.

Film clip of the last time the men saw Christian in 1974. This is known as the “second reunion”.

Information on Wikipedia.

A radio interview from Brisbane Australia with John Rendall and Anthony Bourke.

A blog about Christian The Lion.

Anthony Bourke graduates from college at age 62.

An interview on video from Australia with Anthony Bourke from 2009.

London Evening Standard newspaper article

A CBS news story with a video link at the bottom of the last reunion.

A blog story about Christian The Lion being made into a new film.

TV channel – Animal Planet – links about the show “A Lion Called Christian”.

A link to some nice early photos of Christian in London.

How Christian the Lion became a You Tube sensation.

Kutu Cat blog tells the story about Christian from friends who were there.

Ubikann link with video from the Animal Planet documentary about Christian called “A Lion Called Christian”. Watch this first !!!

Christian The Lion Prints – The Official Website !

John Rendall and Ace Bourke’s website !

Christian the Lion on Facebook !

Take a safari to Kenya with John Rendall this October !

Another nice blog with some recent information about Ace Bourke.

Connie’s Coffee Talk – blog story about Christian with links to newspaper articles.

Hello !

I’m happy to share one of my favorite films with you. It’s a documentary film from 1970 called “Christian The Lion at World’s End”. It tells the story of two young Australian men who were living in London, England at the time and bought a baby lion at Harrod’s Department Store. The film shows their life with a baby lion in London and then later in Africa when Christian, the lion, goes there to live in the wild. Most people had never seen this film because it was not widely released after it was made. But then, in 2006, someone put a short clip on You Tube that got the attention of many people. Since that time, there has been a new book and the movie was re-released.

Click here to see the You Tube clip that got the film new attention in 2006.

This is what I wrote about the film for my class last year:

This clip comes from a movie titled: Christian The Lion At World’s End. It is a documentary film which tells the story of two young men from Australia who were living in London, England in 1969-1970. They went into Harrod’s Department store and saw a baby lion cub fore sale. They bought the lion for about $600 (at that time) and took it home. The men, named Anthony and John, were working at a furniture store called “Sophistocat” and living in an apartment above the store. They asked the store owners if they could keep the lion in the basement of the building where they were working and living and the owners said “yes”! So, for about 7-8 months, the two young men lived with the lion every day and took care of him.

Here is a longer video clip from the same film. This clip starts with the reunion – when the two men who bought Christian and took care of him for a year return after one year to visit him again in Africa. The clip also shows the other lions who were with Christian in Africa and the man who helped reintroduce him into the wild, George Adamson. Then the clip shows a woman visiting Christian’s parents at a zoo in England. And finally, the end of the movie shows Christian walking with George, Anthony and John.

Here is a longer version of the reunion clip plus another 5 minutes from the film.

Here is a slideshow with photos of Christian.

Buy the DVD !

Buy the book !

Cui Ping wants to practice and learn the difference between present perfect verbs and present perfect continuous.

Here are some links:

My English Teacher.net

esl.about.com – scroll down to read “present perfect progressive and present perfect”

English Tenses With Cartoons

Here are some links to help you understand and practice the past continuous:

English Grammar Secrets – Nice explanation of past continuous with exercises

English Grammar 4 U

English Club – Quiz

English Page – Past and Past Continuous exercise

English Page – Past and Past Continuous exercise

Perfect English Grammar - Scroll down and click on Past Continuous Form – There are 4 links.

Here is a great dictionary. Just type in a word and you can see the definition and hear it pronounced. I looked up “contusion” and “contaminate” and found both of them.

Scholastic Word Wizard Dictionary

The main website is scholastic.com – Then click on Student Activities to get to the Dictionary.

There is also a link called Scholastic News with recent news articles under Student Activities. Click below if you want to see that.

Scholastic News Online

Here are some resources to help you learn more about the court system in the U.S.:

brainpop.com This website has a great video with captions so you can listen and read about how the U.S. court system works.

scholastic.com Here is an article that gives a basic overview of how the American court system works

englishmedialab.com – a short exercise for learning key legal vocabulary as it relates to a court case

english-test.net - U.S. Judicial System Test

gottrouble.com This website has some short videos that explain facts about legal issues such as the difference between a misdemeanor and a felony crime.

uniteddefensegroup.com – Understanding the Criminal Process – This website explains a lot of legal vocabulary.

Supreme Court – Here is the official website for the Supreme Court

Here is a some information and exercises about causative verbs:

Causative Verbs – eslgold.com

Causative Verbs – englishpage.com

Causative Verb quiz – Learn English Feel Good

Causative Verbs – explanation and exercises

Hi again,

Here is a great website that helps ESL students learn about how to choose healthier fast food.

There are a lot of good listening exercises to do. Click on the link below:

www.lessonsforlivingwell.org

Take a look at this “wiki” that Denise McCarthy, an ESL instructor at Mission Campus is designing.

English for Work

When you go to the site, click on the

Health Care Related Resources link on the left and then click on Interactive Game on Jobs in Health Care and Biotechnology.

Hi there,

Since we have been talking about health issues this week, I have included a few listening exercises from www.elllo.org about Diabetes.

Interview 788 Diabetes

Interview 789 Type 1 and 2 Diabetes

Interview 992 Long Life

Don’t forget to click on the Audio Slide Show and Audio Slide Quiz links on the right side of the window to test your listening.