Tuesday 17/07/12

A. My Trip to NY

The Big Apple, ahh, what a great place to visit!  Your job for this exercise is to plan a trip to New York with lots of details and then summarize it as if you had taken the trip and you were back in Montpellier (ie. use of past simple, past progressive, etc)

Now, what to do in the big city? There are a few things to keep mind when making this trip, should we say requirements? Here is the short list that will help you put together your plan:

1. Departure is from Paris. Tell me how you got there and what you did before taking the flight
2. Your stay in NY is 7 days
3. Tell me what hotel(s) you stayed in NY.  Your budget per night is around $200.  Why did you choose this place? (be descriptive).  Link to hotel review page:  http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g60763-New_York_City_New_York-Hotels.html
4. What places did you visit? Provide an itinerary of your 7 days in NY. Here is a helpful link to the best things to do in NY:  http://travel.usnews.com/New_York_NY/Things_To_Do/   Pick no more than 7 things and tell us your opinion of these places/activities after your "virtual" visit
5. Tells us about your culinary experience in NY.  Where did you go? Pick at least 2-3 restaurants and describe why you chose them.  Here is a link to the restaurant reviews:  http://www.nyc.com/restaurants/

YES, lots of work to get this trip ready and NOT much time.  What are you waiting for? Go ahead and start planning ;)

You will present a summary of your trip to NY at the end of the class in less than 15 minutes.  Watch out, I may have LOTS of questions.  Be ready!

B. Test you knowledge

Themed vocabulary crossword -  YOU'VE GOT MAIL !

A thematic crossword for intermediate level students of English as a foreign language (EFL), or English as a second language (ESL). Fill in the blanks in the letter below, to complete the crossword . "d" after a number means "down" "a" after a number means "across". To Paulandelsa@cheerful.com Subject: Hi from Jo ________(8) Paul and Elsa, I've decided to _________ (13d) to you today, as I haven't sent you an email for almost a _________. I'm going to spend my  holidays with my uncle and ________(3a) who ______(2) in Scotland. I last visited them over three years ____(3d). Right now I'm really _________(5a) like taking a good holiday. This ______(4) at college has seemed very very long. At present, I've got masses of homework to get (  )__________;     , and the _________(13a) has been terrible! Nothing but rain! I wonder if it'll ______(16) stop! I hope things will be ________(18) after the holidays!     We're driving up to Scotland on Friday,  leaving here ____(10) 6 a.m., so I hope the _______(14) are not too busy!  Sunday will be very noisy; my uncle and ______(3a) live beside a ________(11) with some very loud bells!     Last time I went to Scotland it snowed the day we arrived, but it all  _______(7) the day after! And that was in April!  There's often snow in that ______(17) of Scotland;  Sam says it's going to be hot this time, but (9a) ______ time he tries to predict the weather, ____(2) gets it wrong! If he ______(1) you it's going to be cold, it's usually warm!     Well I hope you are enjoying yourself these days! Please give my best wishes to everyone in your ________(5d). I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon,     All the best,     Jo.

Themed vocabulary crossword -  CITY LIFE A thematic crossword for intermediate level students of English as a foreign language (EFL), or English as a second language (ESL).  Most of the answers to this crossword have something to do with the subject of  LIFE IN THE CITY . Most of the words in this crossword have something to do with city life! If you can finish the crossword with no help, you're doing well; but you'II probably need the help of a dictionary for some of the answers. CLUES ACROSS 5.    Place where you can get a meal in the city. 7    People put money in them to park their cars. 8.    When there is too much traffic in the city, the buses cannot _______ on time. 9.    Go there to catch a train. 11.    Popular place to have a drink. 12.    Non-polluting form of city transport. 13.    Place where you can spend an evening out. CLUES DOWN .  1.    Person on foot. 2.    A road in the city. 3.    Wait here for a common form of public transport 4.    The official or symbolic leader of a city. 6.    The administrative centre of a town, or of part of a city. 10.    Person who often works in a hospital..

C. Listening Comprehension: "I have a dream..." (Washington D.C., August 28th, 1963)


Listen to MLK's speech (stop at 2:16) and single out the 11 differences between the script below and what MLK actually says





... so even though we face the problems of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this country will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed : "We hold these truths to be self-evident : that all men were created equal." I have a dream that one day, on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of previous slaveowners will be allowed to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, shall be transformed into an oasis of liberty and justice. I have a dream that my three little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their mind. I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with their vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls like sisters and brothers. I have a dream today".