Unit 3: Shopping

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Safe Shopping
When buying items on the Internet, people should always be careful that their financial details are secure. Some companies take precautions to protect their customers. Amazon.com is an American e-commerce company based in Seattle, Washington. It was one of the major companies to sell goods over the Internet. Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 and launched in 1995, Amazon began as an online bookshop but soon diversified its product lines by adding VHSs, DVDs, music CDs, MP3s, computer software, video games, toys and more. Bezos chose the name"Amazon" because it started with the letter A, was symbolic of something big and was easy to spell. Amazon.com offers Safety and Security Tips. They advise shoppers to keep theirpassword private. When creating a password, they suggest using at least eight characters, including both letters and numbers, and advise people to frequently change their password. Amazon will never e-mail or call customers on the phone to ask for their password, credit card or bank account number.

Unit 3: Shopping

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You have read about online shopping, in particular about Amazon.com and e-Bay.
Listen to these two texts on Qwiki and all the related ones taht you are curious about.

Unit 3: Shopping

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Talking about shopping is talking about Xmas shopping, when people rush up and down the most important commercial streets on a"spending spree".
Your Task: Watch the first video, enjoy the lights, and try to recognise some of the most famous chain stores in London.

Watch the second video and write down some of the recommendations to "stretch your budget" at Xmas time.

Unit 3: Shopping

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It is not the same to buy in a chain store or at a greengrocer's.
Your Task:

• Watch the first video and tell me what the problem is in the three situations and what the customer decides to do.
• Watch the second video and write down the shopping list.

Unit 3: Writing. A Summary

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Your Task: Read the text on page 146 of your Student's book or the one on page 27 of your Workbook and write a summary of 60-80 words.

Here is the link to the solution of the passive sentences.

Unit 3: Answer Key

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Here is the link to the solution of the workbook exercises corresponding to this unit

Unit 2: Reported Speech

Your Task: Watch these four videos to remind you of the use of Reported Speech.

Unit 2: Elections

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The election for the president of the USA always takes place on the same Tuesday in November.
The goverment of the United States is made up of two elected bodies, the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Each of the 435 members of the House of Representatives represents a district. The population of the state determines the number of its representatives. Members are elected every two years. The Senate has only 100 members-two for each state, regardless of its size. Senators serve for six years, and every two years a third of their members are elected.
The House and the Senate are equal partners in legislation and a new law requires the consent of both bodies. However, each body also has got specific powers.

In Spain, general elections are held every four years. Each Spanish community also holds autonomous elections every four years. The government always chooses a Sunday as Election Day.

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Your Task: As you know elections are coming in both countries.
Read the texts and watch the videos to know more about this.
There is a historical reason to the USA elections being celebrated on the same Tuesday in November.
Do you know it?

Unit 2: More on elections

View Spanish general elections and over 3,000,000 other topics on Qwiki.

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Your Task: Watch this video about the Spanish electoral system and rewrite the text in Reported Speech.

Unit 2: Job Interviews

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You have read in this unit about the job requirements and personality characteristics needed for certain jobs.
What about the job interview?

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Your Task: Watch this video and try to make a summary of the Do's and Don'ts.

Unit 2: Writing: A Formal Letter of Application

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Your Task: Write a letter of application for the advert on page 25 of your Student's book or the one on your workbook page 19. Write 100-150
words.

Unit 2: Answer key

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This is the link to the answer key corresponding to the grammar exercises of your workbook.

Unit 2: Back to work

Going back to work after a five-day weekend is very hard!
Make it less difficult by writing something about it, especially those of you who had the chance to go to Bilbao and do something different!
I'm waiting for your comments.
Don´t let me down!

Presentation and General Instructions about the use of this blog, our blog.

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I have designed this blog as a means of communication between you and me.
Some of the entries are just for you to read, have more information or simply enjoy some videos, etc...........
Other entries contain the word YOUR TASK and those are for you to do on Google Docs and send them to me: this is my gmail account junquerabeatriz037@gmail.com.
You will get a mark for that, being part of the formative evaluation, that is, 20% of the total mark.
The tasks must be sent on time, that is, before the end of each unit and you can also insert images, videos, anything that you consider suitable.
I hope you will take advantage of a tool that allows you to use your English in a different way.
I am waiting for your comments!
Thank you.

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Unit 1: Breakfast: the most important meal of the day.

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The name breakfast comes from two words- break and fast. During the night, we fast, so the first meal of the day breaks the fast. Modern breakfast cereals have replaced many of the traditional breakfast foods. A traditional British breakfast might include cooked cereal, fried bacon and eggs or sausages, toast and marmalade. In Scotland, cooked oatmeal, known as porridge, is still a popular breakfast food, traditionally served with salt rather than sugar.
Lunch is the meal served in the middle of the day across Britain. During the week, it tends to be a light meal, but sometimes at the weekend, families enjoy a big meal at lunchtime.
Supper is the evening meal. However, if it is a full meal with several courses, or a formal meal, it is referrred to as dinner.
In working-class areas, and in many parts of Scotland, there is a tradition known as high tea. It is served early in the evening and often includes cooked food of some sort.
In Britain, it is traditional to have afternoon tea around four o'clock in the afternoon. It usually consists of tea with biscuits or cake.
In recent years, a meal called brunch has become popular, often as a form of entertainment at the weekend. It's a cross between a large breakfast and a light lunch.

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Unit 1: The ideal breakfast

Your Task: Watch this video and, according to it, tell me in English what the ideal breakfast is like.
How far is your daily breakfast from the ideal?

Unit 1: Cultural differences about food

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What is considered usual food in one culture or country may be considered quite inedible or unacceptable in another.
Listen to this about fast food on Qwiki, a fantastic source of information!

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View Fast food and over 3,000,000 other topics on

Your task: Use different sources of information to find examples of those cultural differences about food and also try to use perfect tenses, when possible.

Unit 1: Writing: An Opinion Essay

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Write 100-150 words. The model in Exercise 1, the steps in Getting Organised and the Useful Expressions of the Student's book page 13 will help you.

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Your Task: Write an essay in which you express your opinion on the following:
Should cafeterias serve only healthy food?

Unit 1: Answer key

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This is the link to the answer key corresponding to the grammar exercises of  your workbook.

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