Unit 9: New Technology Age

Objectives of the unit:

Learning about ‘future’ technology;
Using be going to and will correctly;
making predictions; writing an e-mail;
reading about the future;
listening a job interview.

What is Pamistry?
Palmistry is a method of counselling that originated in India over 3,000 years ago. It is a part of a vast field of study, referred to as Samudrik Shastra, which literally means the ocean of knowledge. Palmistry is a sub-section of Samudrik Shastra and deals specifically with the study of the hand.

EXERCISES: Be going to vs. will
1. I feel really tired. I think I ______ go to bed.
        a. 'll                  b.'m going to

2. Where are you going? I ______ visit a customer.
        a. 'll                  b. 'm going to

3. Do you want me to help you? No thanks. John ______ help me.
        a. 'll                  b. 's going to

4. Would you prefer tea or coffee? I ______ have some coffee, please.
        a. 'll                  b.'m going to

5. Would you like to come to my house for dinner and talk about this? Good idea. I ______ bring some wine.
        a. 'll                  b. 'm going to

6. I've already decided. I ______ buy a new car.
        a. 'll                  b. 'm going to

7. What are your plans for next week?I ______ to fly to New York on business. Probably on Tuesday but I haven't bought my ticket yet.
        a. 'll                 b. 'm going to

8. What are your plans for the holidays? I ______ visit my parents for a few days and then go walking in Scotland.
        a. 'll                 b. 'm going to

9. Why are you wearing your best suit? I ______ have lunch with my biggest customer.
        a. 'll                 b.'m going to

10. Do you want to have the chicken or the beef? I think ______ have the beef.
        a. 'll                 b. 'm going to

30th January: School Day of Non-violence and Peace

1.The "School Day of Non-violence and Peace" (DENIP), founded in 1964 and also known as World or International Day of Non-violence and Peace, is a pioneering, non-state, non-governmental, non-official, independent, free and voluntary initiative of Non-violent and Pacifying Education, which is now practised in schools all over the world and in which centres of education, teachers and students of all levels and from all countries are invited to take part.
2. It advocates a permanent education in and for harmony, tolerance, solidarity, respect for human rights, non-violence and peace.

3. It is observed on January 30 or thereabouts every year, on the anniversary of the death of Mahatma Gandhi. In countries with a Southern Hemisphere school calendar, it can be observed on March 30 or thereabouts.

4. Its basic message is: "Universal Love, Non-violence and Peace. Universal Love is better than egoism, Non-violence is better than violence, amd Peace is better than war".

5. The method of teaching this activity of education in values should be one of experiences and it can be freely applied in each centre of education according to its own teaching style.

6. Friends of DENIP are those persons who, by accepting the spiritual, individual and social supremacy of universal love, non-violence, tolerance, solidarity, respect for human rights and peace above their opposites, advocate the diffusion of the principles which inspired the day.
Llorenç Vidal

Founder of DENP

English translation by the "Majorca Daily Bulletin" (Majorca).
Source: http://es.geocities.com/kirigirisu2002/denip_abstract.html

Be going to

USES & EXAMPLES


1. To talk about our plans or intentions >  I am going to visit London next holiday.
2. When you are certain that something is going to happen in the future. > Look at this car! It is going to crash into the yellow one.

Exercises
 
2. Write affirmative and negative sentences using be going to.
a. I /paint /my bedroom. > not hung up posters.
Example: I am going to paint by bedroom. I am not going to hung up posters.
b. John and I / meet / at the theme park > not at the cinema.c. My sister / work / in a hospital. > not travel around the world.
d. My parents /agree with me. > not argue with me.
e. I / buy / a new fantastic house. > not live in an ordinary house.
f. Our family / camp / outdoors / this summer.

Homework:
Write the words in the correct order.

1. to / it / going / this / rain / afternoon? / Is
2. this / meeting / us / 3.00 / They're / afternoon. / at
3. the / cinema / going / tonight. / I'm / not/  to
4. party's / be / going / think / I "/ fun. / to / the
5. live / is / the / in / going / James / States. / to / United
6. She / isn't / that / film. / to / like / going

Unit 8. Planning Holiday

Before planning your holiday you can take a look to the place, for example London.

Unit 8. Planning Holiday

Objective of the unit:
Learn about vocabulary used in a travel agency,
Countries and Nationalities;
Use the Be going to and the Present Continuous correctly;
Reading and interpret a travel deals correctly;
Writing about your future holidays,
Knowing what cognates are.

Unit 7: Present Perfect vs. Past Simple

Alexander Graham Bell
Today almost everybody has got a telephone, but ______________ (you ever think) about the time when people ______________ (not have) telephones? In the past, when people ____________ (want) to talk someone who ___________ (live) far away, they _____________ (write) letters. Many things ______________ (change) since then! The biggest change ___________ (come) in 1876 when Alexander Graham Bell, since then the telephone ___________ (became) very important to all of us. He ___________ (make) our lives a lot of easier.

UNIT 7: LONDON'S STREETS

Attractions and Monuments


London Eye: situated on the banks of the River Thames in Central London. The ticket cost £17.50. (£1.00=1.12943€)Visitors are treated to a gently paced half-hour ride in space age capsules holding 25 people each.
British Museum houses a vast collection of world art and artefacts and is free to all visitors. It opens every day from 10.00 to 17.30, and it opens later on Thursday and Friday.
National Gallery houses a rich collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900 in its home on Trafalgar Square.
The Tower of London: is a historic fortress and scheduled monument in central London. The ceremony of the keys at the Tower of London has been a nightly event for the last 700 years. Every night the Tower is locked up by the Chief Yeoman Warder at exactly 21:53.
Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch. The Changing of the Guard takes place in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace at 11.30 every day in summer, every other day in winter, and lasts about 45 minutes.

Prepare your holiday. 

Activities:Choose betwenn Past Simple and Present Perfect
1. Joji ________ in Tokyo for five years, but he left in 1993.

        a. lived       b. have lived

2. The Titanic ________ in 1912.
        a. sank       b. has sunk

3. Somebody ________ my bicycle! Now I'll have to walk home.
        a. stole      b. has stolen

4. Gerry ________ off his bike three times this month.
        a. fell         b. has fallen

5. Chika ________ from university last July.
        a. graduated         b. has graduated

6. I ________ the movie Titanic three times. I'm going to see it again tonight.
        a. saw        b. have seen

7. I ________ to work every day for the last six weeks!
        a. walked   b.have walked

8. When Young Hee was a child, she ________ in Seoul.
        a. lived      b. has lived

9. Ouch! ________ my finger!
        a.I cut       b. I've cut

10. I ________ my key yesterday, so I couldn't get into the house. Eventually, I found it in my jacket pocket.
        a. lost       b. have lost