I saw three films IN A ROW
types of advertisement:
COMMERCIAL on TV or radio
POSTER on a wall, often with a picture on it
JUNK MAIL unwanted letters in the post, advertising things
FLYER a sheet of paper with an advertisement on it, given to you in the street or pushed through your door
THE BLURB a piece of writing on the back of a book, which talks about the good things in it
THE CLASSIFIED ADS also the small ads British English short advertisements in a newspaper, in which people offer things for sale
advertisement /'ædvər'taɪzmənt / ||/əd'vɜ:tɪsmənt/
the personal ads/the lonely hearts (ads) newspaper advertisements in which people say they want to meet someone for romance
AMIDST
em‧brace1
1 [intransitive and transitive] to put your arms around someone and hold them in a friendly or loving way [= hug]:
Show sb how to do sth.
He won’t wait for you to leave a door open.
WAGON /'wægən/ sustantivo
1. (drawn by animals) carro m;
SIREN /'saɪrən/
ABSOLUTELY /'æbsə'lu:tli/: completely and in every way
VAL‧U‧A‧BLE /'væljuəbəl/
1 worth a lot of money [≠ worthless]
BARK at: The dog always barks at strangers.
SAFE [countable] a strong metal box or cupboard with special locks where you keep money and valuable things
DE‧TER‧RENT [countable] A dog is more of a deterrent than ...
1 something that makes someone less likely to do something, by making them realize it will be difficult or have bad results: The small fines for this type of crime do not act as much of a deterrent.
The easiest thing to do is to get the TV and run.
It’s good to prevent sb from getting into the house.
/Caught/ =/court/
JEWEL /'dʒu:əl/
Fagin /'feigən/
Shoot a film
Thief /θi:f/
Interviewer – interviewee
Personal belongings
Beware of the dog
Police /pə'li:s/
SPREE [countable]
DL a short period of time when you do a lot of one activity, especially spending money or drinking alcohol
Hypnosis /hɪp'nəʊsəs / || /hɪp'nəʊsɪs/
Hypnotize /'hɪpnətaɪz/
Hypnotist /'hɪpnətəst/
p.38
A)
stole
was caught
was mugged
discovered
took
was met
found
informed
arrested
...
being interrogated
ordered
is called
to be held
belonged
be sent
support
Monday, December 20, 2010
15.12.2010
Because the way he feels
wrin‧kle [countable] wrinkles are lines on your face and skin that you get when you are old: Her face was a mass of wrinkles.
sym‧pa‧thy plural sympathies
1 [plural,uncountable] the feeling of being sorry for someone who is in a bad situation
sympathy for: I have a lot of sympathy for her; she had to bring up the children on her own.
I was getting tired of all her negative remarks.
fed up informal- annoyed or bored, and wanting something to change:
She felt tired and a bit fed up.
fed up with
I'm really fed up with this constant rain.
Anna got fed up with waiting.
faint [intransitive] to suddenly become unconscious for a short time [= pass out]:
skill [uncountable and countable] an ability to do something well, especially because you have learned and practised it [↪ talent]:
A sweet tooth
howl1
1 HBA [intransitive] if a dog, wolf, or other animal howls, it makes a long loud sound [↪ bark]:
The dogs howled all night.
2 [intransitive] to make a long loud cry because you are unhappy, angry, or in pain, or because you are amused or excited:
Upstairs, one of the twins began to howl (=cry).
wrin‧kle [countable] wrinkles are lines on your face and skin that you get when you are old: Her face was a mass of wrinkles.
sym‧pa‧thy plural sympathies
1 [plural,uncountable] the feeling of being sorry for someone who is in a bad situation
sympathy for: I have a lot of sympathy for her; she had to bring up the children on her own.
I was getting tired of all her negative remarks.
fed up informal- annoyed or bored, and wanting something to change:
She felt tired and a bit fed up.
fed up with
I'm really fed up with this constant rain.
Anna got fed up with waiting.
faint [intransitive] to suddenly become unconscious for a short time [= pass out]:
skill [uncountable and countable] an ability to do something well, especially because you have learned and practised it [↪ talent]:
A sweet tooth
howl1
1 HBA [intransitive] if a dog, wolf, or other animal howls, it makes a long loud sound [↪ bark]:
The dogs howled all night.
2 [intransitive] to make a long loud cry because you are unhappy, angry, or in pain, or because you are amused or excited:
Upstairs, one of the twins began to howl (=cry).
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Mini-sagas NI2
Revenge is sweet
I live in a flat and I´ve been extremely lucky to live on the same floor AS the noisiest family IN the whole neighbourhood. They wake up my daughter every night, at about ten, except last week when, unfortunately, they had to leave us because of their wiring stoppING working inexplicably.
Gloria
' Bob, the antique dealer '
'He sold strange things such as unknown machines, an electric chair... although he didn't know how they worked.
Tired of his unhappy life, he sat on a plugged wooden chair with metal pieces. It could be a relax chair, so he switched it on, finally something worked in his life.'
MªJosé Cano
I’m a jinx. This morning I couldn’t wake up early because the alarm clock didn’t work. I spilt the coffee, lost the key of my car and the mobile didn’t have coverage to call a taxi so, I missed my flight to New York. I’ll never forget this 11th of September.
Noemi Gonzalvez
Learning everywhere.
I´ve just learnt how to drive. Since I´m very bold, I went shopping with my mum´s car to a shopping centre with two friends.I didn´t remember about the lights so when I came back after 3 hours,the car didn´t want to run/work. Luckily, the mechanic was very polite and helped us.
Almudena Vicente Dolera
A wonderful work
This is hard to believe, but when Linda woke up, her dreams had come true.
Her parents told her: “ We are going to go to Haiti to help other people in our next holidays”
This is the kind of experience she had always wanted.
paco moreno
Business are business
A businessman have beautiful horses in a big farm. One day he needs money to money to open a new company to open a new company and he decides to sell all the horses. His wife, very sad, tells him: “if you sell them, you won’t see me again”. The man answers: “I’m looking forward to it”.
MARÍA JOSÉ
She saw him next to the toilet, then she fell deeply in love and went towards him. They went out of the club and left the place in a car. They were travelling until they arrived in Barcelona, where they visited the tourist places and had a good time. When they wished they went back home. Since then, they have been always together.
marco calibra
If you want to be frightened you should read this minisaga, if you don´t want to be frightened stop reading…
It´s dark outside, and cold, you are alone in an old house. On the wall there are pictures of strange people. There is a room in this old house which makes you cold when you enter it because somebody told you that in this room, long time ago, somebody died…
Suddenly...
Alicia García
Last week, I was reading my favourite book, suddenly, I saw a man who was stealing/robbing in my neighbour’s house. I didn’t know what to do, because he saw me and I became paralysed. When I drew the curtain, I called the police, however when they arrived, the thief wasn’t in that house.
Sara Guirao
"After years of fighting, the soldiers cunningly tricked their enemies to gain access to their kingdom. Once inside, they killed and burned, overcome with adrenaline and forgetting why they fought in the first place. They proved victorious, but in the end, all they won was pile of ash and bones."
Francisco Jesús Murcia
Revenge is sweet
Richard needed wood to make a chair and he cut the best tree in the garden, which was planted by his grandfather. He made the chair, but revenge is sweet…
Incredibly, when he sat down on the chair, his grandfather's soul broke it furiously and he fell on the ground.
David Molina
TWICE LUCKY
Tom was very happy. He´d won the first prize in the lottery. He ran home quickly to tell his wife the good news but, when he arrived, everything was silent. He saw a sheet of paper on the table and read it. His wife had just left him. At last! He was free.
Encarna López Fernández
Spicy girl
"One morning, Gabrielle was cooking, but accidentally she dropped the chili container into the meal. When she tasted it, it was so spicy that she nearly threw fire out of her mouth. Due to it, she lost her voice for almost a month. Have I already said that Gabrielle WAS a famous pop singer?"
Javier Garres
Bye Bye Holidays
He´d been working hard and he needed holidays .Destination: the Caribbean.He packed his bags and he set the alarm clock at 5 a.m because he had to arrive at the airport at 8 a.m. Unfortunately his alarm didn´t work .He woke up at 10 a.m. Flight lost. He´s still crying.
Pedro López Fernández
We used to go to the Old bridge because it was the place where we met. We loved GOING there at dusk. Many years later, I went to see a photography exhibition in the city, and I found a big photo of our bridge. I looked at it carefully while I remembered that time, when something in the photograph got my attention: two still tiny people resting on the bridge and looking at the SUN SET.
Julia Pagán
I live in a flat and I´ve been extremely lucky to live on the same floor AS the noisiest family IN the whole neighbourhood. They wake up my daughter every night, at about ten, except last week when, unfortunately, they had to leave us because of their wiring stoppING working inexplicably.
Gloria
' Bob, the antique dealer '
'He sold strange things such as unknown machines, an electric chair... although he didn't know how they worked.
Tired of his unhappy life, he sat on a plugged wooden chair with metal pieces. It could be a relax chair, so he switched it on, finally something worked in his life.'
MªJosé Cano
I’m a jinx. This morning I couldn’t wake up early because the alarm clock didn’t work. I spilt the coffee, lost the key of my car and the mobile didn’t have coverage to call a taxi so, I missed my flight to New York. I’ll never forget this 11th of September.
Noemi Gonzalvez
Learning everywhere.
I´ve just learnt how to drive. Since I´m very bold, I went shopping with my mum´s car to a shopping centre with two friends.I didn´t remember about the lights so when I came back after 3 hours,the car didn´t want to run/work. Luckily, the mechanic was very polite and helped us.
Almudena Vicente Dolera
A wonderful work
This is hard to believe, but when Linda woke up, her dreams had come true.
Her parents told her: “ We are going to go to Haiti to help other people in our next holidays”
This is the kind of experience she had always wanted.
paco moreno
Business are business
A businessman have beautiful horses in a big farm. One day he needs money to money to open a new company to open a new company and he decides to sell all the horses. His wife, very sad, tells him: “if you sell them, you won’t see me again”. The man answers: “I’m looking forward to it”.
MARÍA JOSÉ
She saw him next to the toilet, then she fell deeply in love and went towards him. They went out of the club and left the place in a car. They were travelling until they arrived in Barcelona, where they visited the tourist places and had a good time. When they wished they went back home. Since then, they have been always together.
marco calibra
If you want to be frightened you should read this minisaga, if you don´t want to be frightened stop reading…
It´s dark outside, and cold, you are alone in an old house. On the wall there are pictures of strange people. There is a room in this old house which makes you cold when you enter it because somebody told you that in this room, long time ago, somebody died…
Suddenly...
Alicia García
Last week, I was reading my favourite book, suddenly, I saw a man who was stealing/robbing in my neighbour’s house. I didn’t know what to do, because he saw me and I became paralysed. When I drew the curtain, I called the police, however when they arrived, the thief wasn’t in that house.
Sara Guirao
"After years of fighting, the soldiers cunningly tricked their enemies to gain access to their kingdom. Once inside, they killed and burned, overcome with adrenaline and forgetting why they fought in the first place. They proved victorious, but in the end, all they won was pile of ash and bones."
Francisco Jesús Murcia
Revenge is sweet
Richard needed wood to make a chair and he cut the best tree in the garden, which was planted by his grandfather. He made the chair, but revenge is sweet…
Incredibly, when he sat down on the chair, his grandfather's soul broke it furiously and he fell on the ground.
David Molina
TWICE LUCKY
Tom was very happy. He´d won the first prize in the lottery. He ran home quickly to tell his wife the good news but, when he arrived, everything was silent. He saw a sheet of paper on the table and read it. His wife had just left him. At last! He was free.
Encarna López Fernández
Spicy girl
"One morning, Gabrielle was cooking, but accidentally she dropped the chili container into the meal. When she tasted it, it was so spicy that she nearly threw fire out of her mouth. Due to it, she lost her voice for almost a month. Have I already said that Gabrielle WAS a famous pop singer?"
Javier Garres
Bye Bye Holidays
He´d been working hard and he needed holidays .Destination: the Caribbean.He packed his bags and he set the alarm clock at 5 a.m because he had to arrive at the airport at 8 a.m. Unfortunately his alarm didn´t work .He woke up at 10 a.m. Flight lost. He´s still crying.
Pedro López Fernández
We used to go to the Old bridge because it was the place where we met. We loved GOING there at dusk. Many years later, I went to see a photography exhibition in the city, and I found a big photo of our bridge. I looked at it carefully while I remembered that time, when something in the photograph got my attention: two still tiny people resting on the bridge and looking at the SUN SET.
Julia Pagán
Monday, December 13, 2010
13-12-2010
Hit turbulence /'tɜ:rbjələns / || /'tɜ:bjʊləns/
completion /kəm'pli:ʃən/
chaos /'keɪɑ:s / || /'keɪɒs/
plus /plʌs/
participle /'pɑ:rtəsɪpəl / ||/'pɑ:tɪsɪpəl/
2B p. 135
A)
‘d been queuing
Had stolen
Had been raining / had rained
Had had
He’d changed
Had been sunbathing / had sunbathed – hadn’t put on
Had been arguing / had argued
Had fallen
B)
Got
Were checking in
Had won
Had been looking forward to
Had forgotten
Had arrived
Ran
Went
Was filling
Hurried
Caught
P.32
Single somebody/something ↔ out
Phrasal verb
To choose one person or thing from among a group because they are better, worse, more important etc than the others.
One on one interview
Customer service
Safety training
Evacuation
Water landing
Team player
Sick bags
completion /kəm'pli:ʃən/
chaos /'keɪɑ:s / || /'keɪɒs/
plus /plʌs/
participle /'pɑ:rtəsɪpəl / ||/'pɑ:tɪsɪpəl/
2B p. 135
A)
‘d been queuing
Had stolen
Had been raining / had rained
Had had
He’d changed
Had been sunbathing / had sunbathed – hadn’t put on
Had been arguing / had argued
Had fallen
B)
Got
Were checking in
Had won
Had been looking forward to
Had forgotten
Had arrived
Ran
Went
Was filling
Hurried
Caught
P.32
Single somebody/something ↔ out
Phrasal verb
To choose one person or thing from among a group because they are better, worse, more important etc than the others.
One on one interview
Customer service
Safety training
Evacuation
Water landing
Team player
Sick bags
Sunday, December 12, 2010
keys to homework pages 34, 35
Do these activities before you check the answers:
p.33
Grammmar
a
c
c
b
a
c
b
a
c
b
Vocab.
hooded
smart
station
backpack
hang up
friendly
...
off
out
behind
up
in
at
...
lately
fit
even
hard
luggage
especially
get changed
especially, specially
It is better to use especially in front of adjectives to emphasize them, although some people also use specially • The cake was especially good. • This part is especially interesting.Use especially to say that something applies more to one thing or situation than to others • Everyone loved it, especially the children. • You should call first, especially if you're going to be late.Use specially to say that something is done or made for a particular purpose • I got this specially for you. • specially designed equipment!!Especially never comes at the start of a sentence • He loves fruit. He especially likes kiwis (NOT Especially he likes ...).
Pronunciation
linen
nearly
weren't
took
changed
stylish, undressed, arrivals, passenger, actually
text
A)
e
a
b
d
c
B)
small metal objects fired from a gun
calmed me down
gone bad and can't be eaten
small cupboard above your head
turned the plane upside down
people like you in some way
listening
A)
b
c
c
a
b
B)
cold, reserved, often depressed and maybe suicidal
quite a lot except for the suicide rate
because it hasn't fought in war for 200 years
they are very patriotic, passionate about protecting the environment and very good at recycling.
they are very good in the house
p.33
Grammmar
a
c
c
b
a
c
b
a
c
b
Vocab.
hooded
smart
station
backpack
hang up
friendly
...
off
out
behind
up
in
at
...
lately
fit
even
hard
luggage
especially
get changed
especially, specially
It is better to use especially in front of adjectives to emphasize them, although some people also use specially • The cake was especially good. • This part is especially interesting.Use especially to say that something applies more to one thing or situation than to others • Everyone loved it, especially the children. • You should call first, especially if you're going to be late.Use specially to say that something is done or made for a particular purpose • I got this specially for you. • specially designed equipment!!Especially never comes at the start of a sentence • He loves fruit. He especially likes kiwis (NOT Especially he likes ...).
Pronunciation
linen
nearly
weren't
took
changed
stylish, undressed, arrivals, passenger, actually
text
A)
e
a
b
d
c
B)
small metal objects fired from a gun
calmed me down
gone bad and can't be eaten
small cupboard above your head
turned the plane upside down
people like you in some way
listening
A)
b
c
c
a
b
B)
cold, reserved, often depressed and maybe suicidal
quite a lot except for the suicide rate
because it hasn't fought in war for 200 years
they are very patriotic, passionate about protecting the environment and very good at recycling.
they are very good in the house