FUNCIONAL LANGUAGE

UNIT 3

Reaching an agreement

I suggest (I, you, we...) /  Why don´t we..? /   Let´s... /   Shall we...? /   We could...(+infinitive) /   What about...? /   How about..? (+-ing) /   I´m happy to...(+infinitive) /   That sounds like a good plan/ great idea. /   that´s not a bad idea, but how about...? (+-ing) /   That could be a bit difficult. What about...? (+-ing) /   Do we all agree? /   Is everyone happy to go with that idea?

DIALOGUE

Esther: We need to buy a present for Mariano, it´s his birthday.
Manuel: Why don´t we buy him a t-shirt?
Pablo: I don´t like this idea, it´s very common. Let´s buy him the Iphone X.
Alex: That is so expensive. We could buy him a black card.
Pablo: No! He has a lot.
Esther: I have forgoten that he has an important event
Manuel: We could buy him a suit, what dop you think?
Pablo: Is everyone  happy to go with this idea?
Esther, Alex, Manuel: Yes!
Esther: Shall we get it at Massimo Dutti?
Alex: That´s a great idea.
Pablo: Let´s go!

SELF EVALUATION

This term I have learned new things about different cultures: Ireland and traditions of some places from child to adult.
I´ve enjoyed a lot Michael´s lessons.
Outside the class, I´ve listened to English music and I also read an English book.
This year I´ve improved reading and speaking and the blog is better than last year. I have to improve listening.

GEOGRAPHY

Types of geography:

PICTURE 1-   This picture belogs to human geography.

It show us a plane, it isn´t a natural feature because it is made by humans, with humans materials and it´s for humans uses.

PICTURE 2-  In the photo we can see mountains, a river, a lot of lightnings and others natural features. We can´t see houses, people, cars or roads, these are the reasons why I can kno this is a physical geography and no a natural geography picture.

PICTURE 3- It´s a physical geogrphy picture.
We can observ a hole in the rock and water passing trough it. This phenomena is called geyser. The water get hot and made a stream of water, which get out trough the rock.

PICTUER 4- It´s a picture related to human geography.
It´s a classroom and all of the things on it are made by and for humans, and also the children os the teacher are humans, no natural features like a tree.

PICTURE 5- there are both types of geographtyin the image.
It is physical geography because we can see natural aspects like the trees, the grass and the pats. but it is human geography because there are houses of humans and also the sapes on the grass aren´t natural, they are made by humans.

PICTURE 6- It´s mostly human geography.
I said it is mostly human geography because we can see the skycrapers, a small plane and a lot of otherhumans aspects. But the water is physical geography. Excepting on the water, all the oher things are human geography.

PICTURE 7- It´s related to both types of geography.
We can observ a road with cars in the middle of the image that corresponds to human geography. the physical geography is related to the countryside where the road is.

PICTURE 8- I think it´s physical geography.
there aren´t any houses, roads or humans in the photo. We can only observ natural features such as the mountains, the valley, the river, etc.

PICTURE 9- This picture belogs to 2 types of geography.
The mainly aspect is the dum which is human geography. But also on the dum we see natural aspects like the water, the treees and mountains. we can also observ a road.

PICTURE 10- In the image we can observ both types of geography.
In thefront we see the physical geography: trees, grass and a small mountain. In the back we observ the human geography. a village with houses and of course people.

PICTURE 11- This picture belogs to both types of geography.
It´s a sunny day with people on the beach with their sand umbrellas, towels and bags. The physical geography is represented on the back; on the mountains, volcano water and also the sand.

VOCABULARY

UNIT 2:

Plot: the story of a book, film...
fisherman/ fishmonger: someone who sells fish as a job
dull: very boring
hilarious: very funny

SCALES AND COORDINATES

The distance from:                         On the map          Real distance

• Lugo - Salamanca:                3,1cm                          496Km
• Valladolid - Girona:              6,4 cm                        1024Km
• Badajoz - Malaga:                3,5cm                         560Km
• C.Real - Huesca:                  5cm                             800Km
• Cádiz - Teruel:                     6,6cm                          1056Km
• Granada - Zamora:              6cm                              960Km
• Madrid - Barcelona:            5cm                             800Km

Locate the following cities:

• Jaén:   37,8ºN   3,7ºW
• Bilbao:   43,1ºN   3ºW
• Alicante: 38,3ºN   0,9ºW
• Cácerees:   39,7ºN   6,3ºW
• Palencia:   42ºN   4,4ºW
• Albacete: 39ºN   1,9ºW

IRELAND

1. Ireland is divided into two parts: Ireland and Northern Ireland.
2. Irish folk songs tell short stories about people's  everyday lives.
3. A limerick is a poem which tells a silly story or joke in 5 lines.
4. The first known limericks date back to the 18th century.
5. "Molly Malone" tells the story of a girl who sold fish on the streets of Dublin.
6. At Blarney Castle, near Cork, there is an old stone in the tower.
7. According to a legend, the stone has magic powers.
8. Thousands of people kis the stone each year.