Here you'll find interesting things to improve your English: materials used in class, other interesting links with extra information, discussions about topics dealt with in class...and anything you want to add and share with the rest of the students
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Prepare for the oral exam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa9lU4KJ26Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj0y2hUxM9M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCfyLOvNbok
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDMF6uKKmC8
1st Advanced-Travelling
READING
Read this article and choose the correct option.
1. Who noticed first that the pilot was drunk?
a) The air controllers
b) The passengers
c) The flight attendants
2. When some travellers spoke to him, the pilot...
a) confronted them.
b) boarded the plane.
c) went away.
3. The air travellers...
a) reported the pilot to the TSA.
b) were embarrassed.
c) refused to go on that flight.
4. The airport police...
a) arrested him in the restoom.
b) detained him in the restroom.
c) interrogated him in the restroom.
5. The pilot's alcohol level ...
a) was over 0.04.
b) wasn't tested.
c) was normal.
6. The pilot said to the police...
a) that he hadn't been drinking.
b) that he needed a day off.
c) that he was sick.
Here are the answers. They are written in white. Select the line to see them:" 1.b, 2.c, 3.a, 4.c, 5.b, 6.c". <- Select this
1st Advanced-Health
Watch the introduction to this documentary and try to complete the following tasks. Click here to watch.
T/F
1. 60% of US population are obese or overweight
2. 25% of the population in Mississippi are obese
3. More people die due to smoking than to obesity
4. People are unaware of the dangers of fast food
5. The population of Spain is 46 million
FILL IN THE BLANKS
1. Today, families do it all the time, and they're paying for it -- not only with their wallets, ____________________________.
2. In 2002, a few Americans got fed up with being overweight and did what we do best. They ____________________________.
3. Taking aim at the fast-food companies and blaming them for their obesity and illnesses, ____________________________ in New York ______________________ two teenage girls, one who was 14 years old, 4'10",
4. And this hunger for fast food isn't just in America. It's happening ____________________________
5. That's right -- hospitals. At least you're close when ____________________________.
6. Would I suddenly ____________________________to becoming an obese American?
Visit this page to check your answers
DISCUSSION (leave your opinion)
Do you think Spanish teenagers have a healthy diet?
2nd Intermediate-Stress
Answers in white (selec the lines to see them): 1.exercise, 2.meditate, 3.sleep 7-9 hours a day, 4.go to bed 30min or 1h before your normal bedtime and do something relaxing (reading/music)/get a massage, 5.reduce your caffeine intake/try herbal tea, 6.book a vacation, 7.find out if there is a root problem you should deal with, try therapy.