31/03/2020

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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.

Humor & Coronavirus: Trevor Noah

27/03/2020

Amazon Solicited Donations to Help Pay Worker Sick Leave

Article

Humor & Coronavirus II Last Week Tonight

Video

26/03/2020

C2.1 Lesson

A Swedish Candy Store (video)
Norwegian sugar tax sends sweet-lovers over border to Sweden
Food and Health Vocab . Read it and then do the quiz
BMI calculator

B1 Skills Lesson

Listening: My favourite film
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

More Trevor Noah

Faster Tests, Postponed Olympics & States on Lockdown
Trump & The “Cure Worse Than The Problem” Debate

Coronavirus in Europe

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:
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24/03/2020

C1 Skills Lesson

Look at this Crime vocabulary
Then listen: Crime Vocabulary listening
Listening: Louis Vuitton to make emergency hand sanitiser

C2 lesson: The lockdown in Madrid

Video
Can you tell where he's from?

23/03/2020

How to Write a Report

In a report you must:

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...

Body

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...

Making/giving recommendations

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 ...

Conclusion

In conclusion...To sum up,…To conclude,…
From the research/the statistics we conclude that...

Style

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: ~~kids~~ children
~~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

C1 lesson 23/3

Homeless Listening 1
Listening 2
Writing: Report ex.9, p.89

C1 Lesson 25/03

Look at this Crime vocabulary
Then listen: Crime Vocabulary listening
Listening: Louis Vuitton to make emergency hand sanitiser

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

6. humanity

7. cultures

8. medicine

9. grasp

10. glimpse

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:

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?

Stuck at Home? These 12 Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours

Find out here

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.

19/03/2020

Pronunciation: Schwa /ə/

Watch here

Different accents

Watch the video

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

C1 Lesson

Writing section in Module 5: Report
I'd like you to do ex. 2 to 6 on p. 86-88

17/03/2020

Trump’s Coronavirus Address,

Trump’s Coronavirus Address

Vocab:

misinformation: wrong information

shell out: pay

golf course:

a large landscaped area for playing golf

sugar-coat it:

to cause to appear more attractive

a silver lining:

a prospect of hope or comfort in a difficult situation.

blooper:

An outtake in which a member of the cast or crew for a movie, television show, or other filmed production makes a mistake

go out on a limb:

To do or say something that lacks evidence or support

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)

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.

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

• 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