Wednesday, August 28, 2013

PASSWORD:

There are three classes of people:
 those who see,
those who see when they are shown, 
those who do not see.

B&B:

A. Place the expressions under the correct headline:

At the hostel:        At the museum:        In the street:

  Where is the Picasso exhibit?    How much does it cost per night?    Do you mind telling me the way to the National Gallery? Can you smoke in the room?   Is there a museum near here?     Do you have any free rooms?   How far is the Art gallery from here?  The audio guide will tell you about the school of painters.    Is this a portrait or a self-portrait of the artist?
         
B. Prepare a short conversation about one of the following situations:

1. Santi and a tourist information officer: complaining about the hostel
2. Police officer and Marco: Asking for directions to get to the museum
3. Laura and a French guy: Romantic dialogue at the river bank.
4. Julie phones to a hostel to make reservations to stay there for three nights.


OPTIONAL B&B:


  • CONDITIONAL SENTENCES:

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/conditional-sentences-3


  • PASSIVE VOICE:


SOUND Focus 1

SOUND Focus 2

VOCABULARY Revision:

strength
tepee
breast: east and west
jargon
dialect
doubt
magnifying glass
eraser
vibes
sparrow
parrrot
chain

SONG:

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Password:

 "A picture is worth a thousand words

B&B:


  • Listen to the song included in Milka advertisement: "Bubbles of Tenderness" and write down its lyrics.
             http://youtu.be/Z-FFcQfxpKA
  • Complete activity 3 on page 33 of the manual.
  • Complete extra copy on HOTELS ( activity 88.2)

SOUND Focus:

Assimilation in Connected Speech

Assimilation is a process where sounds in separate words change when they are put together in speech. One way this happens is by the first sound changing to be more similar to the second.
  /t/ becomes /p/
  /d/ becomes /b/          when followed by /m/ /b/ or /p/
  /n/ becomes /m/
The phrase 'white bag' becomes 'wipe bag' when it is said.
The expression Great Britain becomes Greapbritn.
The phrase blood pressure becomes bloob pressure
The phrase brown bag becomes browm bag.
The phrase en pesos becomes em pesos.

Complete the sentennces with one word and practise them orally:
begin  felt  need  third  might  clean  rained  want  thin
1. We ……….meet him again.
2. Please, …..……my shoes for me.
3. I …………bad after the party.
4. It ………..… before we got back.
5. I ……..….Peter to come.
6. We …………..more milk.
7. This ………….blanket isn’t warm enough.
8. The ………….problem’s difficult.
9. I’ll…………..painting the house tomorrow.



VOCABULARY Focus:


   Types of Accomodation:
a terraced housea semi-detached housea block of flatsa cottagea farmhouse
     
a villaa skyscrapera palacea castlea bungalow
     
  
a tenta caravanan igloo  

a terraced house
à a house next to an other house
a semi-detached houseà a house that is attached to another house on one side
a cottageà a small house in the country
a bedsità flat with one main room and no separate bedroom

SONG:

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

PASSWORD:

“If you don’t stand for something,
 then you’ll fall for everything”

B&B for next class:

  • Listen to ACT 6 looking at the memory map.
  • Complete activities 2 and 3 onpages 32 and 33 of the manual.

SOUND Focus:

GRAMMAR Focus 1:

Passive Voice:

Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action.
Example: My bike was stolen.
In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it.
Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows:
Example: A mistake was made.
In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame anyone (e.g. You have made a mistake.).
TenseSubjectVerbObject
Simple PresentActive:Ritawritesa letter.
Passive:A letteris writtenby Rita.
Simple PastActive:Ritawrotea letter.
Passive:A letterwas writtenby Rita.
Present PerfectActive:Ritahas writtena letter.
Passive:A letterhas been writtenby Rita.
Future IActive:Ritawill writea letter.
Passive:A letterwill be writtenby Rita.

GRAMMAR Focus 2:

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES:

Conditional Sentence Type 1

→ It is possible and also very likely that the condition will be fulfilled.
Form: if + Simple Presentwill-Future
Example: If I find her address, I’ll send her an invitation.

Conditional Sentence Type 2

→ It is possible but very unlikely, that the condition will be fulfilled.
Form: if + Simple PastConditional I (= would + Infinitive)
Example: If I found her address, I would send her an invitation.

Conditional Sentence Type 3

→ It is impossible that the condition will be fulfilled because it refers to the past.
Form: if + Past PerfectConditional II (= would + have + Past Participle)
Example: If I had found her address, I would have sent her an invitation.

VOCABULARY Focus:


SONG:

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

PASSWORD:

“ Adieu! Bon Voyage!!!!Bring me a petit eau de toilette as souvenir from Paris so I’m à la mode !" 

B&B for next class:


  • Read ACT 6 and take out new words.
  • Listen to Act 6 and follow the memory map at the back of the manual.
  • Complete Activity 1 on page 32 of the manual.
  • How are the following words related to the act? 


          light bulb, two dogs, Leonardo Di Caprio,
      The Sunflowers by Van Gogh and The Eiffel Tower.

SOUND Focus: Strong vs Weak Forms



VOCABULARY Focus

FOOTBALL: send off, save, head, shoot, obstruction, penalty spot, tackle, linesman, throw in, dribble, corner, goalie

TENNIS: set, service, drive, lob, deuce, smash, double fault, tie-break, net, umpire, ace


BASKETBALL: dodge, dunk or slam dunk, jump shot or jumper, backboard.