Class Notes, Wednesday, 24 February, 2016

1. Reading and Writing Practice

Let's go to page 113. Match the photos to the descriptions in 4a.
Vamos a la página 113. Une los imágenes con las descripciones en 4a. 

1. E   2. A  3. C  4. D  5. B

Imagine you are on holiday. Write three postcards imagining what you are seeing and doing.
Imagínate que estás de vacaciones. Escribe un postal imaginando lo que estás viendo y haciendo.

EXAMPLE:

Hi everyone!  I'm in London. In this picture I am sitting in St. James Park and I am looking at Buckingham Palace. There are lots of tourists taking photos. It is sunny and the weather is nice. Behind me there is a family having a picnic.

2. Speaking Practice

Let's practice asking and answering some basic questions.

Vamos a practicar preguntando y respondiendo a unas preguntas básicas.

Student A

1. What is your email address?

2. How do you spell your surname?

3. Who is your favourite film director?

4. Do you like dogs?

5. Are you often stressed?

6. Where do you usually have lunch?

7. What is your favourite season?

8. Do you have a smartphone?

9. How often are you in a hurry?

10. What do you do?

11. What kind of food do you like?

12. How often do you check your emails?

13. What do you think your family are doing at the moment?

14. When is your birthday?

15. Are you reading an English book at the moment?

Student B

1. Are you interested in politics?

2. When do you usually see your friends?

3. How do you usually come to class?

4. What is your favourite restaurant?

5. How many cousins do you have?

6. What is the teacher wearing?

7. Where do you go when class finishes?

8. What month is your birthday?

9. What day is it tomorrow?

10. Do you sing in the car?

11. Who do you usually have lunch with?

12. Do you like computer games?

13. What is your favourite children's book?

14. How often do you read in English?

15. Are you learning another language, apart from English?

3. Units 5 & 6 Revise and Check

Let's review units five and six.
Vamos a repasar las unidades cinco y seis.

GRAMMAR

1. She can play the piano.
2. Can you come tonight?
3. A. What's that noise?
    B. They're having a party upstairs.
4. The weather isn't cold, but it isn't raining.
5. A. What are you doing?
    B. I'm studying for an exam.
6. Look! The Queen's flag is flying.
7. The museum closes at 2.00 on Mondays.
8. A. What do you do?
    B. I'm a nurse.
9. Our son always phone us every day.
10. Is your sister at home? I need to speak to her.
11. Do you like doing housework?
12. I don't mind getting up early.
13. A. Are you hungry?
      B. Yes. What's for dinner?
14. What song are you listening to?
15. What time does she usually go to bed.

VOCABULARY

a Complete the phrases with the verbs.

1. hear a noise
2. play a musical instrument
3. forget somebody's birthday
4. buy a present for your mother
5. tell somebody a secret
6. have a party
7. take photos
8. run a marathon
9. take a taxi
10. dance a tango

b Complete the sentences with for, in, on, to or at.

1. She goes to bed at about eleven o'clock.
2. They have their TV on very loud.
3. I can't find the keys. Can you look for them?
4. I need to talk to the doctor.
5. I'm coming! Wait for me!
6. My birthday's in July.
7. Their wedding is on 2nd March.

c Choose the word that is different.

1. shine (it's a verb)
2. fog (it's not a verb)
3. season (it isn't a season, it is the category)
4. seven (it isn't an ordinal number)
5. twenty-second (it isn't a cardinal number)
6. Sunday (it's not a month)
7. message (it's not a verb)
8. band (it's not a type of music

PRONUNCIATION

a Choose the word with a different sound

1. change
2. ice
3. now
4. the
5. student

b Underline the stressed syllable

1. neighbour    2. remember   3. July   4. February   5. classical

CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT?

a Read the text and answer the questions.

1. The Temple Bar area is a good place to go if you want to have lunch or dinner.
2. Dublin's zoo in Phoenix Park is a good place to see animals.
3. You can go to Grafton Street and O'Connell Street to buy a present.
4. You can hear stories about famous places on the tour buses.
5. You can have a drink without paying at the Guinness Factory.

b Guess the meaning of the highlighted words.

greet -> saludar
guides -> guías
for example -> por ejemplo
amusing -> entretenido
main -> principal
tell jokes -> contar chistes

Class Notes, Monday, 22 February, 2016

1. Listening: Music

Let's go to page 48. Listen to track 3.35 and guess which type of music you hear.
Vamos a la página 48. Escucha la pista 3.35 y adivina que tipo de música oyes.

1 -> blues
2 -> classical
3 -> heavy metal
4 -> hip hop
5 -> jazz
6 -> Lating
7 -> R & B
8 -> reggae
9 -> rock

Do the quiz. Haz el test.

1 What kind of music are these people famous for?
   
a. Beyoncé is famous for R & B.
b. Louis Armstrong is famous for jazz.
c. Jay-Z is famous for hip hop.
d. Yehudi Menuhin is famous for classical music.
e. Queen is famous for rock music.
f. Bob Marley is famous for reggae.

2. Where are they from?

a. Coldplay are from Britain.
b. Rihanna is from Barbados.
c. Placido Domingo is from Spain.
d. Black Eyed Peas are from the USA.
e. U2 are from Ireland.
f. Fools Garden are from Germany.

3. Whose music do you hear in the soundtrack of these films/shows?

a. We Will Rock You - Queen
b. This Is It - Michael Jackson
c. Yellow Submarine - The Beatles
d. Amadeus - Mozart
e. Mamma Mia! - Abba

2. Grammar: be or do?

2a Choose the right words. Elije las palabras correctas

1. What kind of music do you listen to?
2. I don't like hip hop.
3. Do you play in a band?
4. She isn't listening to you?
5. Where are Coldplay from?

Let's go to page 135 and do the exercises.
Vamos a ir a la página 135 y hacer los ejercicios.

6C.a Put the phrases in the correct column.
        Coloca las frases en las columnas correctas.

Are you ...?
hungry
tired
waiting for a friend
stressed
listening to me

Do you ...?
like heavy metal
have a car
speak Russian
know those people

6C.b Complete the dialogues with do/does or am/is/are?

1. A. Where is Gemma going? B. She is going to the gym?
2. A. Do you live in a house? B. Yes, but it doesn't have a garden.
3. A. Does Matt like shopping? B. He doesn't mind it.
4. A. Why are you crying? B. Because I am feeling sad.
5. A. Does your boyfriend cook? B. Yes. He is making dinner now.
6. A. Are you busy? B. Yes. We  are doing our homework.
7. A. How old is your father? B. He's 66, but he doesn't want to retire.
8. A. Are you watching TV? B. No. I am playing a video game.

3. Pronunciation

Let's go to page 48. Listen and repeat track 3.39.
Vamos a página 48. Escucha y repite la pista 3.39.

Listen and repeat track 3.40.
Escucha y repite la pista 3.40.

4. Reading: Music is Changing their lives.

Read the article on page 49 and guess the meaning of the highlighted words. 
Lee el artículo de la página 49 y adivina el significado de las palabras subrayadas.

concert hall -> sala de conciertos
orchestra -> orquesta sinfónica
practise -> practicar
viola -> viola (instrumento)

Other new words:

poorest -> los más pobres
cool -> guay (coloquial)

5. Listening: Song "In the Ghetto"

IN THE GHETTO

By Elvis Presley

Listen and put the verbs in the correct tense (present simple or continuous)
Escucha y pon los verbos en el tiempo correcto (presente simple o continuo)

As the snow ...............(FLY) on a cold and grey Chicago morning
A poor little baby child ............... (BE BORN)
In the ghetto.
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And his mama ............... (CRY) ‘cause if there...............(BE) one thing she ............... (NEED)
...............(BE)  another hungry mouth to feed
In the ghetto.
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Ah, people ............... you ...............(UNDERSTAND)?
A child ............... (NEED) your helping hand;
He ............... (GO) to be an angry young man some day
Oh, ............... (TAKE) a look at you and me,
............... (BE) we too blind to  ............... (SEE)?
...............  we simply ............... (TURN)  our heads
And ...............  (LOOK) the other way?
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Well the world ...............(TURN) and a hungry little boy with a runny nose
............... (PLAY) in the street and the cold wind ............... (BLOW),
In the ghetto
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And his hunger ............... (BURN), so he ............... (START) to roam the streets at night
And he ............... (LEARN) how to steal and he ............... (LEARN) how to fight
In the ghetto.
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Then one night in desperation,
The young man ............... (BREAK) away.
He ............... (BUY) a gun and (STEAL) a car;
He ............... (TRY) to run, but he ............... (GET) far,
And his mama ............... (CRY)
As the crowd ............... (GATHER) round an angry young man,
Face down in the street with a gun in his hand
In the ghetto.
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And as a young man ............... (DIE) on a cold and grey Chicago morning,
Another little baby child ............... (BE BORN)
In the ghetto.
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And his mama ............... (CRY)  

Ahora confirma las respuestas viendo el vídeo con la letra:

Puedes ver la traducción al español aquí:

Finalmente, para vuestro gozo y disfrute, el Principe Gitano cantando la misma canción en un inglés espectacular:

HOMEWORK:

Student's book pages 50-51 (5&6 Revise and Check)

Class Notes, Monday, 15 February, 2016

1. Vocabulary and pronunciation: The date

Let's go to page 46. Put the months in order. 
Vamos a la página 46. Ordena los meses.

1. January
2. February
3. March
4. April
5. May
6. June

Let's go to page 159 and review part 2.
Vamos a la página 159 y revisamos la parte 2.

Let's complete the months - Remember! We write them with capital letters.
Completamos los meses - ¡acuérdate! se escriben con mayúscula.

January - enero
February - febrero
March - marzo
April - abril
May - mayo
June - junio
July - julio
August - agosto
September - septiembre
October - octubre
November - noviembre
December - diciembre

Let's complete the ordinal numbers in English.
Vamos a completar los números ordinales en inglés.

1st - first
2nd - second
3rd - third
4th - fourth
5th - fifth
6th - sixth
7th - seventh
8th - eighth
9th - ninth
10th - tenth
11th - eleventh
12th - twelfth
13th - thirteenth
14th - fourteenth
20th - twentieth
21st - twenty-first
22nd - twenty-second
23rd - twenty-third
24th - twenty-fourth
30th - thirtieth
31st - thirty-first

*Cuando escribimos la fecha en inglés, abreviamos, y cuando lo decimos hay que añadir palabras para completar la expresión:

Written            Spoken
12th March      the twelfth of March
22/1                 the twenty-second of January

*En inglés británico, se emplea el mismo orden que en español: día-mes-año.
*En inglés americano, cambiamos el orden: mes-día-año

*Acuérdate que empleamos distintas preposiciones con distintas expresiones temporales:

in -> years, months

I was born in 1982.   Nací en 1982.
My birthday is in September.  Mi cumpleaños es en septiembre.

on -> specific dates, days of the week

The exam is on 27th January.  El examen es el 27 de enero.
We have class on Monday and Wednesday.  Tenemos clase los lunes y los miércoles.

*Los años en inglés se expresan como una sola cifra de 0 a 1000.

The year 900 B.C.  The year nine hundred B.C.

*A partir de 1000, se expresan como si fuesen dos cifras:

I was born in 1982.  I was born in nineteen eighty-two.

* Con los años a partir de 2000, podemos decirlo de dos formas:

2010 - two thousand and ten / twenty ten.

*Hay cada vez más tendencia a decir los años a partir de 2000 como dos cifras. Es por eficiencia, así nos ahorramos un par de sílabas. 

Let's go back to page 46. Volvemos a la página 46. 

Listen and repeat the ordinal numbers with track 3.31.
Escucha y repite los números ordinales con la pista 3.31.

How do you say these dates? Listen and check with track 3.32.
¿Cómo se dicen estas fechas? Escucha y comprueba con pista 3.32.

1/3 -> the first of March
2/11 -> the second of February
3/5 -> the third of May
4/6 -> the fourth of June
5/1 -> the fifth of January
6/7 -> the sixth of July
12/9 -> the twelfth of September
17/10 -> the seventeenth of October
20/8 -> the twentieth of August
23/2 -> the twenty-third of February
28/4 -> the twenty-eighth of April
31/12 -> the thirty-first of December

What are the public holidays in Spain?  And in the USA?
¿Cuáles son las fiestas nacionales en España? ¿Y en EE UU?

Spanish Holidays:

1st January -> New Year's Day
6th January -> Epiphany (Three Wise Men's Day)
1st May -> Labour Day
25th July -> St James' Day
15th August -> Assumption of Mary
12th October -> Spanish Civilisation Day
1st November -> All Hallows' Day / All Saints' Day
6th December -> Constitution Day
8th December -> Immaculate Conception
25th December -> Christmas Day

American Holidays: (Not always a public holiday)

1st January -> New Year's Day
3rd Monday in January -> Martin Luther King Jr. Day
(3rd Monday in February -> President's Day)
Last Monday in May -> Memorial Day
4th July -> Independence Day
1st Monday in September -> Labour Day
(2nd Monday in October -> Columbus Day)
(11th November -> Veterans' Day)
4th Thursday in November -> Thanksgiving Day
25th December -> Christmas Day

4. Reading: Favourite Times

Let's go to exercise 2b on pages 46-47.
Vamos al ejercicio 2b de las páginas 46-47.

Read the questions and answers and complet them with the phrases.

1. What's your favourite time of day? Why?
    ¿Cuándo es tu momento preferido del día? ¿Por qué?
2. What's your favourite day of the week? Why?
    ¿Cuál es tu día preferido de la semana? ¿Por qué?
3. What's your favourite month? Why?
    ¿Cuál es tu mes preferido? ¿Por qué?
4. What's your favourite season? Why?
    ¿Cuál es tu estación preferida? ¿Por qué?
5. What's your favourite public holiday? Why?
    ¿Cuál es tu día festivo preferido? ¿Por qué?

1. c. I hate getting up early 
2. e. the days are long
3. b. I like making plans
4. f. I like being awake
5. a. every week is different
6. d. I love cooking

5. Listening: Favourite Times

Let's listen to track 3.33 and complete the information on page 47.
Vamos a escuchar la pista 3.33 y completar la información de la página 47.

What's his favourite time of day during the week?  7pm
Why? It's when he gets home and relaxes.
           Es cuando llega a casa y se relaja.
What's his favourite time of day at the weekend? Breakfast
Why? He reads the paper and listens to the radio
           Lee el periódico y escucha la radio.
What's his favourite day of the week? Friday.
Why? The weekend is near.
           El fin de semana está cerca.
What's his favourite month of the year? May
Why? Because the weather is warm and the evenings are long.
           Porque hace bueno y las tardes son largas.
What's his favourite season? Spring
Why? Because the winter is over and he can go cycling.
           Porque el invierno se acaba y puede hacer ciclismo.
What's his favourite public holiday? New Year's Eve
Why? Because there is no cooking or presents and everyone is in a good mood. 
           Porque no hay que cocinar ni hay regalos y todo el mundo está de buen humor.

You can check the transcript on page 119.
Puedes comprobar con el texto de la página 119.

6. Grammar: Verbs of Preference

Complete the chart on page 47. Completa la tabla de la página 47.

:) :)  I love -> Me encanta
:) I like -> me gusta
: I   I don't mind -> ni fu ni fa
:( I don't like -> no me gusta
:( :( I hate -> odio

*Todas estas expresiones de preferencia van seguidas por el verbo en gerundio.

ex. I like shopping. I don't like dancing.

Let's go to pages 134-135 and correct the homework.
Vamos a las páginas 134-135 y corregimos los deberes.

*Observa las normas para deletrear correctamente el gerundio (forma -ing).

*Si el verbo acaba en consonante más -e, quitamos la -e para añadir la terminación -ing.

Ex. dance - dance - dancing

*Si el verbo acaba en consonante + vocal + consonante, hay que duplicar el último consonante.

Ex. run - running

*Estos cambios son necesarios para conservar la pronunciación original de los verbos en cuestión.

6B.a Write the -ing form of the verbs in the chart.
          Escribe la forma -ing de los verbos en la tabla.

work > working
cooking
eating
sleeping
studying

live > living
coming
writing
dancing
having

shop > shopping
getting
running
stopping
swimming

6B.b Write sentences about Bob.
          Escribe frases sobre Bob.

He loves working in an office. Le encanta trabajar en un despacho.
He loves using a computer.  Le encanta usar un ordenador
He likes reading the newspaper. Le encanta leer el periódico.
He likes doing the housework. Le encanta hacer las labores de la casa. 
He doesn't mind having lunch at work. No le importa comer en el trabajo.
He doesn't mind getting home late. No le importa llegar tarde a casa.
He doesn't liking playing tennis. No le gusta jugar al tenis.
He doesn't like going to the cinema. No le gusta ir al cine.
He hates watching TV. Odia ver la televisión.
He hates listening to music.  Odia escuchar música.

MORE PRACTICE

Dates (Fechas)

Like/love/hate