Thursday, October 31, 2019

B1 31/10/19

Graveyard
Cemetery

Halloween riddles
1. Why didn't the skeleton cross the road?
c
A. Ice Scream
2. What do skeletons say before they begin dining?
f
B. They have no body to dance with
3. What do ghosts serve for dessert?

a
C. He didn't have the guts.
4. When is it bad luck to meet a black cat?
e
D. Because people are dying to get in
5. Why don't skeletons like parties?

b
E. When you're a mouse
6. Did you hear what happened to the boy and girl vampires?
h
F. Bone appetit!
7. Why are there fences around cemeteries?
d
G. They get all wrapped up in their work
8. Why do witches fly on brooms?

j
H. They loved in vein
9. Why do mummies make good employees?
g
I. His ghoul friend
10. Who did Frankenstein take to the prom?
i
J. Vacuum cleaner cords aren't long enough


p. 26

money /ˈmʌni/
man‧y /ˈmeni/
seafood
joined

p.226
be worth something
a) to have a value in money
- The house must be worth quite a lot of money now.
- One of the pictures is worth £50,000.

Borrow /ˈbɒrəʊ/ - Can I borrow your car?

Lend – Can you lend me your car?

can/could afford
[usually negative]
a) to have enough money to buy or pay for something
afford (to do) something
- We can’t afford to go (V) on vacation this year.
- How can she afford to eat (V) out every night?
- I couldn’t afford the rent (N) on my own.

charge ●●● S1 W2 verb   
1 MONEY
a) [intransitive, transitive] to ask someone for a particular amount of money for something you are selling
- The hotel charges $125 a night.
charge somebody £10/$50 etc (for something)
- The restaurant charged us £40 for the wine.

I owe /əʊ/ my brother $50.
I hate owing money to people.

A concert to raise /reɪz/ money for charity.

Waste money / time



She put at least £30 a week aside for food.> to save money regularly, usually for a particular purpose

Ex.1a
Save, lend, borrow, waste, can’t afford to buy, charge, cost, owe, invest, earn, is worth, raise.

Shares – acciones
Make a profit – tener beneficio
Nearly half the students said they were in debt /det/.

Ex. 2
Pay for, spend on, invest in, lend to, borrow from, charge for, get into debt.

Ex. 3
bill /bɪl/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable]   
1 REQUEST FOR PAYMENT a written list showing how much you have to pay for services you have received, work that has been done etc
bill for
- The bill for the repairs came to $650.
- Have you paid the phone bill?

budget /ˈbʌdʒɪt/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun [countable]   
1 the money that is available to an organization or person, or a plan of how it will be spent
budget of
- a welfare program with a budget of $2 million
budget for
- The budget for photography has been cut.

contactless /ˈkɒntæktləs $ ˈkɑːn-/ adjective   
a contactless debit card or credit card is one you can use to pay for things by waving it over a machine, without using a pin number
payment /ˈpeɪmənt/ ●●● S2 W1 noun   
1 [countable] an amount of money that has been or must be paid
- You can make a payment in any bank.

insurance /ɪnˈʃʊərəns $ -ˈʃʊr-/ ●●● S2 W2 noun   
1 [uncountable] an arrangement with a company in which you pay them money, especially regularly, and they pay the costs if something bad happens, for example if you become ill or your car is damaged → assurance, third party insurance
 Your father took out insurance to cover the mortgage.

Salary, tax, loan, budget, mortgage /ˈmɔːɡɪdʒ/, contactless payment, insurance.

$2,000 – 2 thousand dollars / twenty hundred dollars
$1856 – eighteen hundred fifty-six dollars

I want to go to a concert, but I can’t afford to spend a lot of money.


Ex. 4


- the number of families who live on benefits.
- I don’t know how they manage to live on £55 a week.> to have a particular amount of money to buy food and other necessary things.

- How much would you like to take out?> to get money from your bank account. SYN> withdraw

- I’ll pay you back on Friday.
- We’re paying back the loan over 15 years.> to give someone the money that you owe them SYN repay

- Dad lost his job and we had to live off welfare
- Mom used to live off the interest from her savings.> to get your income or food from a supply of money or from another person


Cash point – ATM

Little money> not enough
A little money> enough

Make ends meet- llegar a fin de mes
With my salary I have problems to make ends meet.
I try not to waste  money.

I’d (would) like to have a job with a good salary and earn a lot of money which I could save so that I can afford to buy a piece of land.

I want to borrow my mother’s car but  she can’t lent it to me because it’s not insured.
I need to ask for a loan.

I asked for a loan to invest the money in a business.

I’m broke /ruined.

The really cost a fortune.

I was evicted so I had to collect  / raise money to recover my house.

I don’t like owing money to banks. However, I have a loan and I pay it every month.


borough /ˈbʌrə $ -roʊ/ noun [countable]   
a town, or part of a large city, that is responsible for managing its own schools, hospitals, roads etc
- the borough of Queens in New York City
- Lambeth Borough Council

Halloween with Mariah
Celtic Holiday
Harvest
Carve (cut)
Pumpkin
Jack o lantern
Trick or treat , smell my feet
Costume (fancy dress)
Corn maze
Apple bobbing
Vampire


Homework: reading activity p. 26 – 27, ex. 3 b and c.

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

C2 30/10/19

unbearable
scorching
boiling hot
from scratch

1- Is Africa getting a new Dubai? (see the activity in Aula Virtual)

2.- The weather-smurfing machine.

3.- 50 reasons to love the world.


4.- Game.

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

ALB1 29/10/19


GP British English, G.P. American English /ˌdʒiː ˈpiː/ noun [countable]   
(general practitioner) a doctor who is trained in general medicine and treats people in a particular area or town → consultant

Rheumatology

AGREEING AND DISAGREEING
I agree.
I’m agree
Do you agree?
I don’t agree.

I totally agree

Physically handicapped
strength /streŋθ/

will power
There are men who never do exercise.
Speeches
Humble
Draw
Late bloomer
Illiterate
She finished high-school
Competitive exam
Vocational training
Male chauvinist
Supportive
Recognition
Vertigo
Claustrophobia
Snakes
Poisonous
Changes
I go upstairs
I’ll use the stairs
Bridges
Overcome her fear
Are you afraid of anything?
rely on/upon somebody/something phrasal verb
1 to trust or depend on someone or something to do what you need or expect them to do → reliable, reliance
- I knew I could rely on David.

He misses having a family
Grammar:
Miss is followed by an -ing form, not an infinitive. You say:I miss seeing you every day.Don’t say: I miss to see you every day.

Verbs + the –ing or the gerund
Waste time and / or money

Selecting your goals is very important.

A PERFECT WEEKEND

A theme hotel with a Halloween party for children. All inclusive.

My nephew’s baptism.


B1 28-29/10/19

p. 16
ex. 2c
no, believe, you’re, pity, never, really?, how, news, great.

a mess = not tidy
chocolate = chocolates
a chocolate bar

milk chocolate (=chocolate with milk added to it)
ice-cream inside a milk chocolate coating
dark chocolate (also plain chocolate British English)
(=without milk and with very little sugar)
strawberries dipped in dark chocolate
white chocolate (=white in colour, with a sweet milky taste)
Serve the cake with a white chocolate sauce.
Bitter chocolate (=dark chocolate with a strong sharp taste)
Bitter chocolate may be added to meat sauces for extra flavour.
a piece/bit of chocolate
Would you like a piece of chocolate?
a box of chocolates (=a box of small sweets covered with chocolate)
I gave Mum a box of chocolates for her birthday.
a slab of chocolate (=a large flat piece)
They shared a large slab of chocolate.
a square of chocolate (=a small square piece)
I only ate one small square of chocolate.

ounce /aʊns/ ●●● S3 W3 noun [countable] (written abbreviation oz)   
1 a unit for measuring weight, equal to 28.35 grams

cocoa /ˈkəʊkəʊ $ ˈkoʊkoʊ/ ●○○ noun [uncountable]   
1 (also cocoa powder) a brown powder made from cocoa beans, used to make chocolate and to give a chocolate taste to foods

That’s so sad – so sad to hear

next /nekst/ ●●● S1 W1 determiner, adjective   
1 the next event, day, time etc is the one that happens after the present one, or the previous one
- I just missed my flight to Chicago. When’s the next one?
- We’ll look at the proposals at the next meeting.
- Over the next couple of months, try to relax more and get more exercise.
next week/year/Monday etc
- We’re hoping to open the factory sometime next year.
the next day/week etc (=on or during the following day, week etc)
- She called me and we arranged to meet the next day.
(the) next time
- Next time I go skiing, I’ll wear warmer clothes.

Next week I’m making pizza.

last /lɑːst $ læst/ ●●● S1 W1 determiner, adjective   
1 most recent or nearest to the present time → next(12)
- I hadn’t seen him since the last meeting.
last night/week/year etc
- Did you see the game on TV last night?
- The law was passed last August.
- Interest in golf has grown rapidly in the last ten years.
- Things have changed since the last time (=the most recent occasion) you were here.

In two days
The day after tomorrow.
The day before yesterday.
Two days ago

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p. 17
ex. 3
Harvard
No, he isn’t. Creativity doesn’t always pay the bills.
Photography
Jenny’s
Jazz musicians
He interviewed W M and watched him rehearse.

rehearse /rɪˈhɜːs $ -ɜːrs/ ●○○ verb   
1 [intransitive, transitive] to practise or make people practise something such as a play or concert in order to prepare for a public performance
- I think we need to rehearse the first scene again.

Tell me all about it.

p. 17, ex. 3c
see, really, things, mean, because, incredible, guy, ahead.

ex. 3d
go ahead
that’s because
Not really
Things like that
How do you see
How incredible
I mean…a nice guy

Mediation activity:
Using the menu from JC1 hotel recommend and explain some of the dishes to one English friend.
7 minutes> preparation
2 minutes> speak
1st course
2nd course
Dessert /dɪˈzɜːt/

Starter – main course – dessert


Stuff like that
Steak
Recommend sth to s1
I recommend the tomato soup with ham.
The 2nd course that I recommend
Paprika
Egg pudding
Cream on top
Vegetables
toast bread> croutons
Onion
Tomato
Boiled
olive Oil
And for dessert
Puff pastry
After that
Potatoes with meat
You should / could try
Bread
For the second course
swordfish
Dessert
Biscuits
I recommend
vegetable Cream
spring onion
next
Iberian secret, a very tasty part of the pork.
boiled potatoes
prefer
and for dessert
caramel /ˈkærəməl, -mel/ noun   
1 [countable, uncountable] a sticky brown sweet made of boiled sugar, butter, and milk
More small>smaller
Mousse
ham
bread Toast
Grilled
Steak
Salmon
Nuts
Mushroom
pear Tomato
Filled with
crab salad
grilled
and for dessert
cinnamon
goat cheese
combined
pork meat
mushrooms
to finish the meal
This dish from the menu is
Murcian salad
Baby / spring garlic
It’s very refreshing
balanced
swordfish
parsley
very healthy
not very heavy
cheese mousse
For the 1st course I’d choose…
Something light to start
Menu
Flan - pudding
childhood
the menu for lunch today
I recommend you
Dessert
For the 1st course
Nuts/
Parsley
Mushroom
Course
It’s pork with…
To finish
Vegetable cold soup
Olives
Another option – other options
Tomato
Served /
Housemade
Vegetables
Iberic ham
I would like to have
Beef /
Well-done
This is like
Dinner
It’s a very fresh salad
A typical variety from Murcia
Steak
Dessert
Custard

Cheese mousse

Monday, October 28, 2019

C2 28/10/19

Legion
Titans

a drag
informal
a) something or someone that is boring
- Don’t be such a drag! Come to the party.
b) something that is annoying and continues for a long time
- It’s a real drag having to travel so far to work every day.

slaughter /ˈslɔːtə $ ˈslɒːtər/ ●○○ verb [transitive]   
1 to kill an animal, especially for its meat
2 to kill a lot of people in a cruel or violent way SYN butcher
- Hundreds of innocent civilians had been slaughtered by government troops.

food for thought
something that makes you think carefully
- The teacher’s advice certainly gave me food for thought.


Check the mediation activity on Environment in Aula Virtual

Walrus
jaw /dʒɔː/

ˈtipping point noun [countable]   
the moment when one particular result of a process becomes the most likely one, after a period when the result is not sure.

morals all of the basic ideas that a person or group of people has about what is morally good and right
- The man has no morals at all.
- He felt that society's morals were declining, as shown by increases in public drunkenness and violence.

pneu‧mo‧ni‧a /njuːˈməʊniə/
di‧a‧be‧tes /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/
stroke

conservationist /ˌkɒnsəˈveɪʃənɪst $ ˌkɑːnsər-/ noun [countable]   
someone who works to protect animals, plants etc or to protect old buildings

Reforestation is the re-growing of forests that have previously been cut down using tree species that are native to the geographic area.

Deforestation is the clearing of trees, transforming a wooded area into cleared land. The first step in turning the wilderness into a shopping center is deforestation. You can see the word forest in deforestation. The prefix de- means "remove" and the suffix -ation signals the act or state of.


COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 1 & VERBS
obey the law
Citizens have a duty to obey the law.
break the law (=do something illegal)
Is the company breaking the law?
pass a law
New Jersey passed a law requiring helmets for scooter riders.
become law (=officially be made a law)
For a bill to become law, it must be approved by both Houses of Parliament.
make laws
Part of the function of Parliament is to make laws.
introduce a law
In 1989, a new law was introduced to protect the Polish language.
enforce a law (=make people obey a law)
It is the job of the police to enforce the law.

tusk /tʌsk/ noun [countable]   
one of a pair of very long pointed teeth, that stick out of the mouth of animals such as elephants

poacher /ˈpəʊtʃə $ ˈpoʊtʃər/ noun [countable]   

1 someone who illegally catches or shoots animals, birds, or fish, especially on private land without permission