Fwd: [eoi-english-2013-ni2b:124] Class summary for March 20th.

Ta. Watch out for that grammar!

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From: Gracia
Date: Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 1:49 PM
Subject: [eoi-english-2013-ni2b:124] Class summary for March 20th.
To: ni2b 2013 <eoi-english-2013-ni2b@googlegroups.com>

Hi guys!!

We began the class with our book  -[in the] +on page 50. We did -the exercise Nº 3 +in which -[learn to] +[we learned]  several idioms like:

• Fall hopelessly in love with..: No te puedes oponer a ello, no te queda otra.
• Keep an eye out for...: Estar pendiente de…
• Economical with the truth....:No estas diciendo toda la verdad..
• With a pinch of salt...:Con un poco de precaución.
• Little white lies....Pequeñas mentiras piadosas.
• To stretch the truth....: Poner cosas extremas de alguna destreza que tengas, "no lardear"

We read the text about "Blind date" to do +the relevant exercises +about it. We listened to -interviewed +[an interview] between the journalist and Josh. we could answer the question of exercise 2a ( Language focus 2): Josh is kinder with her and Ursula is crueller with him. 

• Kinder (adj): +más amable
• Crueller (adj) +más cruel

Then we -listent +listened to +the interview -againt +again  -though we had to try to write the questions which -asked the journalist -a +asked Josh. 

The correct questions are: 

1. Could you tell me what you were looking for?  ...Could you tell.: It´s a indirect question.
2.  Wasn´t your first impression good? : ¿No fue buena tu primera impresión?... Wasn´t : negative question.
3. Who did she remind you of?: ¿A quién te recuerda?... Remind of: This verb -depend +depends on which preposition -[follow after] +follows. It has different  -meaning +meanings:

·        Remind … about / to: /rɪˈmaɪnd/: Recuerda que...

·        Remind Sb of Sth/Sb: phrasal verb /rɪˈmaɪnd/ Recuerda ….. a

4. What did you talk about?..about: the preposition always write at the end of  question.
5. So, Did you have any awkward moments?
6. How similar are you and Ursula?.... How + adjective/ adverbio 
7. What marks out of them?   What + noun
8. I want to ask if you´d want to meet her again….. I want to ask : It´s a indirect question

The new vocabulary in this text -are +is:

• Outfit ( noun) /ˈaʊt.fɪt/: indumentaria, ropa. (verb) /ˈaʊt.fɪt/ : Proporcionar un uniforme. 
• To land on (Verb) /lænd/: Aterrizar.
• To be motivated by (Verb): Estar motivado por, estar interesado con.
• Lobster ( noun) /ˈlɒb.stər/ US /ˈlɑːb.stɚ/: Langosta.

GRAMMAR, page 51.

A) Compound questions		B) Questions with prepositions		**C) Statements and negative questions		D) Indirect questions
What (open questions)	+ Noun	Verb or adjective takes a preposition, The preposition have to write at the end of question. Don´t have to omit it.		Statements as questions. (Intonation/word stress)	Surprise	Affirmative	Question
Which (close questions)						I wanted to know…	Could you tell me…?
How	+Adjective/Adverb.				*Check information	I wonder…	Do you know…?
						Tell me…	Can you remind me…?
				Negative questions	Surprise
					*Check information

*Check information: rectificar si has entendido la pregunta.

** C) Statements and negative questions are very useful for interaction exam.

Afterwards, the teacher explained the grammar. We did the exercises about grammar, nº 1 a, c, page nº 50. We -write +wrote the questions first in direct style then indirect style. We can see -this +these sentences +in direct style in this link: (Look the slide nº2 , "p. 51")

We listened to +the pronunciation exercise to differentiate between some similar sentences +[if they] are a statement or a question.

The last exercise was to speak in +a small group about the sentences +in exercise nº 2 and practice the questions of surprise.

Vocabulary:

• Carcass ( noun) /ˈkɑː.kəs/ US /ˈkɑːr-/: Cuerpo muerto de animales
• Corpse  (noun) /kɔːps/ US /kɔːrps/: Cuerpo muerto de personas.
• Between ( prep, adverb) /bɪˈtwiːn/: Elegir entre dos o tres.
• Among (prep) /əˈmʌŋ/ : Elegir entre varios.
• Locally –grown produce: Productos de la región, locales, de la tierra.
• Surgery (noun) /ˈsɜː.dʒər.i/ US /ˈsɝː.dʒɚ-/: cirugía.
• To happen (verb): es un verbo intransitivo, pregunta por el sujeto. Eg 1: what happened in your last relationship?. E.g 2 (when the verb questions for subject) Who wrote D. Quixote? Cervantes wrote D. Quixote.

-You don´t +you forget to do this HOMEWORK for next Tuesday: Page 144 +from our book, practice 2.

P.S.: The -[day of] quote +[of the day]: "Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are." Oscar Wilde.

That´s all folks

See you next Tuesday 

Have a nice weekend!!

=)

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Gracia

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