Fwd: [eoi-english-2013-ni2a:42] Class summary for November 26th

Thanks!

[1] Cuidado con confundir los usos de "as"/"like" y "like"/"such as"
like y as, such as

Nice linking, but be careful with basic spelling!

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From: Maite Lopez Moreno <mailopezmoreno@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 2:16 PM
Subject: [eoi-english-2013-ni2a:42] Class summary for November 26th
To: "eoi-english-2013-ni2a@googlegroups.com" <eoi-english-2013-ni2a@googlegroups.com>

Hi classmates:

We started the class by reviewing the last exercise we did the day before (page 17. Exercise 3). After that, we did -the exercise 3b, a lisening in which we had to look for different examples about what we had heard.

Jose Luis tried to remind -to us +OF the differences between:

-Politician: the person

- Politics: the science

- -Politicy +Policy: set of rules.

The teacher also explained to us that in UK and USA -[the University takes four years] +[El sujeto no es ese: It takes four years at University to get a degree] to obtain the degree. When you obtain your degree you are a postgraduate, and before, you are an undergraduate. Also he explained -than +that each year -have +has a different name at the university:

1º: freshman year

2º: sophomore year

3º: junior year

4º: senior year

After that, we did the following exercise (page 18, exercise 1). We read the quotes and we discussed in pairs. Later we discussed with the class. We chose our favorites and explained why we chose each one.

Later we did exercise 2a in page 18, and -pass +moved on to -the exercise 3. In that exercise we worked in pairs. Each person had to read a different text (in page 18 or in page 127) and later ask the -cuestions +questions from exercise 4 in page 19.[aquí lo haces bien, y no pones artículo, porque ya das el número de ejercicio]

We learned some expresions and vocabulary +SUCH as [1]:

-"under the table": the money that the politicians "earn" in an ilegal way

- "to pull strings": when somebody helps you to obtain something that you wouldn`t have without "this help" ("enchufar")

- "+NO other way round": when you don`t have other options

- "to spend money like water": spend a lot of money easily

- "To make ends meet": achieve that the month and the salary ended at the same time.

- Finicky: tiquismiquis (It is a bad adjetive).

- Meticuous: meticuloso. (It is a good adjetive).

- Daydreaming: soñar despierto

We don`t have to confuse:

I don`t agree at all (no estoy de acuerdo para nada) vs I don`t -complety +completely agree (no estoy de acuerdo del todo)

In english we use serious problems not important problems [eso no está mal, eh, es solo que en esa frase no terminaba de cuadrar...].

That`s all!! See you soon!!

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