martes, 24 de abril de 2012

looking good!




APPEARANCES


How important is it for you to look fine?


Do you take into account other people's opinions on your clothes?


Do you have a personal style or do you blend in with the rest ?


How important is it to dress up for a job interview?



GIVE YOUR OPINION TO THE CLASS................




GRAMMAR (SMILE) POINT!!!!!!

We use the verb SPEND to talk about time and money.

HOW MUCH DO YOU SPEND EVERY WEEK?

HOW LONG DID YOU SPEND AT THE BEACH YESTERDAY?

CULTURE

DID YOU KNOW.................paper currency was first invented in China. Since then the currencies of the world have taken many different forms. Australian notes aren't even made of paper. Instead they use a kind of plastic. American dollars, like many other currencies, are made of cotton paper.

money matters....



here is my PIGGY BANK



domingo, 15 de abril de 2012

I'd like to open an account

useful vocabulary and expressions:

DEBIT/CREDIT CARD - BANK STATEMENT
BRANCH - PIN NUMBER
CASHPOINT /ATM -WITHDRAW CASH/MONEY
HAVE AN OVERDRAFT/ - BE IN THE RED
ALLOWANCE -POCKET MONEY
I'M BROKE - I AM COMPLETELY SKINT

CASH FLOW
CURRENCY TRAVELLER'S CHEQUES
EXCHANGE RATE
NOTES
COMMISSION

just some more...READING!


Three Is a Lucky Number Margery Allingham

At five o’clock on a September afternoon Ronald Torbay was making preparations for his third murder. He was being very careful. He realized that murdering people becomes more dangerous if you do it often.

He was in the bathroom of the house that he had recently rented. For a moment he paused to look in the mirror. The face that looked back at him was thin, middle-aged and pale. Dark hair, a high forehead and well-shaped blue eyes. Only the mouth was unusual – narrow and quite straight. Even Ronald Torbay did not like his own mouth................


IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE END OF THIS AMAZING STORY....JUST READ IT!

It is easy to find in the web for free . You just need type the title in the 'google' site...and you get it....






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reading


Improve your vocabulary knowledge by reading this short story called THE BULLY.
Underline the words that you don't know and translate them
It is a simple story about BULLYING at school and how difficult it is for some boys to deal with it.
Hope you enjoy it!