Unit 8. FILM AND ACTION

Film reviews

BOXING DAY

http://www.5min.com/Video/Learn-about-Boxing-Day-38365983

Interesting site!

Past Continuous

4thESO C --- Practice for the exam.

Put the verbs in the Past Continuous tense.        


Last night was hard. There was a blackout as well as a robbery.People in Smithville were upset.But what were they doing when the lights went out? A man  (wash) the dishes while his wife ( give) her baby a bath. A blonde woman (wash) her clothes. Another woman (watch) TV with her husband and their children (do) their homework. A young man didn't realise the lights went out because he (listen) to music on his mp3 player. But why did the lights go out? The director of the power company claims that there was a blackout because it (rain) heavily but it is said that they (have) a party and they (not watch) the controls.One of the reporters,Bob, (wash) the dishes and Dorris, his wife, (have) a bath. Jackie, Bob's colleague, (work) in the building.
Now let's talk about the robbery. Burglars broke into all the appartments in the building when all the tenants were out. But what (they/do)? One of the tenants (wash) his clothes and a woman (visit) a friend.Another woman (have) a picnic at the beach and a man (play) tennis in the park. Two men (attend) a football game and a blonde woman (visit) her grandchildren.What a night!
            

USED TO

Read the sentences and decide if they are true (T) or (F). If the sentence is false, write the correct sentence in the space provided.

1. They is used to going to parties.                                          (           )

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2. They been used to get good marks before four years.          (           )

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3. We are used to wearing a scarf.                                           (             )

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4. In the past, she was used to cut her hair.                              (            )

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5. I 'm used to writing stories.                                                  (            )

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Read the sentences and decide if they are true (T) or (F). If the sentence is false, write the correct sentence in the space provided.

1. They is used to going to parties.                                          (           )

………………………………………………………………………….

2. They been used to get good marks before four years.          (           )

………………………………………………………………………….

3. We are used to wearing a scarf.                                           (             )

………………………………………………………………………….

4. In the past, she was used to cut her hair.                              (            )

………………………………………………………………………….

5. I 'm used to writing stories.                                                  (            )

………………………………………………………………………….

Happy St. Patrick´s Day!

http://viajes.es.msn.com/msn/san-patricio/

¡IRLANDA CELEBRA SU GRAN DÍA!

Interesante documental. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU

Seguro que puede ser un buen recurso didáctico. ¿Alguna idea?

Movies & English.

Aquí os dejo otro recurso encontrado en la web.
El uso de las películas (fragmentos) para aprender inglés.
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/movies/index.html

Hay diferentes tipos de películas, desde infantiles (más sencillas) a películas más recientes.

EJEMPLO: Beauty and the Beast

Once upon a time, in a faraway land, a young prince lived in a shining castle. Although he had everything his heart desired, the prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind.
But then, one winter's night, an old beggar woman came to the castle and offered him a single rose in return for shelter from the bitter cold. Repulsed by her haggard appearance, the prince sneered at the gift and turned the old woman away, but she warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within. And when he dismissed her again, the old woman's ugliness melted away to reveal a beautiful enchantress.
The prince tried to apologize, but it was too late, for she had seen that there was no love in his heart, and as punishment, she transformed him into a hideous beast, and placed a powerful spell on the castle, and all who lived there.
Ashamed of his monstrous form, the beast concealed himself inside his castle, with a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world. The rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose, which would bloom until his twenty-first year. If he could learn to love another, and earn her love in return by the time the last petal fell, then the spell would be broken. If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for all time. As the years passed, hefell into despair, and lost all hope, for who could ever learn to love a beast?

Once upon a time	Había una vez. Es una introducción comúnmente utilizada en cuentos e historias.
a faraway land	una tierra lejana
shining	brillante. Para aprender diferentes formas de referirse a algo que brilla, veaWays of shining.
spoiled	arruinado, dañado
selfish	egoísta
unkind	cruel, despiadado, nada amistoso, poco amable
beggar	mendigo. El verbo to beg es mendigar. A beggar woman es una mujer que mendiga. Existe un proverbio que dice 'Beggars can't be choosers', que equivale al español 'A buen hambre, no hay pan duro.'
shelter	refugio
bitter cold	Bitter significa amargo y cold es amargo. En este caso, se trata de una metáfora que se podría traducir como frío terrible, extremo.
repulsed	rechazado. El verbo to repulse significa rechazar.
haggard	ojeroso, demacrado
appearance	apariencia
to sneer at something	despreciar algo
to turn somebody away	rechazar a alguien
to warn somebody not to do something	advertir a alguien de no hacer algo
to be deceived by something	ser engañado por algo
ugliness	fealdad. El adjetivo correspondiente es ugly (feo).
to melt away	Literalmente, significa derretirse. En sentido figurado, desaparecer, desvanecerse.
to apologize	pedir disculpas
punishment	castigo. El verbo to punish significa castigar.