Fwd: [eoi-english-2013-ni2a:72] Class summary for January 16th

Thanks Mayca!

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Date: Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 12:15 AM
Subject: [eoi-english-2013-ni2a:72] Class summary for January 16th
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Hi classmates,

We first started last class by checking homework on page 138 +, exercises 1,2,3.

Secondly +, we listened to -the audio 3.6 again. It -goes +is about some answers -that +[for which] we had to guess what the questions were.

After that, we listened to -the audio 3.7 with both -, questions and answers. Then we worked in -pair +pairs asking those questions or others to each other.

Finally +, we also did exercises 1,2a,3, Reading and Listening 1,2a,3a about newspaper headlines and articles. 

We learned that newspaper headlines use the Present simple to talk about the past. To talk about -de +the future, headlines use the Infinitive with to. The verb be, articles, relative pronouns and auxiliary verbs are commonly missing from headlines.

Set phrases and vocabulary:

I can't get the hang of it: No consigo cogerle el tranquillo                         P.M. : Prime Minister

I'm all thumbs : Soy un manazas/torpe                                                      M.P. : Member of Parliament

On your marks, get set, go: Preparados, listos ya                                    to be to : estar a punto de...

We're all set: Hemos terminado                                                                vow : jurar, prometer

                                                                                                                  flooding : inundación

                                                                                                                  back (v.) : respaldar, apoyar

                                                                                                                  tighten : intensificar

                                                                                                                  maze : laberinto

                                                                                                                  death toll : número de víctimas

                                                                                                                  reimburse : reembolsar a alguien algo

                                                                                                                  pay off : reembolsar una deuda, saldar

That all! Have a good time!

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Fwd: [eoi-english-2013-ni2b:77] SUMARY

Careful with tense usage!!

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From: Sandra Rodríguez Alburquerque
Date: Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 9:07 PM
Subject: [eoi-english-2013-ni2b:77] SUMARY
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Hi guys!

I am sorry about the delay. I was too busy yesterday.

IMPORTANT:

HOMEWORK FOR TODAY, THURSDAY 16^TH .

PRACTICE 2 IN PAGE 138!!!

Last Tuesday we did some activities in class:

We started the class +BY doing -the exercise 2a in page 30. we had to read the questionnaire and check the meaning of the words and phrases in bold and -no +not in bold:

We -highlight +highlightED -this +these words and sentences:

-          harsh: estricto

-          lenient: pasota [no tanto... "poco severo, blando"]

-          punishment: castigo

-          submits: presentar/ entregar

-          plagiarism: plagio

-          receive a warning: recibir un aviso

-          expelled: expulsado del colegio, para siempre

-          fraud: fraude

-          play truans/cut class/skip class: hacer pellas, hacer novillos

-          Be suspendded: expulsado unos días

-          Be prosecuted: acusado

-          Anti-social behaviour: comportamiento antisocial

-          Be evicted: desalojo

-          Tenants: alquilados

-          Who fall behind in their +rent: que se retrasen sus pagos

-          Learn to cope: aprender a -cooperar +[asumir algo / aguantarse con algo]

-          Serve a sentence: cumplir condena

-          Drink-drivind: conducir bajo los efectos del alcohol

-          Let off with a warning: dejar ir con un aviso

-          Lose his licence: perder el carnet

-          He should be given: deberían darle

-          Community service: servicios comunitarios

-          To beg/ begging: mendigar/ mendigando

-          Be fined/giving a ticket: las dos significan pagar una multa, la primera, en ingles británico y la segunda, americano.

-          Charged with: cargos de los que se le acusa

-          In jail: en la cárcel, no se utiliza el artículo.

-          Suspended sentence: libertad vigilada

-          Take into care: quitar la tutela

After that, we -remind +reviewED the different crimes:

-          blackmail: chantaje

-          theft: robar (no en exceso)

-          robbery: robar

-          murder: asesino

-          rape: violación

-          kidnapping: secuestro

-          thief: ladrón

-          manslaughter: homicidio

-          hijacking: secuestro de autobús, avión...

-          libel: calumnia, difamación.

-          Assault: asalto en la calle

-          Burglary: robo, pero en una casa, oficina etc...

-          Arson: pirómano

-          jay-walking: cruzar sin mirar

-          cheating: copiar

-          trespassing: allanamiento de morada

-          smuggler: contrabando/ falsificación

After that, we did -the exercise 1 on page 31 : Chose the best answer to complete the cartoons.

We had +TO choose the correct answers between two verbal -tense +tenses in the cartoon of British humour.

To finish, we -[had seen] +saw very quickly the PRACTICE 1 on page 31; "work in pairs. Choose the best answer to complete the conversation below. Give reasons"

See you this afternoon!

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Fwd: [eoi-english-2013-ni2c:77] Class summary for January 15th

[1] Recuerda que eso se traduciría como "el último día que ..."

[2] Después de preposición, gerundio, no infinitivo.

[3] No condundáis, el spelling es distinto según es verbo o nombre. (Y das el número, luego sin artículo!)

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From: Jose Angel Pariente
Date: Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 11:19 AM
Subject: [eoi-english-2013-ni2c:77] Class summary for January 15th
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Hi guys!

-The [1] last day we went on with the vocabulary about crime and punishment. We did the questionnaire  "Are you harsh or lenient? " on page 30 and we discussed about -differents +different situations.

Some examples of vocabulary are:

plagiarism: plagio

receive a warning: recibir un aviso

be expelled: ser expulsado

fraud: fraude

play truant: ausentarse [un poco más específico]

be prosecuted: ser procesado

be evicted: ser desalojado

begging: mendicidad

be fined: ser multado

charged with: acusado

jail:carcel

taken into care: llevar a asuntos sociales

and some expressions more difficult -as  +[ like / such as ]:

serve time: cumplir las "horas" -> he served time in jail

to bribe: sobornar -> she´s bribed the teacher...only that´s not enough!!

you are entitled to a job, a house, an education...: tienes derecho a...

Later we moved on +to page 31 and we saw the differences between a simple action (we use the simple form) and a -prolongued +progressive action (we use the continuous form). We did -[the practise] +practice 1 to understand the difference.

Finally we did the practise 2, a listening that consisted in -understand +understanding [2] the conversation and then we had to make the question of that conversation.

And...that´s all!!

Don´t forget to do the homework!! The practise [3] 2 on page 138.

See you on Monday!! Have a nice weekend!!!

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Fwd: [eoi-english-2013-ni2c:75] Class summary for January 13th

Ta!

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From: Beatriz Barbero
Date: Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 4:56 PM
Subject: [eoi-english-2013-ni2c:75] Class summary for January 13th
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Hi classmates!

The last -class lesson we started correcting different homework exercise of stories. With them, we learnt vocabulary and expressions about natural disasters. For example:

Vocabulary:

Terrifying - aterrado

Collapsed  -colapsado

Trapped beneath –atrapado debajo

Ruined - arruinado

Went up in flames – estallar en llamas

Triggered  - desencadenar (Bad)

Earthquare - terremoto

Waves -olas

Flee – huir

and expressions:

By the time – futuro  - its not the same than at the moment

We finally made it to Bali  - por fin fuimos a Bali

looking forward to doing – esperar algo

getting caught up in – estar metido en

After that, we practiced whit like // unlike; the difference between like and as; how to use Like + noun >> He speaks like a native speaker; As + clause >> Nobody sings as she does. Example:

   He speaks like a native speaker

   Nobody sings as she does

Actually, It´s easier to heard +an expression whit ' like + clause'  because it is used more and more.

' like there was no tomorrow.'

British people are very "poetic" by making comparisons, for example in this case

The rain poured down for days, like an endless waterfall from the skies

At the end of the lesson we talked about crimes and we -discuss +discussED different types of crimes.

jay walking – caminar por donde no se debe  -  Yes!!! It is a crime

arson - piromano ->arsonist

smuggling -contrabando

assault – asalto (in the street)

libel - difamación

a hold up –a mano armada

jobbery – corrupción (politician)

pickpocket – carterista

 I hope this is useful for you.

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Fwd: [eoi-english-2013-ni2a:68] Class summary for January 14th

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From: jairo martínezz 
Date: Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 9:36 PM
Subject: [eoi-english-2013-ni2a:68] Class summary for January 14th
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Hi classmates!

We started the class by reading and doing a questionnaire on page 30 (are you harsh or lenient?), using different vocabulary about crime and punishment. After that, in groups, everyone discussed the questions giving several reasons.

Some vocabulary +we learned about that:

ü  To be evicted: ser dasalojados
ü  Let off with a warning: dejar +ir con una advertencia.
ü  To cut class = to skip class = to play truant: "Ausente" "faltar".
ü  Vagrant: pobre.
ü  The city has plenty of graffit: la ciudad esta llena de grafitis.
ü  Tough day: día duro
ü  Go straight: "enderezarse"
ü  Minor offerences = petty crime: delitos menores.
ü  Shoplifting: pequeños hurtos.
ü  Row /row/: discutir gritando
ü  Row /raow/: remar
ü  Partner in crime: cómplice… también se usa como "colega"

After that, we had to think +up one punishment -about +[for the] different expressions that José Luis wrote on the blackboard:

ü  Jay-walking: cruzar indevidamente.
ü  Arson: incendio provocado.
ü  Rape: violación.
ü  Smuggling: contrabando.
ü  Libel: difamación.
ü  Manslaughter: homicidio.
ü  Jobbery: corrupción
ü  Pink-pocketing: carterista.
ü  Drug dealing: camello [esto es el trapicheo, el camello es "drug dealer" / "drug pusher"]

Besides, we did the exercises on page 31, choosing between different verb forms.

At the end of the class, we listened +TO the audio 3.6.  Next day, we'll listen to the audio again.

We have to do some homework all the exercises on page 138

 See you on next day!

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Fwd: [eoi-english-2013-ni2c:71] Class summary for December 18th

¡CUIDADO... ese "estuvimos haciendo esto y aquello" ataca de nuevo! Weed it out!

And watch out for verbs in general.

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From: Ainoa MUÑOZ SAN JOSÉ 
Date: Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 5:51 PM
Subject: [eoi-english-2013-ni2c:71] Class summary for December 18th
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Hi classmates,

I hope you -had had good holidays. Now it´s my go and I´m trying to remember the latest class, for December 19^th.

We started the class watching the previous class video about happiness and answering the four questions of exercise 2a on page 24. Then, we reviewed exercise 1a (A and B) on page 27 and +the teacher -explain +explainED -us some doubts about verb forms. After that, we continued by working on pages 28 and 29, "tell a story from two points of view". We listened +TO a story from two different points of view (Bill and his lawyer and the old lady) and we learned some vocabulary:

-laugh your head off= partirse de risa

- break into a car= forzar un coche

- a slippery road= una carretera resbaladiza

- swear= decir tacos

- thick ice= hielo grueso, compacto

- sway all over the place= deslizarse sobre el suelo

- be drunk= estar bebido

- a steep hill= una pendiente

We -[were working] +worked  in groups -about +on/with the story, and we -[were using] +used the new vocabulary. Finally, +the teacher gave us a few worksheets for +the holidays in order to practice writing stories and personal statements.

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Common mistakes from your writings

Hi guys,

I put together here some of the mistakes that came up in several of your writings. As many of these are persistent, keep this hand for later review!

Reclamar - to claim

I am writing to reclaim a full refund of...

I am writing to claim a full refund of...

"Reclamar" no es nunca "to reclaim", y suele poder traducirse por "to claim".

Reclaim es ganarle terreno al mar, recoger el equipaje de la cinta en el aeropuerto y otras cosas así de diversas.

Claim tiene incluso más significados. As usual, you should examine and record examples of usage, not just translations. 

to file a complaint/claim with sb

Unless you solve this issue to my satisfaction, I will have to file a complaint/claim with the Consumers' Association

"presentar una queja/reclamación ante..."

Salutation in formal letters

Si no sabemos específicamente si nos dirigimos a un hombre o una mujer, lo normal es usar:

Dear sir / madam,

Si sabemos si es un hombre o una mujer, entonces usamos el apellido:

Dear Mr. Smith,

Dear Ms. Robinson,

Y cuidado con:

Dear Sir Ferguson,

¡Si no das el apellido, sirve para cualquiera. Pero si das el apellido (y en mayúscula) solo sirve si el tal Ferguson es un noble inglés! :p

noun + noun / genitive

Este es un tema complicado, pero en general tendéis a abusar del genitivo, y a no usarlo en situaciones en que es muy típico. Dos ejemplos:

I called the hotel's reception to ask for room's service

Today's price is lower than yesterday's

El primer caso es como "water bottle": un sustantivo adjetiva al otro. La segunda frase es el genitivo para expresiones de tiempo. Apuntes completos.

recommend

She recommended me a new book

Can you recommend me a restaurant?

¡Esto es español disfrazado! En general se pueden usar menos verbos con dos complentos que en español. Muchas veces se usan con preposición (y el complemento directo suele ir delante):

She recommended a new book (to me)

Can you recommend a restaurant? 

[Se entiende. No suele hacer falta más]

Los otros patrones del verbo recommend.

La posición media de los advervios

Muchas veces los colocais en posiciones que no están "mal", pero son enfáticas. Lo normal para la mayoría es esto. Apuntes

Llamar / telefonear / contactar ... sin "a", sin "con"

A diferencia del español, con estos verbos el complemento suele ir sin preposición

He's phoned me every day this week.

She called me this morning at the office and we had a brief chat.

Why don't you ring Simon and ask him to the party?

You can contact me on (US at) (= speak to me by phoning) 388 9146.

Adjective vs. pronoun

Many of you got simple sentences like these wrong:

ours bedroom

Your Yours faithfully,

No confundáis:
a) adjetivos, que se usan con un nombre: my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their
b) pronombres, que se usan cuando no hay nombre: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, yours, theirs.

Double consonant, short vowel

Some notes on why we write hoping y writing, pero beginning y written...