TOO+ ADJECTIVE AND INFINITIVE.
USE TOO+ AND ADJETIVE AND AN INFITIVE TO GIVE A WARNING OR AN EXPLANATION.
IT'S TOO DARK TO GO HIKING NOW =DON'T GO HIKING NOW BECAUSE IT'S DARK.
THOSE CLIFFS ARE TOO STEEP TO CLIMB. = YOU SHOULDN'T CLIMB THOSE CLIFF BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY STEEP.
USE A FOR PHRASE TO FURTHER CLARIFY A WARNING OR EXPLANATION.
IT'S TOO DANGEROUS FOR CHILDREN TO GO SWIMMING THERE. ( ONLY ADULTS SHOULD SWIM THERE.)
💗VOCABULARY.
GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES
💙Read and listen. Then listen again and repeat.
Find these features on the map.
❤USE THE MAP TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ABOUT COSTA RICA.
1.What two contries share a border with costa rica?
2. In what mountain range is costa rica's capital located?
3. What is costa rica's largest national park?
A GULF AN OCEAN A MOUNTAIN RANGE
A BAY A SEA A NATIONAL PARK
A LAKE A VOLCANO
4. What is costa rica's largest lake?
5. Approximately how far is puntarenas from san jose?
6. What bodies of water are on costa rica's two coasts?
communication goals
1. describe a geographical location.
2. Warn about a possible risk.
3. Describe a natural setting
4. Discuss solutions to global warming.
KEY VOCABULARY
1. Geographical features.
2. comprass directions
3. Ways to recommend or criticize a place
4. Ways to describe risks
5. Geographic nouns and adjetives
6. Describing natural features.
7. Energy and the environment.
KEY GRAMMAR.
Prepositional phrases of geographical places.
Too+ abjetive and infinitive.
Climate Due
to the large extension of the park, the climate ranges from warm through
temperate and cold, to moorland climate.
The
temperature ranges between twenty and thirty degrees Celsius.
The Güicán,
Cocuy and Chita National Natural Park is one of the fifty-nine national natural
parks in Colombia. It is located in the center-east of the country, on the
border between the departments of Boyacá, Casanare and Arauca.
What can I
do in the Cucuy National Natural Park?
you can
practice hiking, observation of wild fauna and flora, mountaineering and ice
and rock climbing, also the
Route
from the Alto de la Cueva to the Pulpit of the Devil. in the park there are
some natural species that deserve to be known, among them the Andean condor.
UNIT 8
- what is a difference
between an invention and a discovery?
An invention is a new product or process that
solves a technical problem. It is not the same as a discovery, which consists
of something that already existed but had not been discovered.
- if you could Live in another country. Where would
live?
Spain is a country with a very interesting mix of
cultures where the different customs, beliefs and traditions of the many
peoples who inhabited it are mixed – Romans, Celts.
- what was the best invention of the
20th century in your opinion?
The most valuable invention of the 20th
century related to technology is the computer.
- If you didn't study in Barranquilla, where would you
study?
in Cartagena Bolivar where I started my studies.
- If you hadn't studied the career you
study, what career would you have studied?
law, I like it a lot, with a specialty
in criminal law.
UNIT 9
- what things do you friends persuade you to do? why?
cook, because they say I make a very good meal.
- what is your opinion about the
Colombian government?
I don't like politics, in fact whenever
a president is elected, expectations are never met, he is always deficient in
terms of facts.
- Do you like to discuss politics at the money table?
(yes/no) why?
No.
Talking about politics is wasting energy.
I think it is the most exhausting thing in this world.
1. Our (advice/advices) to you (is/are) to avoid discussing politics.
2. (Poverty/The poverty)(was/were) the topic of the international CONFERENCE.
CHOOSE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE NOUNS AND VERBS.
3. Both candidates have programs for (the health/health) and(educations)
4. making (peace/the peace) takes a lot of (work/works) and a long time.
5. Good news (is/are) hard to find in the newspaper these days.
NOUNS FOR ABSTRACT IDEAS.
ADVICE.
CRIME
EDUCATION
HEALTH
HELP
INFORMATION
INVESTMENT
JUSTICE
LIFE
NEWS
PATIENCE
PEACE
POLITICS
POVERTY
PROGRESS
PROOF
SUCCESS
TIME
WORK
1. PROGRESS: IS AN ISSUE THAT IS IMPORTANT IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
2. CRIME: IS A WORD WHITH GREAT IMPORTANCE ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION AND VARIETY OF LAWS.
3. CRIME: INVESTMENT IS WHAT IS ALWAYS DONE IN A CRIME.
SPEAKING.
DISCUSSION TOPICS.
Do you like to talk about politics? Do you think politics is a good topic for discussion with ''just anybody? Or is politics always ''a little too personal''? Explain.
REVIEW the types of government from page 50. Do you think every country should have the same form ofgovernment? In your opinion, is there a ''best'' form of governmrnt ? Explain.
A count noun is a noun (person, animal or thing) that you can count.
for rxample: TV is a count noun because you can count TVs.
Person and people are a count6 nouns because you can count people.
SOME NOUNS REPRESENT IDEAS YOU CAN'T COUNT.
justice is an abstract idea therefore, you can't count it.
Place is an abstract idea therefore, you can't count it.
Health is an abstract idea therefore, you can't count it
A non-count noun CAN'T BE IN PLURAL FORM!!!
💓Justice.
Peace
Health.
Work.
Patcience.
Education.
Advice.
