The School Trip Project

My dear students of 1º Bachillerato - A,
As most of us have taken part in the school trip to Great Britain, Belgium and France, I´ve decided to prepare an activity for you whose main aim is to deepen in what you have seen or experienced and try to motivate you for your oral presentations.
The activity is designed as a mind map, so you must feel free to surf  on your own, ask for more information if you need it and make more reasearch in  the issues that most interest you.
Follow the link below and start your travel :)
http://www.sharingexperiences-conchycastro.com/MY_CORNER.html ( open "The School Trip Project" file)

Timetable for final tasks:

1. Your written essay must be sent by e mail or given to me by 29th April, 2011.
2. Your oral presentation must be finished by 20th May.

Hope you enjoy the task.

ANSWER KEY UNIT 6

 

ANSWER KEY. Vocabulary Unit5

STUDENT´S BOOK:
page 60


VOCABULARY Communication

1
1. keep in touch   2. translate   3. fluent   4. misunderstood   5. mother tongue

2
1. body language    2. bad language    3. Sign language  
4. foreign language   5. first language    6. official language

3
 1. b   2. a    3. a    4. a   5. b    6. a    7. b


page 61

4
1. misunderstanding   2. translated   3. official language   4. mother tongue   5. pick up    6. fluent


WORKBOOK:
page 40 and 44

 

THE ENVIRONMENT

 1. Revise the vocabulary in unit 4 ( Bridges 1, Burlington Books )

2. Go to http://energyquest.ca.gov/movieroom/index.html

and watch the following videos:

“ Fighting Global Warming” and “ The Science of the Solar Cell”

3. Go to http://www.epa.gov/watersense/kids/index.html

click on “ why save water”, “simple ways to save water”, and play the game on http://www.epa.gov/watersense/kids/games.html

4. Do you want to know more about environmental issues? Then go to http://www.eco-pros.com/

http://energyquest.ca.gov/library/documents/DOE_EnergySavers_98.pdf

http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/vampires/dswmedia/VAMPIRES.PDF

5. Now you can try these quizzes below:

The Green Quiz:
http://www.yale.edu/procurement/greenPurchase/Green%20Quiz.htm

The Energy Quiz:

http://energyquest.ca.gov/games/energy_test/energy_IQ1.html

WRITING . - Write a brief summary of the activity: What were the videos and readings about? Do you think environmental issues are important, why or why not? How did you do with the quizzes?

answer key. units 3 and 4

UNIT 4. STUDENT´S BOOK



VOCABULARY The Environment
1
 1. False. The use of alternative energy will protect the environment.
2. True.

3. False. It is important to protect the environment.

4. True.

5. True.

6. False. People save water when they have a shower instead of a bath.

7. True.

8. False. It is possible to recycle plastic bottles.





2 POSSIBLE ANSWERS

1. Clean fuel produced from soya beans doesn’t harm the environment.

2. Everybody should care about environmental issues.

3. If we don’t protect the environment, we will damage our planet.

4. We shouldn’t destroy natural resources because we will need them in the future.

5. Exhaust fumes damage our lungs because they contain carbon monoxide.

6. The Fab Tree Hab will save a lot of energy.

7. Our country is going to increase the amount of water that we recycle every year.

8. Every family should recycle glass, paper and plastic.


BRITISH / AMERICAN ENGLISH


1. petrol – British; gas – American

2. garbage - American; rubbish – British

3. dustbin – British; trashcan – American

3 1. chemicals 4. conservation

2. rubbish 5. Pollutants

3. ecological disaster 6. Deforestation

PREFIXES

4 1. b 2. c 3. d 4. e 5. f 6. A


page 49


5
 1. recycle  2. international  3. overpopulated  4. anti-nuclear  5. underdeveloped


6
1. air pollution   5. save

2. global warming 6. damage

3. petrol 7. pollutants

4. environmentally-friendly

7
To be in a very difficult or dangerous situation.
1. water (the past is over and cannot be changed so there’s no point worrying about it)

2. wind (stop worrying and take a risk)

3. sun (a great number of things)

Bridge to Speaking
A POSSIBLE ANSWERS

1. This weekend, my friends and I are going scuba diving.

2. In the year 2015, I will still be living with my parents.

3. This time next Saturday morning, I will be playing on my console.

4. By this time next year, I will have got my licence.


B POSSIBLE ANSWERS
1. No, we don’t recycle any rubbish at all because my parents don’t actually care about recycling.

2. Yes, of course. Teenagers are really worried about the environment because we know that if we don’t protect the environment, we will destroy our planet and our kids will have nowhere to live.

3. The city council should ban private cars from driving into the city centre and everybody should use public transport.

VOCABULARY BUILDER - answer key - Unit 2

1. See Wordlist. Student´s Book pages 137-138

• bed and breakfast, campsite, caravan, resort, tent, youth hostel
• jacket, raincoat, sweatshirt
• binoculars, sunglasses, torch
• snorkel, surfboard, wetsuit

   3.  skiing/skier         ski/skiing
        hike/hiking           hike
        rain                     rain                rainy

  4.  registrarse (hotel)                      salir, ponerse en camino
       pagar y marcharse (hotel)          montar, armar
       llegar a                                      despegar (avión)
       salir
       1. take off                           4. check out
       2. go out                             5. set up
       3. set off                             6. got to

  5. 1 used to/ would                     5 used to / would
      2 used to                                6 used to / would
      3 used to / would                    7 used to
      4 used to                                8 used to / would

Descriptions

That´s your turn,
Now write a comment, send an email or write on a sheet of paper .... telling about yourselves. A short description, your interests and anything you consider relevant.