Lesson 10 - giovedì 16 dicembre 2010

SONG
Mr. Brown is back in town for Haiti - A. Pellizzari & S. Cogo (you can find the lyrics and the video in the section "Musica" under "Canzoni")

TEXTBOOK
New English File Advanced - Oxford University Press - Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham-Koenig

HOMEWORK CORRECTION
Es. a p. 137

1) right

2) right

3) Has your husband got to work / Does your husband have to work tomorrow?

4) right

5) How long have you had
6) right
7) My parents had many problems with my sister when she was a teenager.
8) I haven't had a holiday for 18 months.
9) right 
Es. b p. 137

1) She hasn't got / doesn't have any brothers or sisters.

2) We used to have a family photograph taken every year.

3) All visitors to this site have to wear a hard hat.

4) He hasn't seen his father since 2009.

5) He hasn't got / doesn't have the right qualifications for this job.

6) We don't have to do it now / haven't got to do it now.

7) The sea water was amazingly clear and warm - we had a swim every morning.

8) How long have you got on badly?

9) I need to have the central heating fixed. I think the thermostat is broken. 

UNIT 1B - WHO AM I?
Es. 4b p. 10: listen and check

1) The eldest son and heir to the throne is the second from the left (Prince Fernando no. 3)
2) The King's sister is the old woman behind Prince Fernando (no. 4); the King's brother is the ols man behind the king (no. 10).
3) There are two theories about the mistery woman (no. 5): a) she may be Princess Maria Amalia, one of the King's daughters, who had died in childbirth three years before the picture was painted and she may be looking away because she is dead; b) she may represent the woman that Crown Prince Fernando would marry in the future and she may be looking away becouse she didn't exixt at that time.
4) The Queen's brother is second from the right (no. 12).
5) Goya made the Queen, Maria Luisa (no. 7), the central figure in the painting because she had a very strong personality and she completely dominated her husband the King.
6) The man in the background on the left is the painter, Goya (no. 2).
Es. 4c p. 10: listen and answer the questions
1) B - E
2) A - D
3) A
4) C
5) A 
Es. 5a p. 11: answer the questions
10 and 7: brother-in-law and sister-in-law
6 and 12: niece and uncle (but also sister-in-law and brother-in-law, because her uncle married one of her sisters)
8 and 4: nephew and aunt
13 and 9: grandson and grandfather 
Es. 1 p. 158: read and explain the meaning of the bold expressions
- Nuclear family: basic family unit composed of parents and children
- Stepfather / stepmother: the person married to your mother or your father, but who is not your biological parent
- Stepsister / stepmother: the daughter or son of your stepfather or stepmother
- Halfsister / halfbrother: a girl or a boy who as one parent in common with you
- Single parent: a man or woman who is bringing up a child alone
- Father figure: could either be the real father or another male who acts as an emotional substitute and role model for a child who has no father
- Extended family: the family all together, including grandparents, aunts and uncles, etc.
- Great-grandparents: the parents of your gradparents
- Great-great-grandparents: the parents of your grandparents   
Es. 5c p. 11: do the quiz
1) Great-granmother
2) Extended family
3) Single-parent family
4) A stepbrother is not your biological parent; a half-brother has a parent in common with you 
5) A nuclear family is the basic family consisting of parents and children; an extended family is a group which includes not only parents and children but also grandparents, uncles, aunts, etc.
6) Take after your father means to look or behave like your father; look like your father means to have a similar appearance to your father
7) My sister and my cousin aren't on sèpeaking terms.
8) My brother and I don't see eye to eye about politics.
9) Who wears the trousers in their marriage?
10) I'm sure they have a few skeletons in their cupboard.
Es. 5d p. 11: answer the questions

HOMEWORK

Es. 2-3 p. 158; imagine your family portrait and decide who you want in it and where they are going to stand and why: write a short paragraph to describe it