Quiz: Thanksgiving
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Exhausted, freezing, filthy
hungry /ˈhʌŋɡri/ - angry /ˈæŋɡri/
Small, to be afraid / scared of, interesting,
hungry, big (spacious), hot, dirty, pleased / happy, funny, sure, surprised.
huge /hjuːdʒ/
e‧nor‧mous /ɪˈnɔːməs/
Nice /pleased to meet you
laughed /lɑːft/
/t/ coughed, surfed, morphed
sure /ʃɔː $
ʃʊr/
surprised
/səˈpraɪzd/
hilarious /hɪˈleəriəs/
Egypt /ˈiːdʒɪpt/
Write one sentence with one strong adjective.
I’m starving, I haven’t eaten enough.
Humidity,
My trousers are soaking wet.
My flat is tiny. It only has 1 bedroom, but I’m happy.
I’m afraid / terrified
of insects.
The film that I saw last week was terrifying.
The biggest I’ve ever seen.
The room was filthy because my son hadn’t tidied it.
The room is filthy because my son hasn’t tidied it yet.
I’m / Frank is bored, tired, exhausted, fascinated, amazed… (your feelings)
Frank / This match is boring, tiring, exhausting,
fascinating, amazing… (you are describing
something)
Fireworks, an explosive
Homework: p. 34
and 35, revise and check
p. 35: Can you understand these people.
About six and a half thousand pounds.
juice /dʒuːs/
jar /dʒɑː $ dʒɑːr/ ●●● S3 noun [countable]
1 a glass container with a wide top and a lid, used for storing food such
as jam or honey, or the amount it contains
- a jam jar
- half a jar of peanut butter
love‧ly /ˈlʌvli/ ●●● S1 W3 adjective (comparativelovelier, superlative loveliest) 1 especially
British English beautiful or attractive She had a lovely face. What a lovely house!
To
be good / bad AT
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Grammar
1a, 2c, 3a, 4b, 5c, 6c, 7a, 8c, 9a, 10b, 11a, 12b, 13a,
14c, 15b
Dishonest, unfriendly, irresponsible, immature,
insensitive.
Waste, inherit, earn, borrow, save
Exhausted, starving, freezing, filthy, furious
Feel like – fancy
I (don’t) feel like / fancy having pizza for dinner.
ˌpissed ˈoff (also pissed
American English) adjective [not before noun] informal not polite
annoyed, disappointed, or unhappy
- You get really pissed off applying for jobs all the
time.
Out, down, on, back, out
cut something ↔ out
to stop doing or eating something, especially because
it might be bad for your health
- The current advice to pregnant women is to cut out
alcohol.
Take something ↔ out to get money from your bank account SYN withdraw
How much would you like to take out?
Pay somebody/something ↔ back phrasal verb
1 to give someone the money that you owe them SYN
repay
- I’ll pay you back on Friday.
- We’re paying back the loan over 15 years.
live on something
to have a particular amount of money to buy food and other necessary
things.
- I don’t know
how they manage to live on £55 a week.
Daily ≠ dairy products (cheese, yogurt…)
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giving
tortilla /tɔːˈtiːjə $ tɔːr-/
noun [countable]
a type of thin flat Mexican bread made from corn or
wheat flour
tortilla ≠ omelette.
Can you understand
this text?
Giving, proud, benefit, might, wasted, improvement,
closing
surplus /ˈsɜːpləs $ ˈsɜːr-/ ●○○ noun
[countable, uncountable]
1 an amount of something that is more than what is
needed or used SYN excess
surplus of
- a surplus of crude oil
facilities
[plural] rooms, equipment, or services that are
provided for a particular purpose
All rooms have
private facilities (=private bathroom and toilet).
The hotel has
its own pool and leisure facilities.
- toilet facilities
- childcare facilities
vul‧ne‧ra‧ble
/ˈvʌlnərəbəl/
/id/ delighted, wasted, added
worthwhile /ˌwɜːθˈwaɪl◂ $ ˌwɜːrθ-/ ●●○ adjective
if something is worthwhile, it is important or useful,
or you gain something from it
- He wanted to do a worthwhile job.
Health
Mediation activity: Como de generoso
es el español medio
Comparate> compared to
The another countries
The economic level is higher /lower
Percent
Women
give
University studies
Live /
Continues
The most of the people
Girls
Have more relevance / participate more
Gender differences
The 15% of the….
Superior studies/
When they participate
In compared to
Precarious economy J
Are participating on any social cause
An average of age J
And they belong to high social classes
Declare themselves from the left
Compared to J
The highest
Give money to other people
A high economic level
Speaking about
The country that gives more money
The Spanish are generous
Donate / money
The economic level
51% live in the city
try to tell us
Give money to charities
Have good studies
The half of the people
Public
It says /sez/
Currently/
This percentage (number) is higher/
This information is known in other countries>
People in other countries know that.
University Student
In the primary school.
people will be more generous
generous with charities
compared to the 75% in Finland
earns a good quantity of money / has a good salary.
They vote for the left.
Percent
54% are women
The average
153€
Medium – high
Humanitarian causes/
There are some exceptions in the north, but, in
general, the people in the south are more generous.
Are generous
are faithful for 10 yrs
we can see that
Homework: p.
42-43 ex. 3 d + e -> reading activity.
6500 / 6,500 > 6 thousand, 5 hundred – 6 and a half
thousand – 65 hundred
$4.25 four dollars, 25 cents – four twenty-five
trunk-> CAR American English the part at the back of a
car where you can put bags, tools etc SYN boot British
English
- Put your suitcase in the trunk / boot.
Driving license
Homework: The vocabulary
activity in that exercise
p. 42
scooter /ˈskuːtə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countable]
1 (also motor scooter) a type of
small, less powerful motorcycle with small wheels
2 a child’s vehicle with two small wheels, an upright
handle, and a narrow board that you stand on with one foot, while the other
foot pushes against the ground
Horsepower
Cubic centimetres
a 200 cc engine
the abbreviation of cubic centimetre or cubic
centimetres
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Put seatbelts on
Coach > BUS [countable] British English a bus with
comfortable seats used for long journeys SYN bus American English
by coach
- We went to Paris
by coach.
on a coach
- She’s going to Grimsby
on a coach.
a coach trip to
Scotland
- The restaurant was full of coach parties (=groups of
people travelling together on a coach).
limo /ˈlɪməʊ $ -moʊ/ noun [countable]
informal a limousine
cycle lane, parking fine, pedestrian zone, petrol
station, road works, rush hour, seat belt, speed camera, speed limit, taxi
rank, traffic lights, traffic jam, zebra crossing.
Prepositions
with means of transport:
set off, pick me up, end up, run out of, look out.
