Workbook Key Unit 4

Check the answers to the exercises on the Workbook - Unit 4 and if you have any doubts please let me know!!!

Workbook Key Unit 8

And here is the last one!!!!

 "The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet", Aristotle.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Aristotle

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The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Aristotle

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The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Aristotle

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The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Aristotle

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News about the discovery of a recyclable material

I have just read this article about the discovery of a recyclable material. I encourage you to read it.  
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/16/science/error-leads-ibm-researchers-to-a-new-family-of-materials.html?_r=1

Workbook key Unit 7

Here is the Workbook key of Unit 7, the penultimate!

Keep up the good work!

Sharing what you have read/seen

I wanted to share what you have read as homework as you may find something of your interest and encourage you to keep on reading and watching videos in English!!

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/education/2014/02/high_school_in_america_a_complete_disaster.html

http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/my_mad_fat_diary/press/

http://www.newsinlevels.com/products/sad-panda-watches-tv-level-3/

http://www.starpulse.com/news/Samantha__Wilson/2013/11/11/keeping_up_with_the_kardashians_recap_

And I add mine...
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/04/27/dani-alves-banana_n_5223278.html?ir=UK+Sport
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/29/us/clippers-sterling-scandal/index.html?hpt=isp_c2

Source: http://back-spin-design.deviantart.com/art/No-Racism-Back-Spin-design-285275528

About the irregularities of English

I hope you enyoy it!

 Even so, it is not that difficult! You just need a lot of input and then put it into practice!!

Second Conditionals on TV

In these videos you will find more examples of Second type Conditionals.
I hope you enjoy them!
 

And you? What would you do if you were omnipotent for a day? Post a comment please!

Human body

Click on the links below to learn the vocabulary of the human body:
http://visual.merriam-webster.com/human-being/human-body.php
http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/body.html
http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ai678/esl-test.php

In class we will learn more about body verbs:
http://www.espressoenglish.net/common-collocations-english-verbs-with-body-parts/

I have just read this piece of news, which is related to this topic. Please read the article before Thursday.
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-26638085

That's all for today!

Sports equipment

Click on the links below to learn some words about sports equipment.

http://www.espressoenglish.net/english-vocabulary-words-sports-equipment/
http://www.passporttoenglish.com/Intermediate-English/Lesson9/Vocabulary.html  (up to other vocabulary)
http://www.ihbristol.com/free-english-exercises/test/esol-smc-sports-equipment

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Michael Jordan

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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Michael Jordan

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'Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game'. (Michael Jordan)

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Michael Jordan

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'You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get'. (Michael Phelps)

Make or Do quiz

When your exams are over please do the following quiz to learn a few more expressions with make and do.
Make or Do quiznet

Workbook Key Unit 6

Here you are...

Check your progress exercise 3: 1S   2D   3S

Reported Speech

These are the videos I wanted to show you.

 

MISTAKE!!! When it reads There's no change in word order (00:30), that's wrong. 

The structure of the sentence changes from an interrogative to a statement in the reported speech.

REPORTING VERBS

You can check the pattern of any verb in a monolingual dictionary such as the Cambridge dictionary online but below are the most common ones.

Verb+(that): add, admit, agree, explain, state, claim, suggest

      She admitted that she had made a mistake.

Verb+object+(that): inform, remind, tell

         She told me that she was going to set up a business.

Verb+to: agree, offer, promise, refuse, threaten

      She agreed to invite her for a meal.

Verb+object+to: ask, beg, promise, request, tell, warn

         The teacher asked the students to sit down.

Verb+ing: admit, deny, apologise for, recommend, suggest

      She denied breaking the door handle.

The verbs suggest, demand, recommend and insist are followed by should (informal BrE) or the bare infinitive (AmE and formal BrE)

         The employees demanded that the CEO should resign.

         The employees demanded that the CEO resign.

Workbook Key Unit 5

"Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.” ~ Alexander Pope (1688 – 1744)

Vogelkop bowerbird video

Here is the video about the Vogelkop bowerbird that we watched in class last week. If you found it too difficult to understand, you can read the transcript below and watch it again.

 

The Vogelkop bowerbird might lack the spectacular plumage associated with male bird courtship but he has other tactics for attracting a mate: an extraordinary repertoire of song and a wonderful ability to mimic. For example, he can reproduce the sound of pigeon wing beats, and the songs of modest tiger parrots and sulphur-crested cockatoos. Even more surprising is that he's an avid collector, with an appreciative eye for colour. He favours red and orange flowers and fungus, and lays his treasures out neatly. Not everything stays where it should, though as he collects shiny beetles that keep wandering off... He displays his collection in a large structure, that has taken many years to build, in the hope it will catch the eye of a female. A nearby male with a preference for darker colours has collected deer dung and charcoal. Visual effect is of crucial importance and clearly this male hadn't counted on the resulting fungal infestation, which he now has to keep 'pruning'. These rivals live a stone's throw apart and competition is intense. A female inspects the dung bower workmanship, and seems impressed at first, but closer inspection leaves her less convinced. Back at the flower bower, the male performs a dress rehearsal, then when the female is watching, he launches into his full mimic repertoire, with the bower acting as an amplifier. The female is seduced and the pair mates. 

More purpose clauses (Voluntary)

For those of you who want some more practice on purpose clauses.

1. He was playing very softly. He didn’t want to disturb anyone.
2. They got up very early. They wanted to get to the top of the hill before sunrise.
3. He rang the bell. He wanted to tell us that dinner was ready.
4. We built the roof with a steep slope. We wanted the snow to slide off easily. 
5. He chained up the lioness at night. He didn’t want her to frighten anyone.
6. I took off my shoes. I didn’t want to make any noise. 
7. The notices are written in several languages. The government wants everyone to understand them.
8. I put my address on my dog’s collar. I want anyone who finds him to know where he comes from. 
9. He had a telephone installed in his car. He wanted his secretary to be able to contact him whenever necessary.

  

Key

1. so as not to/in order not to disturb anyone

2. to/in order to/so as to get to the top

3. to/in order to/so as to tell us

4. so that the snow would/could slide off

5. so that she wouldn't frighten

6. so as not to/in order not to make

7. so that everyone can/will understand

8. so that anyone who finds him can/will know

9. so that his secretary could contact/would be able to contact

Science Presentation 2nd Term

GUIDELINES

• Do not translate from Spanish, read a few texts in English about your topic and make a summary (see sources below)
• Use simple language
• Explain new words to the audience
• Ask questions to the audience to check comprehension
• Use pictures and graphics to make it easier for the audience to understand
• No more than 100 words written on the slides (you can include some definitions, main words or numbers but not full sentences; remember you mustn’t read!)
• Speak 2-3 minutes each

 You can use the following sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

http://www.who.int/topics/en/

http://www.nhs.uk/Pages/HomePage.aspx  (Health A-Z / Live Well)

http://www.cdc.gov/

Nº	Names	Topic	Date
1	Isaac	11	3rd March
2	Alexandra & Aroa	3	3rd March
3	Claudia & Emi	6	3rd March
4	Ariadna	2	3rd March
5	Víctor & Jorge	8	3rd March
6	Mónica	4	3rd March
7	Raquel & Isabel	4	4th March
8	Adrián & Irati	10	4th March
9	Laura & Juan	9	4th March
10	Álvaro y Ramón	5	4th March
11	Paula & María	7	4th March
12	Denis & José	1	4th March

 Topics

1. Healthy Eating Habits
2. Overweight and diets
3. Smoking
4. Types of diseases
5. Infectious diseases
6. Cardiovascular diseases
7. Influenza
8. Immune system
9. Vaccines
10. AIDS
11. Tuberculosis

Visual Dictionary

This is the visual dictionay I told you about.

http://visual.merriam-webster.com/

I strongly recommend it to you!

Answers to the Quiz

ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ FOR BRIGHT PEOPLE

1.  The one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until  the contest ends:   Boxing.

2. North American  landmark constantly moving backward:    Niagara Falls .   The rim is worn down about two and a half feet each year because of the  millions of gallons of water that rush over it every  minute.

3. Only two vegetables that can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons:  Asparagus and rhubarb.

4.  The fruit with its seeds on the outside:    Strawberry.

5. How did the  pear get inside the brandy bottle?  It  grew inside the bottle.   The bottles are  placed over pear buds when they are small, and are  wired in place on the tree. The bottle is left in place for the entire growing season. When the pears  are ripe, they are snipped off at the stems.

6. Three English words beginning with dw:   Dwarf, dwell  and dwindle...

7. Fourteen  punctuation marks in English grammar:    Full stop, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen,  apostrophe, question mark, exclamation mark,  quotation mark, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and  ellipses. 

8. The  only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned,  processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh:    Lettuce.

9.. Six or more  things you can wear on your feet beginning with  'S':   Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts.

Purpose clauses

Link the two sentences with a purpose clause. 

Review the notes below if necessary.

Example:

I’m putting nets over my strawberry plants. I don’t want the birds to eat all the strawberries. 

I’m putting nets over my strawberry plants so that the birds won’t eat them.

1.- I am buying paint. I want to paint my hall door.

2.- He opened the lions’ cage. He intended to feed the lions.

3.- He left his rifle outside. He didn’t want to frighten his wife.

4.- He rushed into the burning house. He wanted to save the child.

5.- He read only for short periods each day. He didn’t want to strain his eyes.

6.- He killed the man who helped him to bury the treasure. He wanted nobody but himself to know where it was.

7.- He wore a false beard. He didn’t want anyone to recognise him.

8.-They talked in whispers. They didn’t want me to overhear them.

9.- Aeroplanes carry parachutes. The crew can escape in case of fire.

10.-We are putting bars on the lower windows. We don’t want anyone to climb it.

11.- Please shut the gate. I don’t want the cows to get out of the field.

12. He telephoned from a public call-box. He didn’t want the call to be traced to his own address.

 

FOR + ING

•         To convey the function of an object

         We use a thermometre for measuring temperature

         Utilizamos un termómetro para medir la temperatura.

TO/IN ORDER TO/SO AS TO

•         In affirmative clauses we can use any of them, in order to and so as to are more formal.

•         They are always followed by an infinitive.

•         The subject of the main clause and the purpose clause is the same.

I went to Madrid to learn Spanish.
I went to Madrid so as to learn Spanish.
I went to Madrid in order to learn Spanish.
Fui a Madrid para aprender Español.

IN ORDER NOT TO/SO AS NOT TO

•         In negative clauses we use in order not to or so as not to followed by an infinitive

I hurried so as not to miss the train.
I hurried in order not to miss the train.

         Me di prisa para no perder el tren. 

 

SO THAT/IN ORDER THAT

•         So that (and less frequently in order that) are followed by a clause

•         The subject of the main clause and the purpose clause is different

•         If the verb in the main clause is in the present or future, the verb phrase in the subordinate clause will be formed with can/will; if it is in the past, it will be formed with could/would

         I am lighting the fire so that the house won't be cold.      

         Estoy encendiendo el fuego para que la casa no este fría.

         I will give her a key so that she can get into the flat at any time.

         Le daré una llave para que pueda entrar en el piso en cualquier momento.

         I saved money so that my daughter could /would go to university

         Ahorré dinero para que mi hija fuese (pudiese ir) a la universidad.