Lesson 16 - giovedì 17 febbraio 2011

SONG
What a feeling - Irene Cara (thanks to Danila - 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. 139

1) was sitting - had been crying

2) both

3) both - had died

4) didn't use to look

5) both - both
6) had crashed - was pouring 
Es. b p. 139

1) spent / would spend / used to spend
2) had died
3) cooked / would cook / used to cook
4) took / would take / used to take
5) was invited /had been invited
6) told
7) was going
8) tried
9) got
10) decided
11) was sleeping
12) wanted
13) had been told
14) climbed
15) saw
16) had been asking
17) refused / had refused
18) heard
19) realized
20) had got up
21) was coming
22) opened
23) had caught
24) had forbidden 

UNIT 2A: ONCE UPON A TIME

Es. 5a p. 23: make abstract nouns from the given words
-hood: adulthood, childhood, neighbourhood
-ship: friendship, membership, partnership, relationship
-dom: boredom, freedom, wisdom
-ness: happiness, illness, kindness, sadness
-tion: celebration, competition, imagination
word changes: afraid - fear, ashamed - shame, believe - belief, dead - death, hate - hatred, lose - loss, poor - poverty

Es. 5c p. 23: complete
1) hatred
2) fear
3) happiness
4) imagination
5) poverty
6) boredom
7) illness
8) freedom 

UNIT 2B: ARE THERE REALLY 31 HOURS IN A DAY?
Quotation p. 24: comment
Es. 1a p. 24: answer the questions and comment
Articles p. 24 - 25: read and comment 
Es. 1d p. 25: complete
1) gadget
2) frenzy
3) blizzard
4) catch up with
5) peak
6) juggle
7) engrossed
8) cope
9) clog
10) overcome
Grammar Bank p. 140: distancing expressions

HOMEWORK

Es. a - b p. 140