CRIME

PASSIVE VOICE

PASSIVE VOICE from eoi.soraya

READING

What do you prefer printed books or e-books? 

 

Do you fancy reading some children's books?

Another Scanimation Book

FILMS IN ORIGINAL VERSION

STEAL VS ROB

• 
  Someone robs a person or an organisation, but steals things such as money.
  
  

The verb rob is usually followed by the preposition of, while steal is followed by the preposition from. Sometimes the phrase starting with of or from is understood or not stated.

Have a look at the following examples:

• A mugger robbed me of my wallet in the park.
• A mugger robbed me in the park.
• The thief stole a laptop from the store.
• The thief stole a laptop.
• They have robbed me.
• They robbed the bank.
• I was robbed of my cheque-book.
• Someone has stolen my watch.
• They stole plenty of money from us.

Related words

robber: the person who robs
robbery: instance of robbing
thief: the person who steals
theft: instance of stealing
Further practice:

• Exercise 1
• Exercise 2

MIRACLE ON THE HUDSON RIVER

 Watch the following piece of news on how all passengers survived the miracle on the emergency landing on the Hudson river:

Listen to one of the survivors: 

OFF THE BEATEN TRACK

CHEAP FLIGHTS

TRAVEL, TRIP OR JOURNEY?

Watch the following video to learn about the difference between travel, trip and journey:

 

Trip (n.)

The act of going to another place (often for a short period of time) and returning.

• We took a five-day trip to the Amazon.
• You’re back from vacation! How was your trip?
• I went on business trips to Switzerland and Germany last month.

Use the verbs “take” and “go on” with trip.

• A round-trip ticket is a ticket for going and coming back.
• A one-way ticket is only for going.

Travel (v.)

Going to another place (in general).

• I really like to travel.
• He travels frequently for work.
• My sister is currently travelling through South America.

Travel (n.) can be used to describe the act of traveling in general:

• Travel in that region of the country is dangerous.
• World travel gives you a new perspective.

Incorrect uses of travel:

• How was your travel?
  How was your trip?
• I’m planning a travel to the U.S. next year.
  I’m planning to travel to the U.S. next year.
  I’m planning a trip to the U.S. next year.

Journey (n.)

One piece of travel (going from one place to another) – usually a long distance.

• The journey takes 3 hours by plane or 28 hours by bus.
• He made the 200-mile journey by bike.
• “A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step” – Lao-tze, Tao Te Ching

HEALTHCARE

 

USEFUL VOCABULARY

Watch the following video on Complementary and Alternative Medicine by the American Health Journal

ONE WEEK JOB PROJECT

Watch the official trailer of the 

One Week Job Project

Listen to Sean Aiken giving a talk:

If you want to know more about the 

One Week Job Project go to:
http://www.oneweekjob.com/

Sean's best friend and filmmaker Ian MacKenzie followed Sean on the road, sharing each week through short webisodes. You can watch the following webisodes:

One Week Job #21 – Cancer Fundraiser

One Week Job #20 – Tattoo Artist

One Week Job #19 – Brewmaster

QUESTION TAGS

Click on the following links to get more information on question tags:

•  QUESTION TAGS WITH THE IMPERATIVE 

EXERCISES:

• EXERCISE 1
• EXERCISE 2

INDIRECT QUESTIONS

Do you remember how to create indirect questions?

LENKA: "EVERYTHING AT ONCE"

CLAUSES OF CONTRAST AND PURPOSE

Clauses of contrast and purpose from eoi.soraya

WORK

Do you want to play a game? 

Click on the following image

Would you like to work as a butler? You can watch the following video about Butlering at Buckingham Palace 

If you want to revise some more vocabulary related to the world of work, watch the following video:

 

HAPPY NEW ACADEMIC YEAR 2017-2018!

 
This academic year I will teach English to upper-intermediate language learners. 

 

I hope you find the new posts and resources useful for the level.

This is the coursebook we are going to use in class:

English File Upper-Intermediate 3rd Edition. 

Oxford University Press. Student ́s book and Workbook. 

ISBN 978-0-19-455874-7 
 

Remember that you can also use the Internet to do some extra activities based on the textbook we are going to use.

 

At this stage of your learning process, it is very important for you to be an independent learner. So remember...

"Today is the start of a new adventure. New challenges to face, new memories to make, and new obstacles to overcome."

                                                                                   Nishan Panwar