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Word Cards: Unit 1
Don’t show the card to the other people in your group
Try to explain the word, but don’t mention the word
If you don’t know the word, give your paper to someone else in your group
When people have guessed it, give the next paper to someone else
Word Cards: Unit 1
Perks A party animal Self-esteem
Deliberate Startling To pull your weight
A go-getter To get the sack To be stuck in a rut
The rat race Heir Stage fright
A delegate Anxiety Off the hook
Presentations
Presentations
Important dates
22/10/2014: Listening test
26/10/2014-2/11/2014: Autumn break
5/11/2014: Listening report
3/12/2014: Listening test
21/12/2014-4/1/2015: Christmas holiday
3/6/2015: Final class
Required Work: Listening Report
On the blog (see Portfolio) you will find three kinds of listening reports
1) informative: a news show or documentary2) narrative: a film or play3) persuasive : 4 commercials
Watch or listen to a programme, then fill in the appropriate report.
You have to complete one of the listening reports by the first week of November
Please type your answers, print out the document and hand it in in class.
If you want to hand in additional listening reports of a different type (informative, narrative, persuasive) in the course of the semester, you’re welcome to do so.
Online workbook
Finish Unit 1 (but not 1.20 and 1.21)
Deadline: 22/10/2014
Unit 2Misunderstandings
Homework p 132
Past simple and past perfect simple
1. realised; had lost2. had decided; was3. texted; had got4. loved; had never seen5. had promised; was6. told; had found
Irregular verbs
1. Learn – learnt/learned – learnt/learned2. Throw – threw – thrown3. Fly – flew – flown4. Freeze – froze – frozen5. Hide – hid – hidden6. Ride – rode – ridden7. Shine – shone – shone8. Stick – stuck – stuck9. Deal – dealt – dealt10.Rise – rose – risen
Listening test
Sen no Rikyu
ReluctantlyNot willing to do something
A warlordA military leader who controls a particular area of a country.
Japanese tea ceremonyIt’s a slow, peaceful ceremony for the preparation, serving and drinking of tea. The ceremony is done step by step, using special objects and movements, and has a long history. A tea master is an expert in this ceremony and can be head of a style or school of tea ceremony.
Sen no Rikyu
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1. Hideyoshi2. Rikyu3. Rikyu4. Hideyoshi5. Hideyoshi
Sen no Rikyu
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Past progressive and past perfect progressive
Present progressive
To be + verb – ing
I am teaching English.
Past progressive
Past simple of to be + verb – ing
I was teaching English.
Past perfect progressive
Past perfect of to be + verb-ing
I had been teaching English.
Past progressive and past perfect progressive
Past progressive: an activity in progress at a point in the past
More info: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastcontinuous.html
Past progressive and past perfect progressive
Past perfect progressive: a period of activity before a point in the past
More info: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastperfectcontinuous.html
Past progressive and past perfect progressive
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1. was preparing2. Gave3. was leaving4. had been living5. had been travelling6. Reached7. was shining8. Recognised
Homework: p 133, Practice
Significant Stories
Choose a story from your country (a fairy tale, an old legend, a historical anecdote, a disaster, a crime, a political intrigue...)
Write down some keywords, so you’ll know what to say
Tell your story to each other (ask questions)
Pay attention to tenses
Target Activity: Make a complaint
I'm sorry to have to say this but...
I'm sorry to bother you, but...
Maybe you forgot to...
I think you might have forgotten to...
Excuse me if I'm out of line, but...
There may have been a misunderstanding about...
Don't get me wrong, but I think we should...
I apologize for...
I must apologize for...
I'd like to apologize for...
I am so sorry for...
I shouldn't have...
Excuse me for ...
I'm terribly sorry for...
Please, accept my apologies for...