Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Thursday 19^th

Our last day of class for this year!

So, we decided to see a film. Elena had already seen it but I guess she didn’t see it in English, so it was a good practice.

The film is called “In Good Company” and it stars Dennis Quaid, Scarlett Johansson and Topher Grace.

It is a comedy. It’s set in the world of business and globalization.

We learnt some vocabulary:

A takeover / or the verb to take over: when a company buys another one.

To dismiss / make redundant/ to be fired: when somebody loses her /his job.

Do you remember what pfg stands for? Pretty F--- Good

Rif: reduction in forces.

Put up with: tolerate.

Psyched: in the right frame of mind.

Awesome: wonderful, amazing, gorgeous…

But this term you have learnt much more with us:

VOCABULARY
Languages you speak	Months, seasons		Adjectives	Transport			Activities
advantages, communicate, reason, foreign, improve, get into, mind	Summer, June, July, August, autumn, the fall		big, tall, small, short, noisy lazy, clever, strict, convenient, cheap, fast	Taxi stand, platform, traffic lights, motorway, coach			meet, talk about,
Places		Weather	Appearance			Personality
countryside, beach, park, mountain, lake, sea		Mild, shade, icy, lightning, gale, showers	slim, tall, curly fair hair, straight hair		strict, outgoing, shy, mean, generous, extrovert

GRAMMAR
Subject Questions		Object Questions
Who invented Esperanto?		When did he invent it?
Making Comparisons
What is the most convenient means of transport?	The hottest part of Spain is Andalucia.		The plane is faster than the train.
What does she look like?		What are you like?
She has long curly fair hair.		I am extrovert, generous and sociable.
Gerunds
sunbathing	sightseeing		running
Past simple
Where was she born?	What did she study first?		She broke her first record in 1921.
Past Continuous
What were you doing at the time of the robbery?	People were going back home from work.		A van was following her

SPEAKING

Giving Reasons / Giving opinions

Advantages and disadvantages

Expressing opinions

Answering questions about details

I would like to congratulate our games winners, Elena & David. And of course, I would like to wish you and your families Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

CU in January 9^th

^{The Twelve Days of Christmas}