The richest people in the world

Look at the picture and ask your partner for details about his/her picture to find similarities and differences between them. 

Tell your partner what your text is about. Listen to each other and then exchange opinions about the topic and the content of the texts. 


Student A: Describe this photo.

Student B: Describe this photo

To know more on the topic
In turns, ask your partner three questions about the following subjects and answer his/her questions. Start with the first one.



- What your partner would do if she were rich.
- Expensive things have a better quality.  Give your opinion.
- You value things when they're hard to get. Give your opinion.
- It's easier for rich people to be happy than for poor people. Give your opinion.
- You can only get rich if you cheat people. Give your opinion.



Some quotes on wealth and money .


-  It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. Seneca
-  Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time. Jim Rohn
-  Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. Franklin D. Roosevelt
-  Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one. Benjamin Franklin
-  Don’t tell me where your priorities are. Show me where you spend your money and I’ll tell you what they are. James W. Frick
- 

Twisters

Look at the picture and ask your partner for details about his/her picture to find similarities and differences between them. 


Tell your partner what your text is about. Listen to each other and then exchange opinions about the topic and the content of the texts. 


Student A: Describe this photo.

Student B: Describe this photo

To know more on the topic
In turns, ask your partner three questions about the following subjects and answer his/her questions. Start with the first one.



- the things she would rescue if there was a natural disaster at home.
- An accident she's had at home or on the road and what she did.
- The memories she has of a day with special weather (heavy rain, heavy snow).


Now watch this video and take note of the aftermath (consequences) of the tornado.


Useful Vocabulary:


tornado-damaged school
storm-wracked town
ruins, wreckage
to survive a tornado strike
debris
a chain of tornadoes
a disater relief centre
volunteers
to be hit by a tornado
rescue teams

84th Oscar Awards Red Carpet

Look at the picture and ask your partner for details about his/her picture to find similarities and differences between them.


Tell your partner what your text is about. Listen to each other and then exchange opinions about the topic and the content of the texts.



Student A: Describe this photo.

Student B: describe this photo

To know more on the topic
In turns, ask your partner three questions about the following subjects and answer his/her questions. Start with the first one.



- The kind of movies she likes and dislikes
- A movie that she hates or loves.
- Her opinion about the Importance of the Oscar Awards or any other Cinema awards, like the Goyas.






Now watch the Mery Streep's speech at the Oscar awards 2012. Who did she thank? And why?

Whitney Houston

Look at the picture and ask your partner for details about his/her picture to find similarities and differences between them.

Tell your partner what your text is about. Listen to each other and then exchange opinions about the topic and the content of the texts.

Student A: Picture to describe

Student B: Picture to describe




To know more on the topic
In turns, ask your partner three questions about the following subjects and answer his/her questions. Start with the first one.



- Why famous people take drugs.
- The music she likes now.
- The music of her adolescence.
- What she would have if she was famous.


Now watch this video about her death and take some notes or listen to thi song below:

Europe struggles in record cold

cold snap =  ola de frío

Student A:

1. Look at the picture and ask your partner for details about his/her picture to find similarities and differences between them.
   
2. Tell your partner what your text is about. Listen to each other and then exchange opinions about the topic and the content of the texts.

Student B: 

1. Look at the picture and ask your partner for details about his/her picture to find similarities and differences between them.
   
2. Tell your partner what your text is about. Listen to each other and then exchange opinions about the topic and the content of the texts.

To know more on the topic
In turns, ask your partner three questions about the following subjects and answer his/her questions. Start with the first one.

- Things to do in cold weather.
- The effects of the weather in personality, character, life.
- What bad experiences have you had with badweather (very hot, very cold, rainy, windy)?

Finally, watch this  video twice and take notes of what you understand.



-

Driving: The do's and don'ts

 DO or DON'T?

- always wear your seat belt.

 - make assumptions about what other drivers are going to do. Just because someone has their turn signal on does not mean they are actually going to turn. They may be like the rest of us, and have forgotten that it is on!

 - assume that other cars know what you are doing, either. Make sure that you use your turn signals and give yourself, and the cars around you, plenty of room to maneuver.

-  follow the speed limits.

-  give pedestrians the right-of-way in crosswalks.

-  play your car stereo so loudly that you are disruptive to others, or so loudly that you are unable to hear train signals or emergency vehicle sirens.

- leave valuables in your car, especially in places where they can be seen, no matter where you are parked.
-  make room for bicycles.

-  plan your route out in advance for long car trips and keep a map or atlas in the car in case you get lost.

-  keep children in tested and approved car seats, no matter how much they beg or plead to get out. If you need, take frequent breaks so that little ones can stretch their legs.

-  let your emotions and frustrations get the best of you. Don't engage in road rage, no matter how irritating another driver might be to you.

-  talk on your cell phone and drive at the same time. If you need to make or answer a telephone call while you are driving, pull over at a safe place, use the phone, and then resume your journey.

-  drink and drive, and don't get in a car with a driver who has been drinking or using drugs.

-  give pedestrians the right-of-way in crosswalks.pay attention when you are driving, even if you are familiar with the area. A surprising number of accidents happen only blocks from home!

-  be courteous toward other drivers.

-  make sure that your spare tire is in your car and that you have a working jack.

-  engage in other activities, while driving, that distract your attention or reduce your reaction time. Eating, changing clothes, or putting on makeup while driving is dangerous. In some states, if you are caught doing these things while driving you can be cited for "driver inattention" and given a ticket.



SOLUTIONS

Now watch this video (start at minute 1:54) What are the safety driving principles that are given?

Families

 
Talk about the size of families in the past and at the present.

Watch  this video of an extended family and explain it to your partner.






What are boomerang children? Watch this short video and find out.



Useful vocabulary:
- a recent poll : una enquesta recent
- tough times: temps dolents, durs, de crisi
- saving: estalviant
- my folks: els meus pares
- a loser : un perdedor
- downsides, snags: incovenients

- privacy: privacitat
- household chores: tasques domèstiques
- move back: tornar a viure amb
- He's seen better days: ha vist millor dies (s'ha mort)
- mortgage payments: pagaments de l'hipoteca

What types of families are there? Read this article.

What type of family is making a comeback? Read this article.