Islands, islands.

Week 12^th – 19^th November

Hi! How was your weekend?

As we did the theory on verb tenses last week, we’re going to start putting it into practice. How? With a listening.

So we did! Paola understood most of it. Álvaro not as much as she did. Maybe it was because the listening was an  extract from a book called “Fair Game,” which is an example of “chicks lit.” ( = chicken's  literature = books directed to young women)

Do you remember the meaning of these words? Why don’t you write some sentences with them?

manky (old combats), in tow, drizzle, bloke, stop to do, stop doing

You also told me about your studies and your choice of subjects. and these words came up :

classic / classical   economic / economical

Can you remember the difference in meaning?

On Thursday we had some guests.

We read about three islands : “The largest island in the world: Greenland, the remotest island in the world: Tristan da Acunha and the most exotic island in the world: Zanzibar.”

Some vocabulary to remember: thriving economy, untapped market, earmarked, burgeoning  & tomb.

Bear in mind that this level is specially (or especially)? focused on vocabulary, so it’d

be a good idea to do the exercises on p.6 (the photocopy I handed you out).

(Homework)

As my laptop went dead, you can enjoy “An Englishman in New York” in here.

 An Englishman in New York