Class: 23^rd January / 14^th February 2015

Unit 8C: The pros and cons

Pages: 82 - 85

Grammar:

Wish / If only

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-reference/wish-and-if-only

Idiomatic phrases

http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/

http://www.learn-english-today.com/idioms/idioms_proverbs.html

Vocabulary: reassure, on leave, leave of absence, maternity leave, compassionate leave, sick leave, misogyny, harem, reciprocal

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Workbook - pg. 40 ex. 3; pg. 41 – 43

Extras, if you have time:

Amy Webb: How I hacked online dating

https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_webb_how_i_hacked_online_dating

Esther Perel: The secret to desire in a long-term relationship

https://www.ted.com/talks/esther_perel_the_secret_to_desire_in_a_long_term_relationship

Class: 16^th / 31^st January 2015

Unit 8B: Fear!

Pages: 79 -82

Grammar:

Other grammar points

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/sep/30/10-grammar-rules-you-can-forget

Whoever, whenever, etc.

https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions1stedition/ad_unit_page/unit10/grammar10/exercise1?cc=us&selLanguage=en

Vocabulary: hoax, beatify, device, devise

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Composition – Eye for eye OR Turn the other cheek: both phrases come from the Bible but which do you think is best to follow?  (180 – 220 words)

Extras, if you have time:

The following is in Italian (no subtitles either). Here, a class is being given on how to open a safe. Brilliant Italian post-war cinema.

I soliti Ignoti  - Totò professore di scassinaggio sulla terrazza

Statistics on Burglaries

http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Crime/Burglaries

Stephen Jay Gould – No such thing as a fish

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

Oda Nobunaga

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

Class: 9^th / 17^th January 2015

Unit 8A: Finding time

Pages: 76 -79

Grammar: Past forms with present or future meaning

http://www.perfectyourenglish.com/grammar/past-tense-with-present-meaning.htm

http://www.learnwithus.info/publ/english_grammar/tenses/past_verb_forms_with_present_or_future_meaning/5-1-0-37

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1535_questionanswer/page42.shtml

Vocabulary: wrapper, pantry, SUV, to (reach a) compromise, to (make a) commitment, soot

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Workbook – pg. 39; pg. 40 ex. 4 and 5

Extras, if you have time:

James Lovelock on the end of Civilization

Lord Monckton: Global Warming big scientific fad