Tuesday, March 03, 2020

B1 2-3/3/20

p. 94

on set/on the set
FILM [countable] a place where a film or television programme is filmed
- Cruise met Kidman on the set of ‘Days of Thunder’.

patient /ˈpeɪʃənt/
miming /maɪmɪŋ/

read or play cards
clap and cheer without making noise.
See the breath
Took a photo and put it online – never employed as an extra again.
Extras are cheaper.
They’re cheaper and can be stored easily.
They pay attention to the other extras.

not even the actors know the end of the film

CGI /ˌsiː dʒiː ˈaɪ/ noun [uncountable]   
(computer-generated imagery) images in films, television programmes etc that are produced using computers
- The movie is an epic fantasy full of CGI.

ˌsocial seˈcurity noun [uncountable]   
1 British English government money that is paid to people who are unemployed, old, ill etc SYN welfare American English
- social security benefits

The background or the landscape

Cheap – cheaper -  more cheaper
Hot – hotter
Tired /taɪəd/ – more tired – tireder
Happy – happier –
Crowded /ˈkraʊdɪd/ ●●● S3 adjective   
too full of people or things → empty
- a crowded room
- a crowded street

The can reuse them and they are easily stored.

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p. 214

THE PASSIVE

Steve           wrote     the letter
⇘                ⇓            ⇙
⇗                 ⇑            ⇖
The letter was written BY Steve

Someone brought a dog.
A dog was brought.

Someone built a new church.
A new church was built.
Calatrava built a new church.
A new church was built by Calatrava.

The president invites her to all the special occasions.
She is invited to all the special occasions by the president.
Is she invited to all the special occasions?
She isn’t invited to all the special occasions by the president.


They invited her to the birthday party.
She was invited to the birthday party by them.
Was she invited to the birthday party?
She wasn’t invited to the birthday party.

The academy will give a present to the actors.
The actors will be given a present by the academy.
Will the actors be given a present by the academy?
The actors won’t be given a present by the academy.

A present will be given to the actors by the academy.

Ex. 2, p. 95

They don’t use the extras (present simple)
> The extras aren’t (to be-present simple) used (participle)

When they filmed a crowd scene (past simple)
> When a crowd scene was (past simple) filmed (participle)

They did it all in silence
> It was all done in silence.

They are filming a winter scene (present continuous)
> A winter scene is being (to be – present continuous) filmed (participle)

They have to turn off the air conditioning (modal – have to)
>The air conditioning has to be (to be – modal) turned off (participle)

They have never employed her (present perfect)
> She has never been (to be – present perfect) employed (participle)


steal stole stolen
Homework: grammar bank, p. 214 ex. A and B

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ex. 3
/d/ filmed, used, owned
recorded /id/
directed /ID/
/ɔː/ bought caught drawn worn
done /dʌn/
for‧got‧ten /fəˈɡɒtn/
/e/ spent said meant read
fallen /ˈfɔːlən/
won /wʌn/
put /pʊt/


Written mediation


Written mediation activity

Mediación oral
Los tiempos máximos de preparación de los candidatos antes de comenzar su intervención son:
 Nivel Intermedio B1: 3 minutos.
Los tiempos de intervención son los siguientes:
 Nivel Intermedio B1: 2-3 minutos.

Cada tarea de mediación, tanto oral como escrita, podrá ser:
 Intralingüística: entre distintos códigos de la misma lengua.
 Interlingüística: entre dos lenguas distintas.
Los tipos de tareas que los candidatos podrán encontrar en la prueba de ME son los siguientes:
 Transmitir información específica.
 Explicar datos (gráficos, diagramas, tablas).
 Procesar un texto.
 Traducir un texto escrito.
 Tomar notas (conferencias, seminarios, reuniones).
 Expresar una respuesta/reacción personal ante un texto creativo.
 Analizar y comentar textos artísticos (incluida la literatura).

Mediación escrita

15 min.

It’s not true that people with more friends are happier

When they turned 25

Survey
Report
Analysis
Study
Research

Safer than

In the long term it’s better to have…

It seems that people …

The study analysed / observed 100 young people

swot /swɒt $ swɑːt/ noun [countable]   
British English informal someone who spends too much time studying and seems to have no other interests – used to show disapproval

nerd /nɜːd $ nɜːrd/ noun [countable] informal   
1 someone who seems only interested in computers and other technical things – used to show disapproval SYN geek
 a computer nerd

It seems
Happier

In their teens

Young people between 15 and 20 years old.

An only friend – only one friend –a close friend

It’s safer

Than having

It’s better having a close friend than having a lot of friends

That is more accepted in general

You can trust only a few people

To appreciate them

They ignore you

People with a lot of friends

Happier

Than people with only one friend

For 10 years

Showed

It’s better to have less friends

Depressed/
In important decisions

People seem
Relationships
Research
do/carry out research (also conduct research formal)
Have only one relationship
Responsible
Brain diseases
Than those more famous


It looks like seems that
Than those more famous
It’s better to have a few friends

In this picture we can see
Says/
Argues/
According to a study
When they are adolescent

A research that says / shows
Live better
When they are between 15 and 25 years old
This conclusion is similar in other studies

Is the friendship
Will/can/ may suffer
More safer
Another story / other stories
How many friends you have

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Shoot >
7 PHOTOGRAPH/FILM [intransitive, transitive] to take photographs or make a film of something SYN film
- The movie was shot in New Zealand.

5, 3, 12, 1, 11, 6, 2, 10, 9, 7, 4, 8


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