Lesson 6 - venerdì 16 dicembre 2011

SONG
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - Fredrika Stahl (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


UNIT 4B: HELP YOURSELF

Es. 4e p. 59: listen and complete
1) Well, I have quite a few friendes who are into psychology.
2) I see myself as a bit of an expert on diet books.
3) According to this book, making a marriage work is entirely up to the wife.
4) ... the husband doesn't have to do anything at all.
5) The wife just has to try to be exactly what her husband wants her to be, and then everything will be just fine.


UNIT 4C: CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT IT
Es. 1b p. 60: read, answer the questions and comment
Es. 1c p. 61: listen and complete
1W - 2M - 3F - 4T - 5Th - 6M
Es. 1e p. 61: listen, answer the questions and comment
Es. 1f p. 61: answer the question and comment
Es. 2a-b p. 61: listen and complete
1st column: addiction - anxious - condition - crucial - obsession - officially- pressure - technician
2nd column: attachment - century - future- switched
3rd column: conclusion - decision - occasion - pleasure
4th column: arrangement - engaged - journalist -message - surgery
Es. 3d p. 61: answer the questions and comment


21.45: Christmas pizza all together at "Pizzeria Tre Lanterne"


HOMEWORK CORRECTION
Es. 5a p. 59
1) second-hand
2) long-term
3) last-minute
4) duty-free
4) worn-out
6) home-made
7) air-conditioned
8) part-time
9) narrow-minded
10) well-behaved
Es. 5c p. 59
mass-produced
short-sighted
high-heeled
kind-hearted
blue-eyed
hands-free
first-class
easy-going
left-handed
absent-minded
Es. 1a p. 60
1) to call - to phone - to ring
2) a. give
    b. make
3) a. up
    b. turn / switch
    c. off
    d. up
    e. out
    f. through
    g. speak
    h. put
4) a. charge
    b. landline
    c. engaged
    d. missed
    e. directory
    f. voicemail
    g. pay phones
Es. 3a p. 61
1D - 2F - 3B - 4E - 5A - 6C
Es. 3b p. 61
1 and 4 are third conditionals (if + past perfect, would have + past participle). They are used to talk about hypothetical situations in the past and their consequences.
3, 5 and 6 are second conditionals (if + past simple, would + infinitive). They are used to talk about hypothetical or improbable situations in the present / future and their consequences.
2 is a mixed conditional (a combination of a second and a third conditional). It refers to a hypothetical situation in the present (If I wasn't a journalist) and the consequence it would have on the past (I would never have done the experiment). If I wasn't could also be If I weren't with no change in meaning.
Grammar bank 4C p.147: conditional sentences
Es. a p. 147
1) right
2) if the camp wasn't / weren't so ceowded
3) right
4) right
5) if she hadn't got injured last month
6) right
7) They would have gor divorced ages ago
8) If the strom hadn't been at night
9) right
Es. b p. 147
1) provided 7 providign
2) Even
3) long
4) Had
5) condition
6) whether
7) even
8) as / so
9) Supposing
10) whether
11) Had