Intermedio 1- Homework and reading

HOMEWORK:

• Do the writing activity at the end of unit 6. You can write a review of a film or a book, following the structure and using the expressions on page 97. Remember: when you tell the plot of a film or a book you must use present tenses, as in the text about Cinema Paradiso.
• We'll correct the grammar, vocabulary on page 98 and the reading on page 99.

These are the answers to the reading on page 94. We won't do it in class, so this is voluntary work.

a)

Aung San Suu-Kyi - 5

Bono - 1

Thierry Henry - 2

Bernard Kouchner - 3

Queen Rania of Jordan - 4

b)

A - Thierry Henry

B - Queen Rania of Jordan

C - Bono

D - Aung San Suu-Kyi

E - Bernard Kouchner

c)

Bono. He couldn't take the child with him

Queen Rania of Jordan by getting children vaccinated.

Aung San Suu-Kyi. She chose her job.

Bernard Kourchner. He participated actively himself in aid work.

Bono and Thierry Henry. Bono is trying to free Africa of hunger and poverty, and Henry is trying to eradicate racism from sport.

d)

2 - modernity

3 - hunger

4- poverty

5- choice

6- operation

7- sale

Casablanca, relatives

Is Casablanca your favourite classic film?  This is part of the video we watched in class last week.
The following sentences all appear in the film trailer. Number them 1-8 according to the order you hear them.
a) _____ Isn’t it about time we play it again?
b) _____ Ingrid Bergman is Ilsa, the last woman he ever expected to see.
c) _____ If you knew how much I loved you, how much I still love you.
d) _____ He’s travelling with a lady.
e) _____ You have to think for both of us. For all of us.
f) _____ I stick my neck out for nobody.
g) _____ There is a man arrived in Casablanca on his way to America.
h) _____ That’s my least vulnerable spot.

The answers are at the bottom of the post.



This is to revise relatives:

Intermedio 1-2: we'll correct this worksheet on Monday. Intermedio 1-1: we corrected it today.
Here you can practise defining and non defining relative clauses. Don't worry if you are told the answers you've typed are incorrect. Click "Show answer" and you will be given all the options. You can write the answers on a piece of paper instead.
On this site you can work on other grammar points.

CASABLANCA 
Answers:     a-8      b- 4      c-5      d-3    e-6      f-1      g-2      h-7

Watch this video of three teachers talking about their daily routine.
Ve este vídeo de tres profesores hablando de su rutina diaria.
There are subtitles to help you understand what they say.
Hay subtítulos para ayudarte a entender lo que dicen.
Then complete each sentence with the name of each teacher: Kim Ashman (KM), San Valentine (SV) or Claire Gowran (CG).
Luego completa cada frase con el nombre de un profesor...
The answers are below the video.
Las respuestas están después del vídeo.

1.  ___________ wakes up the first of the three teachers.
2. ___________ doesn’t do any exercise.
3. ___________ doesn’t watch TV in the evening.
4. ___________ does exercise in the afternoon.
5. ___________ uses his / her computer in the morning.
6. ___________ goes to bed very late.
7. ___________ has two showers every day.
8. ___________ finishes work the last (=el último).
9. ___________ reads a book to her children.
10. ___________ has a shower after lunch.

1.   CG  wakes up the first of the three teachers.
2. SV doesn’t do any exercise.
3. CG doesn’t watch TV in the evening.
4. CG does exercise in the morning.
5. SV uses his / her computer in the morning.
6. SV goes to bed very late.
7. CG has two showers every day.
8. KA finishes work the last (=el último).
9. SV reads a book to her children.
10. KA has a shower after lunch.

I hope this PowerPoint helps you with prepositions. There are some expressions that you don't need to learn this year.
Espero que esta presentación os ayude con las preposiciones. Hay expresiones que no necesitáis aprender este año.
 
And this is the listening about Alfie we did in class the other day: exercise, audio