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Unit 3
Unit 3
5. Sarah (come)
there as
well.
6. Ted: It is so hot in here!
Sarah: I (turn)
the air-conditioning on.
7. I think he (be)
down to the
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Put the verbs into the correct form (will, going to, simple present or present
progressive).
1.
2.
at 4:47.
3.
4.
6.
7.
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9.
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something
in 20 minutes.
an old friend this week.
.
dry and sunny.
What does a blonde say when she sees a banana skin lying just a few
metres in front of her? - Oh dear! I (slip)
!
2. Can you remind me of my visit to the dentist tomorrow? _______ (I, forget,
certainly)
3. The bus is late. I have a feeling ___________ (not arrive) before 5 o'clock.
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Will / Be Going To
1.
Mark: What are you doing with those scissors?
Beth: I (cut)
that picture of the ocean out of the travel
magazine.
Mark: What (you, do)
Beth: I (paint)
with it?
a watercolor of the ocean for my art class, and
me a favor, Sam?
3.
Gina: Where are you going?
Ted: I (go)
to the store to pick up some groceries.
Gina: What (you, get)
Ted: I (buy)
?
some milk, some bread, and some coffee.
4.
John: Wow, it's freezing out there.
Jane: I (make)
some coffee to warm us up. Do you want a
piece of pie as well?
John: Coffee sounds great! But I (have)
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Jane: I (go)
anyway.
5.
Frank: I heard you're taking a Spanish class at the community college.
Tom: Yeah, I (go)
to Guatemala next spring and I thought
knowing a little Spanish would make the trip easier.
Frank: I (visit)
my brother in Marseilles next year. Maybe I
should take a French class.
Tom: I have a course catalog in the other room. I (go)
get it,
and we can see whether or not they're offering a French course next
semester.
1.
you
2. Next year
3.
you
(be) ill.
(be) an astronaut when I get old'.
(crash)
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Marie: No problem, I (pick)
o'clock.
Michael: Great. You will probably get home before I (do)
2.
Ari: By the time we (get)
3.
Terry: If the weather (be)
to the beach.
Jennifer: I have a better idea. If it (be)
beach; and if it (rain)
up in the
him up
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Sean: We (be, probably)
him up.
5.
Lucy: I (call)
message.
Lucy: I will. And please don't forget to water my plants and feed the cat.
Dwain: I promise I (take)
care of everything while you are in
Ireland.
2. Vocabulary: household chores
Household Chores
Click on (A) for Audio. HACIENDO CLIC + CONTROL TE ENLAZA CON LA
PRONUNCIACIN
Outside (A)
answer the
phone/door (A)
check the
mail(box) (A)
get the
phone/door (A)
open the
door/window (A)
sweep the
porch (A)
close/shut the
door (A)
wash the
windows (A)
pick up the
toys (A)
clean up your
room (A)
clean up this
mess (A)
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take out the
garbage/trash (A)
garden (A)
fix the roof (A)
shovel the
snow (A)
scrape the
windshield (A)
wax the car (A)
2. My father asked me to
(dishes/plates).
(make/do) my bed.
3. My brother asked me to
4. My grandmother asked me to
6. My wife asked me to
(clothes/laundry).
7. My boyfriend asked me to
8. My mother asked me to
9. My parents asked me to
(tidy/tighten) up my room.
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3. Reading: multiple choice
Plastic Bags
Twelve years ago, oceanographer Captain Charlie Moore was skippering his
yacht the Alguita in the North Pacific. He sailed into a mass of floating
plastic rubbish which took him and his crew a week to cross. This floating
rubbish dump is now called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and doubles the
size of the USA.
The United Nations says there are now 18,000 pieces of plastic in every
square kilometre of sea everywhere in the world. A walk along any beach
will give you some idea of the seriousness of plastic pollution.
The trouble is, when we throw out plastic with the trash, the plastic doesnt
go away. Plastic does not biodegrade. It photo degrades into smaller and
smaller particles which then enter the food chain. Plastics contain cancercausing chemicals such as vinyl chloride which travel along the food chain in
increasing concentrations and end up in our fish and chips, along with
hormone disruptors such as bisphenol A. Scientists try to tell us that we are
killing ourselves as well as other animals. At least 200 species are, as I
speak, being killed by plastic. Whales, dolphins, turtles and albatross
confuse floating plastic, especially shopping bags and six pack rings, with
jellyfish. A dead Minke whale, washed up on a Normandy beach, was found
to have eaten plastic bags from supermarkets and had died a dreadful
death.
8% of all the worlds oil production is for plastic. According to the United
States Environmental Protection Agency, companies manufacture 5 billion
plastic bags a year. Of all the plastic produced annually, half is for packaging
which gets thrown out with the trash a few minutes after purchase. And 10%
of all rubbish is plastic bags which take from 400 to 1000 years to degrade.
Less than one per cent of plastic bags are recycled and only 4% of all other
plastic waste, the reason being it is simply too expensive to do.
The same lobbies that work against electric vehicles and renewable
energies, put governments under pressure not to act against plastic
pollution. This is because plastic represents 8% of all the worlds oil
production. These lobbies, acting on behalf of oil companies, represent an
unsustainable approach to profit. To paraphrase the Cree Indian prophecy,
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only when we have wiped everything out will we realise that money cannot
be eaten.
Some countries have rebelled and banned plastic bags. And the first was
brave Bangladesh. Then China took the same decision and, according to
CNN Asia, saves itself 37 million barrels of oil a year. Botswana, Canada,
Israel, Kenya, Rwanda, Singapore and South Africa have also banned plastic
bags. Notice how many of the worlds richest countries are not on this list.
Its an absolute disgrace.
Alright, then. If we cant use plastic bags, how do we carry home the
shopping? Take a back pack or a folding shopping trolley. Change
supermarket to one that provides biodegradable bags, made from potato
starch for example. Use consumer power.
Think globally, act locally. A small Australian town is now one step ahead of
the rest of the world. The inhabitants of Bundanoon in New South Wales
have banned plastic bottles from the town. We need to follow their example
and eliminate plastic from our lives, take care of the earth and vote for
people we think will do the same.
1. The writer says that we can get an idea of how much plastic rubbish
there is in the oceans
A.
B.
C.
D.
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2. The reader learns that toxic chemicals get into our food
A.
B.
C.
D.
3. In the last sentence of the third paragraph, what does 'it' refer to?
A.
plastic waste
B.
plastic bags
C.
recycling
D.
money
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
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C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
visit Australia.
C.
D.
stop voting.
Reading Comprehension
Cool Britannia
Cool Britannia is a term used in some media to describe the
contemporary culture of the United Kingdom, coined in the mid-1990s
and closely associated with the "New Labour" government of Tony
Blair. It is a pun on the title of the patriotic song "Rule Britannia".
The phrase "Cool Britannia" was first used in 1967 as a song title by
the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, but there is no connection between
that usage and the modern coining of the term. This seems to have
arisen from the description of London in Newsweek in late 1996 as
"coolest capital city on the planet." The phrase was coined shortly
after and widely used in the media and in advertising. The election of
Blair's government in 1997 on a platform of modernisation and with
Blair as a relatively young Prime Minister gave the idea fresh
currency. (There is a strong parallel between this and the catchphrase "Swinging London" during the early years of Harold Wilson's
Labour government.)
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To the extent that it had any real meaning, "Cool Britannia" referred
to the transient fashionable London scene, 1990s bands such as Blur,
Oasis, and later The Spice Girls, fashion designers and magazines. By
1998 The Economist was commenting that "many people are already
sick of the phrase," and by 2000 it was being used mainly in a
mocking or ironic way.
Similar terms for Wales and Scotland, "Cool Cymru" and "Cool
Caledonia" respectively, were coined but had next to no currency
whatsoever and to this day most people have never heard of them.
"Cool Britannia" was also a registered trade mark for one of Ben &
Jerry's ice-creams (vanilla with strawberries and chocolate-covered
shortbread), designed for the British market.
False.
We don't know.
True.
False.
We don't know.
True.
False.
False.
We don't know.
We don't know.
5. Similar names were introduced in
Wales and Scotland with a great
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success.
True.
True.
False.
False.
We don't know.
We don't know.
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Read the following article and complete each gap with ONE
word:
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Thousands of years
By Fubrus
dog and shaping what "being a dog" really means. Through careful selection and
breeding, an astonishing variety of dog breeds
been created. Desirable traits
have been selected for in various breeds that are of a benefit
humans. There
are some traits, however, that quickly become undesirable when expressed too
frequently. Barking is
example of a natural behaviour that is encouraged in
terms of guarding behaviour, but becomes a problem when the behaviour is
produced in excess. A recent health insurance investigation revealed
the
sound of a continually barking dog was cited as the most disruptive and stress
inducing noise
humans.
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signify territorial
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excess barking can exist in any breed of dog. The key to solving the problem of
inappropriate barking is to determine what external stimulus
triggering the
behaviour.
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things as the barking of other dogs, the sound of passing cars, strange voices,
thunder, and mechanical noises such
the ringing of the phone. Noises can
initiate barking at different times of the day. A dog may not bark at accustomed
sounds
the day, but at night may be incited to a volley of barking, much to
the chagrin of the neighbours, by the slightest of noises. Other causes of problem
barking can include separation anxiety, or the temperament
the dog: an overaggressive animal may bark
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property.
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Excess barking can be a serious behavioural problem and can mean the
termination of the relationship
your dog or the dog itself if left untreated. The
following text includes information on how to solve your dog's problem barking
recommended by a vet.
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your dog is
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more. Also keep in mind the punishment should be applied while the barking is
occurring,
order for your dog to associate the unwanted behaviour with the
punishment. Also remember to reward your dog
it stops barking.
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occurs in the owner's absence. Shock collars, however, are recommended only after
other control measures
failed. A final resort, when all other behavioural
modification methods have been tried, and particularly when the dog's life is
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The key to solving the problem of excess barking in your dog begins with
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6. Listening: sentence completion
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Tienes que completar la letra de una cancin de la que se han eliminado los
adjetivos y los adverbios. Tiene autocorreccin y ayuda (hint)
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http://mojamatura.net/images/stories/mojamatura-20/TomJones_CaptivatingEyes.htm
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