Lesson 48 - Introduction to the Present Perfect

Form: have/has + past participle
Present Perfect - Use
1) Result of an action in the past is important in the present: I have cleaned my room.
2) Recently completed actions: He has just played handball.
3) Actions beginning in the past and still continuing: We have lived in Canada since 1986.
4) together with lately, recently, yet: I have been to London recently.

Signal words: just, yet, never, already, ever, so far, up to now, recently, since, for
Examples:

Exercise:
Kate : Have you ever .......... to New York?
Sophie: New York? No I've never .......... there. Have you?
Kate: Yes. In fact I've just .......... back from there. I'm doing some consultancy work there and I've .......... at least six weeks there in the last year.
Sophie: That sounds fabulous. Have you .......... to the top of the Empire State Building? Kate No, I .......... yet. I haven't .......... the ferry to Ellis Island either. I've just .......... work so hard. Though I have .......... dinner at Sardi's and .......... a Broadway show.

Check answers here-->http://www.better-english.com/grammar/presentperfect1.htm
Read more:
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/pres_perf.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/upperf.htm
http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blpresperfect.htm

Get rid of
Meaning: If we get rid of something, we free ourselves of it or dispose of it. If we get rid of something, we make it so that the thing is no longer with us or close to us. We often say that we get rid of something when we throw it away.
Example sentences:
1. I want to get rid of this.2. I got rid of it.3. You should get rid of it.
Example dialogue:
A: My house is so messy and cluttered these days.B: Why is that?A: Because I've got so much old junk lying around.B: You should get rid of some of it then.
Practice:
What do you need to get rid of?
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Listen to the tape--> http://english1010.com/get_rid_of_audio.htm

Unit 1:

Introductions 1 - Informal:

A: Excuse me, do you mind if I sit down?
B: No. Let me move my bag.
A: Thanks. By the way, do you live in the dorm? I think I've seen you there.
B: Yes, I just moved in last week.
A: I live in the dorm, too.
B: Oh, really? Do you like it?
A: Yeah, it's okay. It takes me about 5 minutes to get to my first class in the morning.
B: I'm not so lucky. My first class is on the other side of the university. But I've got a bicycle, so it doesn't take too long.
A: I've got a bike, too. But I haven't needed it this semester.
B: Well, this is my stop coming up. By the way, my name's Bob.
A: Hi, Bob. I'm Sylvia.
B: Nice meeting you, Sylvia. I'll probably see you around.
A: Okay. Bye, Bob.

Questions-
1. Where are the speakers?
A In a car B In a bus C In a dorm D In a classroom
2. What does the man say when the woman asks if she can sit down?
A He says it is okay to have a seat. B He says the seat is already occupied. C He says he minds her sitting next to him. D He says the bag seated there can't be moved.
3. How does the woman go to her first class?
A She walks. B She takes a bus. C She drives her car. D She rides her bicycle.
4. Where is the man's first class?
A Across campus B Near the bus stop C Not far from the dorm D On the other side of town
5. What is the last thing the man says to the woman?
A He says he has to stop seeing her. B He says he will likely see her again. C He says he looks forward to meeting her. D He says he is going to come by her room.

Fonte: http://www.1-language.com/audiocourse/index.htm

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Phrases for conversation:
http://www.eslgold.net/speaking/phrases.html
Curso de Fonética da Língua inglesa gratuito:
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The phonetic sounds of English:
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/

MAKE = to create something that didn't exist comes into being

make breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, make a telephone call
make a fuss, a scene , make a mess , make noise, a sound
make an appointment , make an asssumption
make an attempt , make changes
make a choice, make a comparison
make a complaint, make a decision
make a demand, make a difference
make an effort, make an exception
make an excuse, make friends
make fun of someone, make a judgment
make a law, make a mistake
make an offer, make plans
make progress, make a promise
make a request, make a speech
make a suggestion, make time
make a will, make love
make peace, make war, make ends meet
make a contribution, make money
make a profit, make payments
make the best of it, make the most of it

DO = to perform
What do you do? I'm a teacher.
Do your work. Do your job.
That's a job well-done.
We do business with that company.
do homework, do an exercise, do housework
do the dishes, do laundry, do the cooking
do the shopping, do your makeup
do your hair, do exercises, do me a favor
do your duty, do me the honor (of)
do your part, do your share, do an experiment
do a mile in four minutes
That does the trick.
do a crime, do damage, do drugs
do evil, do harm, do 10 years
do right, do wrong, do good, do bad
do your best

Read more:
http://evaeaston.com/pr/verbs-make-do.html

Play audio --> http://www.elllo.org/english/0751/800-Tini-StudentLife.html

Todd: Tini, you are a student, correct?
Tini: Yeah, I am a student.
Todd: OK, do you like to study? Do you like the student life?
Tini: Of course, you know. Actually, I, myself, I like studying although I'm not that much of a bookworm, but, yes, I like studying. I like spending time with my friends, and I just like enjoying my student life.
Todd: Now, soon, you are going to graduate, correct?
Tini: Yes,, fortunately or unfortunately, yes.
Todd: Well, why would you say fortunately?
Tini: Fortunately, in the sense that, you know, it's about time to get out to the real world and, you know, earn some money, and earn some experience but unfortunately in the sense that all of these precious memories, like you are putting them all behind.
Todd: Yeah, soon they are going to be over.
Tini: Right, right, and then you have more responsibility as soon as you step into the real world, you know. No more spring vacation. No more summer vacation.
Todd: Actually, that's why I'm a teacher. People always ask me, why are you a teacher? And I say, because the time off. You get so much time off, and you don't have to work a 9-5 schedule.
Tini: Yes, that is a very smart choice, I think.
Todd: Yeah, but you make no money.
Tini: I don't think so.
Todd: You think teachers make good money?
Tini: Well, not actually, but you know you can be fresher and then forever young.
Todd: Well, I don't know about forever young but it does... you do feel invigorated when you're teacher. I do agree. Well, you know, if you don't want to give up the student life, you can just become a teacher. Would you like to become a teacher?
Tini: Well, actually, I have given it a couple of thoughts but right now, I'm really into the banking industry.
Todd: Banking?
Tini: Yeah, the financing industry, and then so probably I might like give it a go.
Todd: That's going to be very stressful.
Tini: It is, but you know, I pretty much like the fast-paced lifestyle, and I'm interested in the content of the work.
Todd: Well, good-luck with banking.
Tini: Thank you. It's going to be really harsh, I know.

Fonte: http://www.elllo.org/english/home.htm

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(Lyrics= letra)

Ocean take me to your shore.
I haven't been there in so long, so long
Wind- blow sand on my skin,
Oh what i'd do to feel you again...again

And there's a girl i want to share you with.
She so far away
You are her gift
Ocean, bring her, down

Ocean take me to your shore.
I haven't been there in so long, so long
Wind- blow sand on my skin,
Oh what i'd do to feel you again...again
And there's a girl i want to share you with.

She so far away
You are her gift
Ocean, bring her, down

Baby, you know i'm dying and crying for you
To come on down to my ocean town
Come on down and...
Come on down and...

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Sara Went Shopping

Sara Smith, a Pasadena resident, went shopping. She is 30, and has lived at 3037 N. Foothill Street since 1992. Sara has been married to John for seven years. They have two children; Bob is five years old and Nancy is three. Sara owns a 1995 four-door blue Toyola. At 9 a.m., Sara got into her car and drove to Barget, a department store a mile away.

Barget was having a holiday sale. Sara bought a four-slice toaster for $29.95 plus tax. The regular price was $39.95. She paid by check. On her way home, Sara stopped at MilkPlus to buy a gallon of nonfat milk. The milk was $3.50. Sara got 50 cents back in change.
Sara arrived home at 10 a.m. John and the kids were still sleeping. She woke them up and then made a hot and nutritious breakfast for everyone.

New Words and Expressions
check v.
department n.
drive v.
gallon n.
holiday n.
marry v.
nutritious adj.
own adj.
price v.
regular v.
resident v.
toaster v.
wake v.

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Will you be around this weekend?

Ian - Hi Tom! Will you be around this weekend?
Tom - Ian... hi!
Ian - Will you be around this weekend?
Tom - Well, I don’t know. I think I will go to Goiás.
Tom - That’s a nice idea. Why don’t you help me then?
Ian - Cool!
Tom - Let’s ask people if they will be around this weekend, OK?
Ian - OK. Will you be around this weekend?
Diana - I think I will. I want to go to the movies.
Ian - Will you be around this weekend?
Beth - Maybe. If we don't travel we will probably go to the club on Sunday.

Para fazermos perguntas o futuro com will usamos a seguinte estrutura:
WILL+PESSOA+VERBO+COMPLEMENTO?
Will you be around this weekend?
Essa é a forma interrogativa do futuro com will.

Exercício 1
Faça perguntas como no exemplo: people / live in peace in the future
Will people live in peace in the future?

a) you / be around this weekend
..............................................................................
b) cars / exist in the future
..............................................................................
c) world / be the same
..............................................................................
d) it / rain
..............................................................................
e) scientists/ find a cure for cancer
..............................................................................
d) I/ become a rock star
.................................................................................

Exercício 2
Chegou a hora de você dar suas opiniões sobre o futuro. Complete as frases com will ou won’t, de acordo com o que você acha que vai acontecer no futuro.
a) Poor people ................................... become richer.
b) The traditional family ................................... disappear.
c) Scientists ................................... discover a cure for AIDS.
d) We ................................... produce weapons.
e) We ................................... have to work only four days a week.

Fonte: Curso de inglês do Telecurso

pho·neme (fō'nēm') n.
The smallest phonetic unit in a language that is capable of conveying a distinction in meaning, as the m of mat and the b of bat in English.
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Homophones are words that have different meaning and spelling, but the same pronunciation.

aisle, isle - ate, eight - bare, bear - be, bee - blew, blue - brake, break - buy, by - cell, sell - cent, sent, scent - chord, cord - dear, deer - die, dye - fair, fare - flea, flee - flour, flower - guest, guessed - heal, heel - hear, here - hole, whole - hour, our - in, inn - its, it's - knew, new - knot, not - know, no - made, maid - mail, male - meat, meet - night, knight - pail, pale - pair, pare, pear - peace, piece - pray, prey - rain, rein, reign - real, reel - right, write, rite - road, rode, rowed - role, roll - sail, sale - sea, see - sight, site, cite - soar, sore - sole, soul - son, sun - stair, stare - stake, steak - steal, steel - tail, tale - threw, through - to, too, two - vain, vane, vein - waist, waste - wait, weight - way, weigh - week, weak - wood, would

Ouça a pronúncia aqui:
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/lists/homophones.html


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Fall in love - When we fall in love with someone, we start to have very strong romantic feelings for that person. We use "in love" to mean that we are having very strong romantic feelings. And then if we combine it with the word "fall", it means that it's the beginning of this kind of relationship, or it's the beginning of these kinds of feelings.

Example sentences:
1. I think I'm falling in love.

2. Do you think he is falling in love with her?

3. They fell in love a long time ago.

Example dialogue: Two friends are talking about another friend's relationship.
A: I think Dave is falling in love with Susan.

B: Why do you say that?

A: Because he has been buying her flowers almost every day.

B: Yeah, that could be a sign he's falling in love.

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All out of love : If we fall out of love we are no longer in love with another person. We use this to describe when we lose romantic feelings for another person. We often fall out of love before we get a divorce or before we break up a relationship.

Example sentences:
1. I've fallen out of love with him.

2. She fell out of love.

3. They just fell out of love with each other.

Example dialogue: Two friends are discussing divorce.
A: Why did you and your ex-wife get divorced?

B: Well, I guess it was because we fell out of love with each other.

A: Why did you fall out of love?

B: I don't know. It is difficult to explain why people fall out of love.

Fonte: http://english1010.com/lesson_index.htm

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THE BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS Children are encouraged to eat cereals for breakfast, but a recent study by the UK Consumers Association shows that many of these breakfast cereals can contain high levels of salt, sugar and fat. Incredibly, some cereals contain up to 50 per cent sugar. Producers add these ingredients to satisfy children's taste for strong, sweet flavours. However, salt causes high blood pressure(1), while high levels of sugar cause tooth decay(2) and, possibly, diabetes.

FAST FOOD, SLOW BRAIN Research has also shown that bad eating habits can also cause children to suffer from depression and learning disorders(3) such as dyslexia. Processed foods(4), and the use of vegetable oils in cooking, have reduced our intake(5) of certain natural substances, such as omega 3. This polyunsaturated fatty acid helps electrical signals to travel through the brain, from neuron to neuron, and increases blood flow(6) generally. Studies in the UK demonstrate school children with bad concentration and poor results can improve greatly with omega 3 supplements such as cod liver oil(7).

DON'T MOVE! Even if they eat well, children can suffer from nightmares(8), but then so can adults. Have you, for example, ever woken up in the middle of the night and found your body completely paralysed? You cannot speak. You cannot move your arms or legs. Nothing. Strangely, this is a common experience and it is called ASP, or "Awareness(9) during Sleep Paralysis." Some say that many ASP sufferers have also felt that they were being attacked by "old hags," or witches(10), demons and, in some cases, even aliens...

Matria publicada na revista Speak Up edio 225 - fevereiro/2006

Vocabulary:

1.nightmare - pesadelo.
2.tooth decay - cries.
3.learning disorders - distrbios de aprendizagem.
4.processed foods - alimentos industrializados.
5.intake - entrada, ingesto, absoro.
6.blood flow - fluxo sangneo.
7.cod liver oil - leo de fgado de bacalhau.
8.nightmares - pesadelos.
9.awareness - conscincia, cincia.
10.old hags, witches - feiticeiras velhas, bruxas.

Fonte: http://speakup.ig.com.br/stories_b/225_main_fitness.shtml
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Lesson 42 - Past with "Were" and "Was"
Were you good at school??
Yes, I was.
No, I wasn´t.
I don´t think so.

Lesson 43 - Introducrion to "did"


Lesson 44



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Lesson 38/39 - What are you wearing?


Lesson 40 - Introduction to "going to do"


Use - going to
1) planned actions in the future : We are going to sing at the party.

2) You are certain that sth. is going to happen in the future.
Look at this car! It is going to crash into the yellow one.

Form - to be (am, are, is) + going to + infinitive

Examples:
Affirmative sentences: I am going to play handball. You are going to play handball.

Negative sentences: I am not going to play handball. You are not going to play handball.

Questions: Am I going to play handball? Are you going to play handball?


ATTENTION!! Do not mix up with the Present Progressive!
Going to-future--> He's going to read the book.
Present Progressive --> He's reading the book.

Exercises - going to-future
1.What ___ this weekend?
a. you are going to do
b. are you going to do
c. your gonna do

2. I'm not sure. ___ anything special?
a. Are you going to do
b. You are going to do
c. Is going to do

3. My friend Melissa and I ___ a party. Would you like to come?
a. am going to
b. are going to go to
c. go to

4. I'd love to! ___________?
a. What's it going to be
b. Who's go to be
c. Where's it going to be

5. It is ___ to be at Ruth's house.
a. go
b. going
c. gonna

6. What time ___ start?
a. is it going to
b. it's going to
c. it

7. At 10 P.M. ___________ invite?
a. Who are you going to
b. What you're going to
c. When you going to

8. I don't know. I think ___ anyone.
a. I'm going invite
b. I'm not go invite
c. I'm not going to invite
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Answers: 1.a, 2.a, 3.b, 4.c, 5.b, 6.a, 7.a, 8.c

Read more and Exercises:
http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/Tenses17.cfm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/gofut.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-m_future-gt.htm
http://www.english-the-easy-way.com/Future_Tense/Future_Simple_Tense_Going_To.htm
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/grammar/archive/futures01.html
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/goingto4.htm


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Complete the sentences below with an adjective that is similar in meaning to the word in bold type.
Choose from the words on the right.

1. A rude child is__impolite________
2. An antique desk is ________________________________
3. A plump woman is ________________________________
4. An astonished person is ________________________________
5. A cross parent is ________________________________
6. A keen student is ________________________________
7. A crazy person is ________________________________
8. An unoccupied house is ________________________________
9. A dull book is ________________________________
10. An incorrect answer is ________________________________
11. An overcast sky is ________________________________
12. A slender young girl is ________________________________
13. A warm person is ________________________________
14. A starving child is ________________________________
15. A bright student is ________________________________
16. A corageous soldier is ________________________________
17. A dim light is ________________________________
18. A brief message is ________________________________
19. A difficult task is ________________________________
20. A wicked child is ________________________________

Resposta:
1. angry 2. Brave 3. cloudy 4. empty 5. enthusiastic 6. faint 7. friendly 8. hard 9. impolite 10. intelligent 11. mad 12. naughty 13. old 14. quite 15. thim 16. short 17. slighty 18. fat 19. uninteresting 20.very hungry 21. very surprised 20. wrong

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"Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction."
Anne Frank

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Aprenda inglês assistindo cartoon, observe o diálago neste episódio de Family Guy*:


- Hey Brian!
- Oh, hey man Meg! Hey listen.. I hope you feel all right about the little talk othe ther day. Do you know... us, being just friends and all...
- Oh, yeah! I´m fine, I´m fine. Hey, look.. I want to thank you for being so great to me. So I made two pie.
- Uau! That´s delicious! What´s in there?
- Well, There some apples, some cinnamon , and my hair...
- What??
- My hair is in the pie, Brian. and now it´s inside of you. Part of me is inside of you, Brian. Do you feel me, Brian? Do you feel me inside of you?

- Oh.. You got some pie, ya? Can I have a piece?
- Ah, sure!
- Let me have some of that Coo' hwip"
- What do you say?
- You can't have a pie without Cool Hwip!
- Cool Hwip?
- Cool Hwip, yeah!
- You mean Cool Whip?
- Yeah, Cool Hwip.

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No final, o cachorro repete a palavra "Cool Whip", que é um creme usado para tortas (=pie).

*Cool Whip is a brand of imitation whipped cream called a "whipped topping" by its manufacturer. It is used as a dessert topping and in some no-bake pie recipes. It is generally described as "non-dairy" as it contains no cream or milk and no lactose, though it does contain the milk-derived protein sodium caseinate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Whip

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Family Guy is an American animated television series about a nuclear family in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island. It was created by Seth MacFarlane for FOX in 1999. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy

Here are the steps as to how to make the receipe of easy pie…

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Ingredients required:

1-cup sugar

1-cup flour

1-cup milk

1 stick butter, melted

1 can peaches (or any favorite fruit), drained

Method:

Take a bowl and put sugar, flour and milk in it. Now mix them well.

Take a pie pan and pour some butter in it.

Now add the mixture over the butter and stir well.

Add the drained peaches into the pie pan.

Cook the mixture in the oven at a degree of 450 ° F until it turns brown and the easy pie is ready to be served.

http://www.indobase.com/holidays/mothers-day/recipes/easy-pie.html

Verb:


Preposition:

Beginner
1. Do you live in Venice ?
a. Yes, I live b. Yes, I do c. Yes, I am d. Yes, I does

2. How old are you ?
a. I have 21 years old b. I am 21 years old c. No, I’m not d. I have 21 years

3. Do you have a sister ?
a. No, I haven’t b. No, I don’t c. No, I doesn’t d. No, Idon’t have

4. They are from Italy.
a. Where are they of ? b. Where are they from ? c. Whre is they from ? d. Where they are from ?

5. She’s a doctor.
a. What’s her job ? b. What’s she job ? c. What’s his job ? d. What’s she is job ?

6. Thank you.
a. You’re great! b. OK c. Not for this d. You’re welcome

7. Jack is_______intelligent man. a. – b. a c. an d. really

8. Listen! Someone is knocking_______the door a. at b. between c. on d. in

9. Children_______work.
a. doesn’t b. don’t c. isn’t d. aren’t

10. _______international airport in Chicago is big.
a. An b. A c. The d. –

11. My brother’s daughter is my_______
a. aunt b. ancle c. nephew d. niece

12. 1.200
a. One hundred two b. One thousand two c. One million an two thousand d. One thousand two hundred

13. He goes to work
a. by taxi b. on taxi c. with taxi d. in taxi

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Respostas - Beginner
1- b /2- b / 3- a ou d / 4- b / 5- a / 6- d / 7- c / 8- c / 9- b / 10-c / 11-d / 12-d / 13-a

Fonte: http://www.britishnet.com.br/jogos.html

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http://www.onestopenglish.com/Games/
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http://www.geocities.com/eslconversationtopics/
http://towerofenglish.com/eslsites.html
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Provérbios sempre fizeram parte das culturas humanas, desde suas mais remotas origens. (...)Provérbios, também conhecidos por ditado popular, máxima, adágio, anexim, sentença, rifão, aforismo, etc., constituem parte importante de cada cultura. Provérbio é a expressão do conhecimento e da experiência popular traduzido em poucas palavras, de maneira rimada e ritmada, muitas vezes na forma de uma metáfora, com alegria e bom humor, uns satíricos, alguns sábios, outros geniais.

Veja alguns:

1. Os últimos serão os primeiros. The last will be the first.
2. A ocasião faz o ladrão. Opportunity makes thieves.
3. Achado não é roubado. Finders keepers, losers weepers.
4. Quem vai ao ar, perde o lugar. If you snooze, you lose.
5. Não se meta onde não é chamado. Mind your own business.
6. Em boca fechada não entra mosca. A close mouth catches no flies.
7. Águas paradas são profundas. Still waters run deep.
8. Deus ajuda quem cedo madruga. The early bird catches the worm.
9. Deus ajuda àqueles que ajudam a si mesmos. God helps those who help themselves.
10. A galinha do vizinho sempre é mais gorda. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

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Manchester United Has Signed a 9-Year-Old - A nine-year-old boy has signed a contract with one of the world's best soccer teams. Rhain Davis' grandfather sent Manchester United a DVD which featured the youngster's soccer skills. His family has moved from Australia to England so that Rhain can play at the team's academy. British newspapers are calling him "the new Wayne Rooney".
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China Prepares for the Beijing Olympics - With only a year to go before the 2008 Summer Olympics, China is busy getting ready for the world's biggest sporting event. Chinese officials said on Monday that they expect almost all of the venues, the places where sports are played, will be finished by the end of this year. They also said that ticket sales for next year's Beijing Olympics are going well. Many people believe the Games will be a success. "I am sure that the Olympic Games in Beijing will be the best in Olympic history," former International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch said.
Listen here: http://www.simpleenglishnews.com/19077games.shtml

American Weapons Are Missing in Iraq - Almost 200,000 American weapons are unaccounted for in Iraq. The United States military gave the AK-47 rifles and pistols to Iraqi security forces in 2004 and 2005. The American military, however, does not know the present whereabouts of those weapons, almost 30 percent of the total given to Iraq. There are fears that some of the weapons are now in the hands of insurgents who are fighting against U.S. forces in Iraq.
Words: whereabouts= location.
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A Busy Bridge Collapsed - An ordinary drive home from work turned into a nightmare for people in Minneapolis yesterday. At least nine people died and more than 60 were injured after a bridge collapsed in the late afternoon. Twenty people are still missing.
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36. American Dream


37. Review: Excuse me! What are you doing?

Chapter 2 --Meeting the English family
(Encontrando a família inglesa)

We are now in a street in West London. The sky is very dark and it is raining.
This is Rosa's big day. Her first day in England. Rosa is getting out of a London taxi. The taxi driver is carrying a very heavy suitcase. They walk through the rain to the front door of a big Victorian house. A small girl opens the door. She is four years old. Her brother is standing behind her. He is only two years old. One minute later, a young woman comes to the door..

"Welcome to Wembley!", she says and she offers Rosa her hand. "These are my two children, Elisabeth and Isaac."
"Pleased to meet you, Mrs Frost!" says Rosa with a strong Spanish accent"

The two children run back into the living-room.

"Don't worry about them! They're a little shy. And please call me Diana! Now let me show you your room and then we can have a nice cup of tea. Or would you prefer coffee?"
"I'd like to try a cup of English tea, made in England."
"This is your bedroom. There's a nice view of the football stadium and here's a little desk where you can study. The bathroom and toilet are just opposite your door. Now I'll just go and put the kettle on."
"Excuse me. What's a kettle?"
"In England, we use a kettle to make hot water. We can then put the hot water
in a teapot or use it to make instant coffee."

Rosa is happy with her new home, but she is thinking about her mother's opinions. Perhaps Maruja is right. The British are not normal people. They do not kiss when they meet and they live in large Victorian palaces. Their favourite drink is tea and they use strange metal kettles to make the water hot. What is she going to say to Elisabeth and Isaac? How can she make friends with two shy English children? Perhaps the answer is in the big, black psychology book.
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TRUE OR FALSE:
1. The weather is wet.
2. Rosa arrives in the family's car.
3. Elisabeth's brother is two years old.
4. The Frost family live in Central London.
5. The two children are a little shy.
6. Rosa asks for coffee.
7. She can see Wembley football stadium from her room.
8. Rosa does not like her room.
9. Rosa thinks English people are different from Spanish people.
10. Rosa is sure that Maruja is right.

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Chapter 1 --- Preparing for the journey (Preparando para a viagem)

Rosa is from Spain. She lives in a small flat in Madrid with her mother. Rosa's mother is called Maruja. Tomorrow is a big day for Rosa. She is going to the airport. She is flying to London. She will stay with an English family in Wembley, West London. Maruja is a little sad. She likes her daughter, but tomorrow she will have to say goodbye. Rosa is putting three books in her suitcase. Maruja is watching her. The suitcase looks very heavy.

"Do you need all those books?" Maruja asks.
"Yes, mummy! The yellow book is a Spanish English dictionary and the red one is a Tourist Guide to London."
"But do you need that big, black book?"
"Yes, of course, mummy! The black book's very important. It's about children. My English family has two young children and I'm going to look after them."

Rosa is very interested in children. Last year, she studied Psychology at university. Maruja likes children too, but she does not know about Psychology.

"But, Rosa ... the black book's in Spanish! It's about Spanish children!"
"No, mummy! It's about European children. We're all Europeans now! My psychology book's international!"
"I don't know about psychology, but I know about you. You're my child. You've got Spanish culture and habits."
"What do you mean, mummy?"
"I mean that you have a good Catholic education, you like good food, you have
lunch at 3 p.m. and dinner at 10 p.m. You like sun and you don't like rain.
British children are different!"
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TRUE OR FALSE

1. Rosa is Maruja's daughter.
2. She is going to stay in a hotel.
3. There is a French English dictionary in Rosa's suitcase.
4. Rosa needs the black book.
5. She is going to look after three children.
6. She does not like children.
7. Maruja studied Psychology at university.
8. The black book is in English.
9. It is only about Spanish children.
10. Spanish people have lunch at 1 p.m.

34. Introduction to "doing"



35. Present Continuous

The Possessive

Look at the possessive chart.
I - my
You - your
He - his
She - her
It - its
We - our
You - your
They - their
Jack - Jack's

Jack is married to Alice. She is his wife and he is her husband. They have a daughter and son. The son's name is Henry and the -- daughter's name is Lisa. They live next to Alice's parents, Harry and Marjorie. Harry is Alice's father and Marjorie is -- her mother. Harry is Jack's father-in-law and Marjorie is -- his mother-in-law. Henry is -- Harry's grandson and Lisa is Marjorie's granddaughter. Alice has a sister a brother. -- Her sister's name is Mary and her -- brother's name is Frank. Frank has two children, David and Sherrie. Sherrie is Alice's niece and David is Alice's nephew. Alice is -- their aunt and Jack is -- their uncle.