Vocabulary

1  Match A to B to form sentences.

                   A                                                                               B

1.   My friend sent me                                              ...... a.   a letter to the newspaper.

2.   Let’s meet and have                                           ...... b.   the phone.

3.   If we can’t meet, let’s speak on                              ...... c.   a text message.

4.   You can give your opinion by writing                     ...... d.  me an e-mail.

5.   In the evening, my friends and I chat                     ...... e.   a face-to-face conversation.

6.   I’m not home now so just send                             ...... f.   online.

2  Choose the correct answer.

1.   In most schools around the world, children learn to speak at least one … .

     a.   bad language                b.   foreign language           c.   sign language

2.   Although his mother speaks only Italian, Peter is … . He speaks English and Italian fluently.

     a.   translated                     b.   misunderstood              c.   bilingual

3.   Dina always … about the food her mother makes. 

     a.   complains                    b.   apologises                   c.   blames

4.   I would like to … a moment of your time.

     a.   warn                           b.   request                        c.   chat

3  Choose the correct answer.

1.   She had a car accident because she ignored / translated the “Stop” sign. ………………

2.   Her German is less fluent / slang than her French. ………………

3.   I said 15 - not 50! You discussed / misunderstood me. ………………

4.   The weatherman blamed / warned that a storm was coming. ………………

5.   Let’s go online this evening and have a chat / face-to-face conversation. ………………

6.   In case of emergency, please contact / blame Mrs C Smith. ………………

7.   Go and request / apologise to that boy right now. You obviously hurt his feelings. ………………

4  Replace the words in bold with the phrasal verbs below.

get by • cut in • pass

   Vocabulary

1  Match A to B to form sentences.

                   A                                                                               B

1.   My friend sent me                                              ...... a.   a letter to the newspaper.

2.   Let’s meet and have                                           ...... b.   the phone.

3.   If we can’t meet, let’s speak on                              ...... c.   a text message.

4.   You can give your opinion by writing                     ...... d.  me an e-mail.

5.   In the evening, my friends and I chat                     ...... e.   a face-to-face conversation.

6.   I’m not home now so just send                             ...... f.   online.

2  Choose the correct answer.

1.   In most schools around the world, children learn to speak at least one … .

     a.   bad language                b.   foreign language           c.   sign language

2.   Although his mother speaks only Italian, Peter is … . He speaks English and Italian fluently.

     a.   translated                     b.   misunderstood              c.   bilingual

3.   Dina always … about the food her mother makes. 

     a.   complains                    b.   apologises                   c.   blames

4.   I would like to … a moment of your time.

     a.   warn                           b.   request                        c.   chat

3  Choose the correct answer.

1.   She had a car accident because she ignored / translated the “Stop” sign. ………………

2.   Her German is less fluent / slang than her French. ………………

3.   I said 15 - not 50! You discussed / misunderstood me. ………………

4.   The weatherman blamed / warned that a storm was coming. ………………

5.   Let’s go online this evening and have a chat / face-to-face conversation. ………………

6.   In case of emergency, please contact / blame Mrs C Smith. ………………

7.   Go and request / apologise to that boy right now. You obviously hurt his feelings. ………………

4  Replace the words in bold with the phrasal verbs below.

get by • cut in • passed down • get across • pass on • pick up • get through

1.   I haven’t got a lot of money but I manage. ………………………

2.   The best way to understand this game is to learn the rules as you play. ………………………

3.   Talented dancers are able to use movement to communicate their feelings. ………………………

4.   I tried to call the office six times but I couldn’t reach them. ………………………

5.   Please spread the good news to everyone you know. ………………………

6.   It’s not polite to interrupt when someone else is speaking. ………………………

7.   This ring was given to my mother and then to me. ………………………

5  Choose the correct answer to complete the collocations.

1.   Sign / Body language is used mainly by the deaf.

2.   In Switzerland, there are four foreign / official languages.

3.   Pupils who use body / bad language will be sent home.

4.   Polish is his official / first language. He grew up in Poland.

5.   Your body / sign language usually gives away how you truly feel.

6  Complete the sentences with the words and expressions below.

keep in touch • bilingual • slang • mother tongue • discuss • translate • fluent

1.   It is difficult to ……………………… some words from one language into another.

2.   Her father speaks to her in French and her mother in Italian. She is totally ……………………… .

3.   Don’t shout at me. If you have a problem, let’s ……………………… it.

4.   You should never use ……………………… when you write a formal letter.

5.   His English is more ……………………… than his French or German.

6.   My best friend moved far away but we still ……………………… .

7.   Although she was born in Germany, English is her ……………………… since her mother is British.

Means of communication

        TRANSLATE THE SPANISH SENTENCES INTO ENGLISH


       When the subject  of a sentence  is a verb we use  Gerund :Verb-ING
      Vocabulary .Unit -5


1.Si tú  quieres romper las relaciones con tu novi@ enviar  le/la un mensaje    es menos embarazoso ( embarrassing)  que otros medios de comunicación.
2.Si tú quieres dar una mala noticia tener una conversacióncara a cara a cara es mejor que escribir una carta.
3.Haz una llamada telefónica para dar una mala noticia.(El) es más rápido que otros medios de comunicación.
4.Si discutes con un amigo quejarse acerca de su comportamiento no es la mejor manera de hacer las paces.
5.Envíar un e-mail para pedir información de un curso es más barato que escribir una carta.
6.Hablar on line con tus amigos todos los días significa gastar tu tiempo.
7.Estar de acuerdo con alguien singnifica ...................

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This is a movie about how Disney portrays gender in the films Cinderella, Snow White, Peter Pan and Lion King.

The stereotypes portrayed in these movies are obvious to see, but have been depicted further than the eye first sees.

What messages do children take away when they watch these movies?

Classics like these, though enjoyable, can send out the wrong messages.



Thanks for the constructive critisism from some. Others just being a bit rude. This was just a silly university assignment that took half an hour to do. It's not a serious believe that I have. And yes the modern ones would be best to pick apart. :)




remixheaven hace 4 meses

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Your analyses of Beauty & The Beast is way off. Belle was not unhappy on her own, and she wasn't looking for love. The Beast has to live with the fact that he made a rash, judgmental decision and it's consequences may affect him forever.



TellingItLikeItIsSJM hace 7 meses 11

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@TellingItLikeItIsSJM



Thanks for the feedback. It was actually a comment about the beast. Everyone interprets things differently.



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ok... when a kid watches this, they dont look at sexism and stuff. if u wanna make disney feel bad, then talk about "Hanna Montana", "Wizards of Waverly Place", "ANT Farm" and junk. those dont teach kids anything. all those shows teach is if your a white girl who sings, you will become famous, if u think you are "magical" you are a wizard, and a 10 yr old can go to high school and survive. >.< teen dramas r ridiculous, i miss the old disney, but this video discouraged me.



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Ver todos Todos los comentarios (88) Añade un canal ahora para publicar un comentario. and btw, in Disney cartoons the main character is nearly always a female!



and despite her mild or tough temper, she goes through a lot of struggles to get her happiness in the end, whatever that might be.



So if you wan to blame media for sexism, Disney is the last thing you should.



How about you start with celebrity tabloids and male magazines, where girls of today dream to appear naked, cause they think, it makes them look like an independant accomplished woman!



yeah, as if!!!



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If you look closely all of the female leads are very different. All the stories are different.



It actually teaches kids about good and bad. And depicts a lot of female types.



It says: "yes, you can be a shy, feminine girl, who awaits her prince, or you can take your destiny into your own hands, but don't forget - there are 'sins' you should never give in to - envy, arrogance, rage, revenge, etc."



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i don't know where to start.... 1 why always focus on negative? why haven't u included Mulan. one of my favourites, about the brave girl who goes to war instead of her dad. Meg from Hercules, a witty strong girl with a spice? and btw, Belle, and lioness from Lion King were far from submissive and very outspoken.



2 - Cinderella, Snow white and Sleeping beauty are all made around 50's (if i am not mistaking). back then, women were in fact way less independant. times have changed.





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p.s. I'm not sure if you realized this, but in the classic tale of Peter Pan it is made more obvious... did you ever notice how Peter doesn't have a back story? how he doesn't need pixie dust to fly? how his ears are pointed? ever wonder why he's in charge? he's not a human boy. He's a pixie. That's why he doesn't understand Wedy's feelings towards him, and yes, why he will never grow old.



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people tend to forget a very important fact when considering all these older films: THEY WERE MADE 60+ YEARS AGO. Of course women are portrayed in an old fashioned manner. For one thing, these are based on old fairy tales that Disney only adjusted for a happier ending that didn't end in DEATH FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED. I don't mean to be rude. But just ask your grandmother how her mother brought her up; These films catered to pre-1960 America. That's the real role women played worldwide.



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I'm no fan of Disney but what is wrong with wanting to find a romantic partner? Most people don't want to be alone. Plenty of people wish and pray for things instead of doing things themselves, Disney didn't start that. Also, boys and girls have always disobeyed rules, tried to have fun, and gotten into trouble. These aspects are just echoing real life not encouraging people to act any differently from how they normally would. I dislike Disney because it makes kids want to buy their products.



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For goodness sake people, Cinderella couldn't even be arsed to dress herself. She had her animals dress her. All she did during those chores was laze around and sing while letting rodents run free (which in real life is a really BAD thing). No wonder her stepmother was pissed at her. She is probably the worst role model of the classic lot. Except possibly Sleeping Beauty who is even more useless.



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@angelvi But she DID just sit around and wait. The animals and the fairy godmother was the ones who got her out from her situation. What made her beautiful was the animators making her born with makeup. The premise of the story is her beauty and the sisters' ugliness. That's why the prince fell for her - he saw a hot chick, danced a few hours and then they wanted each other. He didn't even get her name so how much could he possibly have known about her?



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@aryllia What I got from Cinderella was, she didn't simply wait for her dreams to come true. She demonstrated patience and humbleness and remained positive despite her step family mistreating her. And that kind of attitude was what made her beautiful, cuz you could be Miss America attractive but have the most rotten soul. Besides, she had no plans of marrying the prince. She just wanted to go to a party for once. :)



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People forget that Disney did not write these stories.

revision Unit-4.Future tense

Vocabulary


1 Circle the words which are “positive” for the environment. Underline the words which are

“negative” for the environment.

pollutants • recycle • smoke • toxic waste • environmentally-friendly • exhaust fumes

renewable energy • global warming • conservation

2 Are the pairs of words opposites (O) or synonyms (S)?

1. destroy – save

2. toxic waste – poisonous chemicals

3. damage – harm

4. rubbish – litter

5. overuse – underuse

3 Choose the correct answer.

1. Thousands of fish and water birds died as a result of the oil spill / landfill.

2. We should buy cars that use less petrol / smoke.

3. Many people are trying hard to put an end to environmentally-friendly / global warming.

4. Every family can try to reduce the amount of rubbish / smoke that they throw out.

5. We show that we care about / harm our environment by recycling.

6. Some farmers use chemicals / landfills to make fruit grow bigger.

7. By using recycled paper, we can help prevent deforestation / pollutants.

8. Pollution combined with toxic waste could lead to conservation / ecological disaster.

4 Match the words in A to the definitions in B.

A B

1. multinational a. replaces itself naturally

2. underestimate b. two things that are joined together

3. anti-smoking c. do or take something too much

4. renewable d. against the use of cigarettes

5. interconnected e. guess a number that is too low

6. overuse f. in many countries

5 Choose the correct prefix to match the definitions.

1. against violence: anti- / multi- violence

2. food that is not cooked enough: over / under cooked

3. doing many tasks at the same time: inter / multi- tasking

4. turn on again: re / anti- start

5. competition between different schools: inter / over school contest

6. works too hard: anti- / over worked



6 Match the sentences in A to the results in B.

A B

1. Factories dump their toxic waste in the sea. a. Land pollution increases.

2. Cars and lorries give off exhaust fumes. b. Deforestation increases.

3. People throw their rubbish on the ground. c. Water pollution increases.

4. People cut down too many trees. d. Conservation increases.

5. People use only the things they need. e. Recycling increases.

6. Instead of throwing things away, rubbish is reused. f. Air pollution increases.

7 Complete the sentences with the words below.

landfills • recycle • protect • exhaust fumes • toxic • destroy • increase

1. ……………… from cars are a major cause of air pollution.

2. Most countries bury their rubbish in ……………… .

3. If we continue to ……………… the environment, wild animals will have nowhere to live.

4. There has been an ……………… in the number of cars on the roads.

5. My father’s company is able to ……………… plastic bottles by making garden furniture from them.

6. Many countries bury their ……………… waste in unpopulated areas.

7. We need to ……………… endangered animals.



Grammar

1 Choose the correct answer.

1. An old man just got on the bus. I will give / am going to give him my seat.

2. We will have / are going to have a big history test next week.

3. I am hungry. I think I will eat / am going to eat something.

4. He is beginning / will begin skating lessons tomorrow.

5. They will buy / are going to buy a new sofa soon.

6. My friends are preparing / will prepare a meal for their parents tomorrow night.

2 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Future Simple or be going to.

1. Ron is fast. He ……………………… (win) the race.

2. That soup smells delicious. I think
I ……………………… (have) some.

3. Have you cleaned your room yet?

No, not yet. I ……………………… (clean) it tomorrow.

4. What are your plans for the weekend?
I ……………………… (have) some friends over.

5. Lisa tells her sister a secret and says, “Promise you ……………………… (not tell) Mum.”

6. Where ……………… you ……………………… (put) that picture? I think you should hang it on that wall.

7. Can you come to my house tonight? We ……………………… (watch) a great film.

8. Let’s go to the party. It ……………………… (be) fun.

3 Write sentences with the words below.

1. 7.00 / going / leave / morning / they / to / tomorrow / are / at / .



2. will / the / take place / where / meeting / ?



3. party / invite / Bill / Sara / to / won’t / her / .



4. recycling / going / build / when / are / centre / the / they / to / ?



4 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Future Simple, the Present Continuous

or be going to. There may be more than one possible answer.

1. Are you thirsty? Don’t worry, I ……………………………… (bring) you a glass of water.

2. He is training because he ……………………………… (take part) in the next Winter Olympics.

3. My parents ……………………………… (fly) to Greece tomorrow morning.

4. What ……………… you ……………………… (wear) for the party next week?

5. It ……………… probably ……………………… (rain) in London next week.

5 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Future Continuous.

1. At this time tomorrow, I ……………………………… (sit) on the plane to New York.

2. The technician ……………………………… (come) to check the telephone system tomorrow morning.

3. ……………… the film ……………………… (start) in a few minutes?

4. Maria Tanner ……………………………… (not perform) the leading role in today’s show.



6 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Future Perfect Simple.

1. By this time next year, I ……………………………… (lose) 15 kilos.

2. Give them more time. They ……………………………… (not finish) the assignment by Tuesday.

3. Next January, my parents ……………………………… (be) married for 30 years.

4. ……………… scientists ……………………… (find) a cure for cancer by the year 2050?

7 Choose the correct answer.

1. How will I recognise him? He will be wearing / will have worn a green shirt.

2. Let’s hope that we will be stopping / will have stopped global warming by the year 2025.

3. The film starts at 8.00 and finishes at 10.00, so at 9.00 we will be watching / will have watched it.

4. The President is ill so he won’t be attending / won’t have attended the meeting this evening.

5. If he wins the Oscar this year, he will be winning / will have won three awards.

Vocabulary


1 Circle the words which are “positive” for the environment. Underline the words which are

“negative” for the environment.

pollutants • recycle • smoke • toxic waste • environmentally-friendly • exhaust fumes

renewable energy • global warming • conservation

2 Are the pairs of words opposites (O) or synonyms (S)?

1. destroy – save

2. toxic waste – poisonous chemicals

3. damage – harm

4. rubbish – litter

5. overuse – underuse

3 Choose the correct answer.

1. Thousands of fish and water birds died as a result of the oil spill / landfill.

2. We should buy cars that use less petrol / smoke.

3. Many people are trying hard to put an end to environmentally-friendly / global warming.

4. Every family can try to reduce the amount of rubbish / smoke that they throw out.

5. We show that we care about / harm our environment by recycling.

6. Some farmers use chemicals / landfills to make fruit grow bigger.

7. By using recycled paper, we can help prevent deforestation / pollutants.

8. Pollution combined with toxic waste could lead to conservation / ecological disaster.

4 Match the words in A to the definitions in B.

A B

1. multinational a. replaces itself naturally

2. underestimate b. two things that are joined together

3. anti-smoking c. do or take something too much

4. renewable d. against the use of cigarettes

5. interconnected e. guess a number that is too low

6. overuse f. in many countries

5 Choose the correct prefix to match the definitions.

1. against violence: anti- / multi- violence

2. food that is not cooked enough: over / under cooked

3. doing many tasks at the same time: inter / multi- tasking

4. turn on again: re / anti- start

5. competition between different schools: inter / over school contest

6. works too hard: anti- / over worked



6 Match the sentences in A to the results in B.

A B

1. Factories dump their toxic waste in the sea. a. Land pollution increases.

2. Cars and lorries give off exhaust fumes. b. Deforestation increases.

3. People throw their rubbish on the ground. c. Water pollution increases.

4. People cut down too many trees. d. Conservation increases.

5. People use only the things they need. e. Recycling increases.

6. Instead of throwing things away, rubbish is reused. f. Air pollution increases.

7 Complete the sentences with the words below.

landfills • recycle • protect • exhaust fumes • toxic • destroy • increase

1. ……………… from cars are a major cause of air pollution.

2. Most countries bury their rubbish in ……………… .

3. If we continue to ……………… the environment, wild animals will have nowhere to live.

4. There has been an ……………… in the number of cars on the roads.

5. My father’s company is able to ……………… plastic bottles by making garden furniture from them.

6. Many countries bury their ……………… waste in unpopulated areas.

7. We need to ……………… endangered animals.



Grammar

1 Choose the correct answer.

1. An old man just got on the bus. I will give / am going to give him my seat.

2. We will have / are going to have a big history test next week.

3. I am hungry. I think I will eat / am going to eat something.

4. He is beginning / will begin skating lessons tomorrow.

5. They will buy / are going to buy a new sofa soon.

6. My friends are preparing / will prepare a meal for their parents tomorrow night.

2 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Future Simple or be going to.

1. Ron is fast. He ……………………… (win) the race.

2. That soup smells delicious. I think
I ……………………… (have) some.

3. Have you cleaned your room yet?

No, not yet. I ……………………… (clean) it tomorrow.

4. What are your plans for the weekend?
I ……………………… (have) some friends over.

5. Lisa tells her sister a secret and says, “Promise you ……………………… (not tell) Mum.”

6. Where ……………… you ……………………… (put) that picture? I think you should hang it on that wall.

7. Can you come to my house tonight? We ……………………… (watch) a great film.

8. Let’s go to the party. It ……………………… (be) fun.

3 Write sentences with the words below.

1. 7.00 / going / leave / morning / they / to / tomorrow / are / at / .



2. will / the / take place / where / meeting / ?



3. party / invite / Bill / Sara / to / won’t / her / .



4. recycling / going / build / when / are / centre / the / they / to / ?



4 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Future Simple, the Present Continuous

or be going to. There may be more than one possible answer.

1. Are you thirsty? Don’t worry, I ……………………………… (bring) you a glass of water.

2. He is training because he ……………………………… (take part) in the next Winter Olympics.

3. My parents ……………………………… (fly) to Greece tomorrow morning.

4. What ……………… you ……………………… (wear) for the party next week?

5. It ……………… probably ……………………… (rain) in London next week.

5 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Future Continuous.

1. At this time tomorrow, I ……………………………… (sit) on the plane to New York.

2. The technician ……………………………… (come) to check the telephone system tomorrow morning.

3. ……………… the film ……………………… (start) in a few minutes?

4. Maria Tanner ……………………………… (not perform) the leading role in today’s show.



6 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Future Perfect Simple.

1. By this time next year, I ……………………………… (lose) 15 kilos.

2. Give them more time. They ……………………………… (not finish) the assignment by Tuesday.

3. Next January, my parents ……………………………… (be) married for 30 years.

4. ……………… scientists ……………………… (find) a cure for cancer by the year 2050?

7 Choose the correct answer.

1. How will I recognise him? He will be wearing / will have worn a green shirt.

2. Let’s hope that we will be stopping / will have stopped global warming by the year 2025.

3. The film starts at 8.00 and finishes at 10.00, so at 9.00 we will be watching / will have watched it.

4. The President is ill so he won’t be attending / won’t have attended the meeting this evening.

5. If he wins the Oscar this year, he will be winning / will have won three awards.

DESCRIPTION OF A PLACE

OPENING: the name of the place and some intoductory details


1.The place: What´s it like? Other details about it

BODY: -describes the place in greater details and gives examples of things you might see or do there.

-Use descriptive adjectives :sandy beaches, trendy shops etc.

1st paragraph

1.Where exactly is it situated/ located?

2.What does it offer?

3.What are the views?

4.What is it well-known for?

5.In addition,what else (que más ) can you do there?.What are they like?

2nd paragraph: More things

1.What else can people visit apart from the busy (animadas), bustling(bulliciosas) and crowded streets?

2.What is it possible to do there in winter and summer?

BIOGRAPHY: NELSON MANDELA

Make questions and answer them in full anwers about N.Mandela (page 40-41).Use Past Simple

1.What /happen to South Africans from 1948 until 1994? (Pregunta por el sujeto por tanto no ponemos Did en la pregunta ,sólo ponemos el verbo en Past Simple)

2.What /apartheid/ mean?

3.Who /this policy/ keep in power?

4.How/ the rest of the country / live?

5.Who/ be /Mandela

6.Where/ be / he born?

7.What/ be / his real name?

8.What/ it / mean?

9.Who/ change his name? ( pregunta por el sujeto)

10.When and why /he/ run away from home?

11.What/ he/ study?

12.Why/ be/ he / involve_/ in the ANC?

13.What/ANC/ stand for?

14.Why/ be / he and other leaders / sentence_ to life in prison?

15.How long/ he / spend behind the bars?

16.What/ be/ the prison´s conditions like?

17.What/he / refuse to give up?

18.What / his jailers/ offer him?

19.What/ he /become later?

20.When/be/ he/ release_ from prison?

21.He/ receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993?

22.When/ he/ become the first black president of South Africa?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YbZU84oId8 ( videos about N. Mandela)

Recommended film: Invictus