Fwd: [eoi-english-2013-ni2c:44] Class Summary for November 27th

 Thanks, Eva

[1] Cuidado: la norma es después de preposición gerundio. I, en particular, "to be about to do sth" es "estar a punto de hacer algo": http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/about_9?q=about+to

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From: Eva Martínez <eva.martinezjuarez@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 12:05 AM
Subject: [eoi-english-2013-ni2c:44] Class Summary for November 27th
To: eoi-english-2013-ni2c@googlegroups.com

Hi guys!

I´m Eva and this is the sumary of last wednsday 27th :

We did in the pages 18-19 [o pones otra coma delante de "in", o lo mandas todo al final de la frase], the  execises  3 and 4. Both exercises were about -[to work] +working [1] in pairs. In these exercise there were a Student A and Student B +roles, the first had to read the text of page 18-19 and the student B had to read the text of page 127. Next, both students had to do -determinate +certain questions +to each other about both texts.

-VOCABULARY :

-sitting at the bus stop: sentarse en la parada de autobus (NO: sitting in the bus stop)

-strangers ≠ stranger people

-Free hugs: "abrazos libres" [¿gratis? (visión mercantilista americana)... aunque lo de "libres" o "sueltos" me gusta :).. "abrazos sueltos" sin nada más implicado... vagando por ahí ...]]

-Your income: tus ingresos

-Net income: ingresos netos (after tax)

-Gross income: ingresos brutos (before tax)

-the outcome: los resultados (the result). (for example: I don´t know the outcome of the exams).

-to make ends meet: llegar a fin de mes.

-cat  person: arisco, independiente

-cat person is the opposite to a dog person.

-Review +[of expressions on] -expression page 18 and page 127:

(Page 18):

-You are in for a surprise: tienes todas las papeletas para que te den una sorpresa.

-overcrowded: atestado de gente, superpoblado.

-collect data -an +on… : recoger datos sobre algo.

-reduce it by…% :reducir en …%

-increase it by…% : incrementar en …%

-contentment: satisfecho/conforme.

-Give it a go: pruébalo/inténtalo.

-by giving -move +more than we take: dando más que tomando.

(Page 127): 

- Open up: abrirse (a alguien). (for example: talking to strangers opens up new possibilities).

-A wandering mind:una mente que vaga .

- To be fair: para hacer justicia a lo que he dicho/para ser justo.

- They encountered hostility: ellos se encontraron inesperadamente con la hostilidad.

-But +it does go to show that: pero  te lleva a mostrar que…

Also we did in class:

-[ In the ] + On page 19 the exercise 5 set 2.

-[ In the ] + On page 20: we did  the exercise 2a:

Vocabulary of page 20:

 -Lacking: faltarle a uno algo. (for example: lacking good friendships)

-Criticism can be good: criticism incluye tanto críticas positivas como negativas  (criticism≠gossip)

That's all.

See you on Monday!

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