NB1 & NB2 Geography

I've just watched this video on my colleague Cristina's blog. It's a great way to revise where the countries are on the map. Lilly is absolutely amazing, isn't she? I want to be like her when I grow up!

NB2 - WHERE SHALL WE GO?

Dear travellers,

Take a bit of time to visit Britain and Ireland here.You can go on an online tour around the British Isles while you listen to different accents and answer some questions. It's also a good way to know more about English-speaking countries and some of their most attractive locations. Watch your wallet or you' ll have to come home before the end of the trip!

NB2 - MY FAMILY AND OTHER ANIMALS

Dear students,

Last week we met these two peculiar characters. Would you like to tell us something about them?

NB1A - REVIEW & PRACTICE. UNIT 5. ANSWER KEY

Here are the answers to the exercises on page 54 (remember you didn't have to do exs. 2 and 3):

Ex. 1. 2. Is there; 3. there isn't; 4. there's; 5. there isn't; 6. there's; 7. are there; 8. there aren't; 9. is there; 10. there's.

Ex. 4. Possible answers:1. very; 2. really; 3. not very; 4. quite; 5. really.

Ex. 5. A. the sea; B. an island; C. mountains; D. a city; E. a forest; F. a river; G. a lake; H. a beach.

Ex. 6. Possible answers: Living room: coffee table, sofa
Overlapping living room / kitchen / bedroom: bookshelves, CD player, table
Overlapping living room / bedroom: armchair
Kitchen: cupboard, dishwasher, fridge, washing machine, cooker
Bedroom: bed

NB1D & NB2D - FYI

This is just to remind you that we have a class on Friday 22nd.

NB2 - PLACES AND CITY LIFE

Dear students,

We're going to start a unit devoted to places around us and far from us. To warm up, do you know the place in these photographs? If you've been there, tell us something about it. I adore it, by the way!

NB1 - homes

Dear students,

You can listen to several people giving a description of their homes here (nivel básico). Check them out, do the exercises and tell me how difficult you find them.

An inconvenient truth - Answer key

It seems nobody dared give the answers to the questionnaire on An inconvenient truth. I hope the reason was shyness and not laziness. In any case, here are the answers:
1. the image of the Earth taken from the Apollo 8.
2. the atmosphere
3. the thickness of varnish
4. it keeps the temperature of the earth between certain boundaries, making it apt for living.
5. it produces global warming.
6. they give a precise idea of temperature and CO2 concentration year by year.
7. they run parallel: the more CO2, the warmer temperature is.
8. in the last 14 years.
9. it increases too.
10. it has tried up to almost nothing.
11. more than 90%.
12. climate
13. 20 feet/ 6 metres
14. 1. population; 2. scientific and technological revolution; 3. our way of thinking.
15. USA
16. USA and Australia