Check out these food idioms
Watch the video
Try this exercise
31/03/2020
30/03/2020
C2.1 Lesson Different Diets
What do you think about these diets? We can discuss them in our next Zoom meeting
C2.1 Lesson
- Nutrition vocab
- Discussion on nutrition and diet over Zoom
- Oral mediation (don't forget to email me your assignments)
- Discussion on nutrition and diet over Zoom
- Oral mediation (don't forget to email me your assignments)
29/03/2020
Pilates For Beginners
Want to exercise a little? Watch
Vocab:
Vocab:
- reps: repetitions
- butt (AmE): bottom
- back & forth: backward & forward
28/03/2020
The awkward debate around Trump's mental fitness
Watch
Vocab:
- gag rule: a rule that limits or forbids the raising, consideration, or discussion of a particular topic by members of a legislative or decision-making body.
- pundit: an expert in a particular subject or field who is frequently called upon to give their opinions to the public.
Vocab:
- gag rule: a rule that limits or forbids the raising, consideration, or discussion of a particular topic by members of a legislative or decision-making body.
- pundit: an expert in a particular subject or field who is frequently called upon to give their opinions to the public.
27/03/2020
26/03/2020
B1 Skills Lesson
Listening: My favourite film
Listening 2: Party
Listening 3: Coronavirus puts 50 million tourism jobs at risk
Work vocabulary
Listening 2: Party
Listening 3: Coronavirus puts 50 million tourism jobs at risk
Work vocabulary
Home Workout for Quarantine! | Mario Ferraro
Stay fit! Watch here
Ferraro's at-home workout calls for three sets of the following, resting after you reach three sets of each group of exercises:
- 15 push-ups (abdominales), 15 sit-ups (sentadillas) and 15 bodyweight squats (sentadillas)
- 15 decline push-ups, 15 rear-foot elevated split squats (on each leg) and 15 tuck crunches ("adbominales")
- 15 tricep dips, 15 step-ups (each leg) and 15 low plank to high plank transitions
- 15 seconds of high knees, 15 seconds of lunge jumps and 15 seconds of burpees ("el soldadito")
Depending on what you're capable of doing, of course! And don't forget to warm up first!
25/03/2020
C1 Lesson: A Day In The Life of a Homeless Person
As your next writing is connected with homelessness, I thought this video might come in handy:
Watch
Watch
24/03/2020
23/03/2020
How to Write a Report
In a report you must:
Introduction (Reason for writing)
Adapted from http://cae-tips.blogspot.com.es
- state the purpose of the report
- use headings for each section
- use a formal and impersonal style
Introduction (Reason for writing)
- The aim/objective/purpose of this report is to ...
- This report aims to...
- It is based on a survey conducted/carried out among...
- Nouns: information, ideas, suggestions, situations, conditions, comments,
- measures, steps, solutions, causes, consequences, issues, ...
- Verbs: recommend, consider, suggest, examine, evaluate, outline, analyse, present, give information on, to cause, to bring about...
- Headings from the task
- It should be considered/taken into account... , it is worth considering...
- According to (the majority of respondents, 50% of ...)
- In spite of /Despite the fact (that) + sentence
- In spite of /Despite +noun or ...ing
- Predicting the future: The outlook for ... is bright/optimistic/depressing. The future looks bleak/remains uncertain/is promising
- This seems unlikely in the near future
- It is (therefore) believed / obvious that…would be ideal for…
- The research shows/proves...
- We suggest/propose that + sentence
- We suggest/propose + ing ...
- In light of the results of the survey we believe the following measures should be adopted…
- In the short/long term, we suggest you should consider…
- My recommendations are as follows: …
- In my view, in future, we should…
- To improve the situation, we recommend…
- It is recommended that… I would strongly recommend that ... should + bare infinitive
- The best solution is/would be to...
- This will have an impact on ...
- In conclusion...To sum up,…To conclude,…
- From the research/the statistics we conclude that...
- Do not use contractions.
- Use passive forms whenever possible.
- Use relative clauses to join ideas: The period during which he lived was full of uncertainty.
- Use these formal words:
kidschildren -
a lot (of)many / a large number of + countable noun -
a lot (of)much / a great amount of / a great deal of + uncountable -
a lot(intensity) very much / significantly / dramatically - Avoid using the word things / something, etc. Use a more specific word (problems, situation, solutions, subjects, and so on).
Adapted from http://cae-tips.blogspot.com.es
22/03/2020
C2.1 Video & Gapped Text Answer Key
Ex.C
1. repelled
2. transformed
3. resembles
4. outright
5 tender
6. gestures
|
Ex. E
1.link
2. ancestors
3. struggles
4. expressions
5. invention
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6. humanity
7. cultures
8. medicine
9. grasp
10. glimpse
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Inversion Challenge Answer Key
1. Rarely does the I-phone user go back
to Samsung or …
2. Never have I ever been drunk before
noon.
3. Rarely does a day go by that I don’t
hear from folks that are hurting
4. Not only did J.A. V. survive, he
thrived.
5. No sooner had the Thanksgiving meals
digested than the shoppers hit the stores for the bargain Black Friday deals.
6. Under no circumstances can you
publish …
7. Only now are the Voyagers about to
reach the edge of the solar system
8. Had I known that, I would have felt
terrible.
21/03/2020
Social distancing
What are the rules of social distancing? Watch a video here
Vocab:
Vocab:
- air droplet: small drops of saliva (from sneezing, coughing, talking, etc.)
- food bank:a place where stocks of food, typically basic provisions and non-perishable items, are supplied free of charge to people in need.
- homeless outreach organisation: one that aims to help homeless people
What is the impact of not practicing social distancing properly?
20/03/2020
Bill Gates predicted it in 2015!
Watch the ted talk. Here
There's a transcript and your can download video or audio.
There's a transcript and your can download video or audio.
19/03/2020
B1 Skills 19/03
- Listening: Brazil's Deforestation
- Listening: Advice for exams
- Oral mediation:
- Your friend Paul is afraid of flying. You've seen this picture and decide to share the advice here (in English). Use your own words.
- You should talk for 2 minutes.
- Record yourself on your mobile/tablet or computer and email me the recording with your name on it.
18/03/2020
17/03/2020
Trump’s Coronavirus Address,
Trump’s Coronavirus Address
C2.1 HOMEWORK EVENING CLASS
- Listening (email)
- participle clauses: exercise 1, exercise 2, exercise 3
- Inversion Challenge
- Coronavirus misinformation
- Gapped text from the workbook (email)
- participle clauses: exercise 1, exercise 2, exercise 3
- Inversion Challenge
- Coronavirus misinformation
- Gapped text from the workbook (email)
C1 Skills 17/03/
- Listening: Child labour
- Coronavirus Misinformation
- Oral mediation: check your email
16/03/2020
Inversion Challenge
Here's a video containing inversion examples by Luiz Otavio Barroso.
Write the sentences down & see if you can spot them all!
The answer key will be posted at the end of the week
Watch
I'll be posting the answers on Sunday.
Write the sentences down & see if you can spot them all!
The answer key will be posted at the end of the week
Watch
I'll be posting the answers on Sunday.
C2.1 HOMEWORK MORNING CLASS
WRITTEN MEDIATION (check your email) to be sent by Wednesday at 2pm, &
- Listening (email)
- participle clauses: exercise 1, exercise 2, exercise 3
- Inversion Challenge
- Gapped text (email)
Open Bionics Answer Key
- Listening (email)
- participle clauses: exercise 1, exercise 2, exercise 3
- Inversion Challenge
- Gapped text (email)
Open Bionics Answer Key
- • Start-up - democratizes/-ises - enhances
- • Medically certified
- • 4 motors - individual fingers – moving the thumb
- • Signals – the user’s muscles
- • Adjustability built – growth than usual
- • Customiser/-izer – individuality
- • Look like a human limb
- • Releasing the design
- • Ultimately
C1 homework
- Vocabulary 5b, ex. 6, 7,9, 10, 11, p.81
- p. 83 reflexive pronouns ex. 7 & 9
- 5D Listening multiple matching EX 4, p. 84 LISTEN ONCE ONLY
- Answers to be posted on Wednesday
15/03/2020
Coronavirus Misinformation
The link below will take you to a short video in YouTube. It is 6 minutes long, and you can activate the subtitles for better understanding.
Coronavirus Misinformation & Toilet Paper Panic | The Daily Show
Vocabulary:- Going platinum: it is a music industry term used to describe a single or album that sells one million copies or more. If something has gone platinum, it's extremely successful, or a smash hit
- Suck up to somebody/something: Be very nice to someone so that they will treat you well.
- Browsing history: A list of web pages recently visited.
- Dumb /dʌm/: (Am) Stupid.
- Retailers: People that sell products directly to the public.
- Are you shitting me?: Are you kidding me?/ Are you joking?
- Misinformation: False or incorrect information, especially when it is intended to trick someone.
- Snorting cocaine (or anything else): breathing it in quickly through their nose.
- Kick off: Begin (originally, in reference to a football game).
- Gets rid of: Eliminates, makes something go away.
- Purell: Brand name of a hand sanitizer.
- Bleach: a chemical that is used to make cloth white, or to clean things thoroughly and kill germs: lejía
14/03/2020
'Drive-through' coronavirus testing stations
In South Corea they have launched 'drive-through' coronavirus testing stations, which are being copied in UK and USA.
Read & watch
Read & watch
12/03/2020
11/03/2020
04/03/2020
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