8/10/2014, Wednesday

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Propuesta de ampliación de ejercicios mediante el blog.

-Corrección A TEST TO REVIEW, desde pregunta nº 21 hasta 40

-BOOK, page 38, 4ª with vocabulary from KEY VOCABULARY (page 39) about “Life Stages”, section A.AGES

-Fonética: pronunciación de la terminación –TURE.

-BOOK, page 39, 5a with vocabulary from KEY VOCABULARY (page 39) about “Life Stages”, section B.STAGES. Hemos analizado hasta “fall in love”.

VOCABULARY:

A,B,C,D,E,F,G,	H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O, P, Q,	R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z.
Bone	Hire (to)	Reject (to)
Both	Oven	Run a business (to)
Bride		Threat
Bridesmaid		Wedding dress
Buch of flowers		Wheelchair
Come of age		Would you be so kind as to?
Compulsory
Doubt

HOMEWORK:

-Writing (80 words): choose one of the three options from exercise 3, page 38. You can send it to gregorio@mecafast.com before 6 p.m., Sunday 12nd.

-Reading “City Pictures”, from PET exam.

City pictures

For many people, a summer holiday will mean a trip abroad... to a beach, perhaps, or to the mountains. Others, though, may do things nearer to home that are equally as exciting, like a photography project, for example.

Kris Mansfield has just spent his summer doing exactly that... a photography project in the city. "I´d originally planned to go to the coast for a while, but I realized I couldn´t really afford to go anywhere", says Kris. "Then I saw an advert for a photography project round the city. The idea was for absolutely anyone who was in our city during the summer to take pictures of whatever they felt showed the character of the place. Apart from that, there were no instructions!

I think everyone who decided to take part was nervous at first about what they were expected to do, but they soon started getting more confident. I´d just been given a new camera, which was more complicated than my old one so I was a bit worried too, but I knew it was a great chance for me to see what it could achieve".

Anyone joining the project was invited to attend a workshop with a professional photographer first, where they could pick up some tips on taking simple photos. After that, the photographers set off around the city - and have produced some truly amazing pictures. There are photos of art students pretending to be statues in the street, a folk band playing music with a dog "singing" along, and a shot of someone making sandwiches on a table set up on the pavement. But there are just as many pictures of people going about their daily lives.

Local people feel the project has been particularly important as the city is just beginning the period of change and improvement, with a lot of building work. They feel the photos will help provide an accurate picture of exactly what the city was like before all the changes. They hope the next generation will look back at the photos and feel proud of how the city has developed.

The organizers of the project are so pleased with the work that they are planning a free exhibition of the photos in the city library. The photos will also appear in next year´s calendar of the city, which will be on sale in local bookshops soon.

As for Kris, and a number of other people who took part, he´s really delighted with what he´s done and is considering becoming a professional photographer. Not until he´s done further training, though, and become more confident about asking complete strangers if he can take their photo!

TRUE OR FALSE?

11.The writer suggests that doing a photography project can be as interesting as a holiday abroad.

12.Kris Mansfield decided to stay at home for the summer because he didn´t have much money.

13.The photography project was only for people living in the city.

14.People who joined the project were sure about their ideas from the beginning.

15.Kris thought the project would be a good opportunity to try out his new camera.

16.People involved in the project learnt some basic photography skills before they began.

17.Most of the photos from the project show people doing unusual things around the city.

18.Local people wanted to record views of the city for the future.

19.Copies of individual photos can currently be bought from shops around the city.

20.Kris Mansfield now feels ready to apply for a job as a professional photographer.