HIS FAIR SHARE OF MISFORTUNES

Activities and homework for 1A2 students:

1)  Here you have the link to the video classes... in case (= por si acaso) you have not received the email.



Activities and homework for students of C2:

1) Here you have the link to the video classes... in case you have not received the email message.
2) Today's word
3) Today's headlines: 1 -- 2 -- 3 
3) Today's song  ♫  activity -- answer key

STEPPING UP EFFORTS

to step up

1) to increase something

The president has stepped up the pressure on the groups to come to an agreement.

2) to take action when there is a need or opportunity for it; to agree to help someone or to be responsible for doing something

Residents will have to step up if they want to rid this area of crime.

Today's  activities for students of C1:

1) link to today's class:  group A  --    group B
2) Today's headline
3) Today's song and activity  -- answer key

THWARTING EFFORTS

thwart /θwɔːt/ to stop something from happening or someone from doing something; if you thwart someone or thwart their plans, you prevent them from doing or getting what they want.

The accounting firm deliberately destroyed documents to thwart government investigators.

Her ambition to become an artist was thwarted by failing eyesight.

Our holiday plans were thwarted by the airline pilots' strike

synonyms

check, circumvent, counter, curb, defeat, foil, frustrate, impede, obstruct, oppose, prevent, stop, ...

 Homework for 1A2 students:

– Revision: SB p. 96 (audio 9.1);  SB p. 170 (audio 9.2) 
– SB p. 171 9A b
– SB. pp. 102 & 103: 1 GRAMMAR a & b; 2 PRONUNCIATION a (audio 9.1) & b; 3 VOCABULARY a & b

Activities and homework for students of C2:

1) Here you have the link to the video classes... in case you have not received the email message.
2) Today's word
3) Today's headlines: headline 1 -- headline 2
4) Revision  + audio 
5) Homework:
    --  Listening activity: audio
    --  Furloughed employees

PASS THE BUCK

to pass the buck to blame someone or make them responsible for a problem that you should deal with; if you pass the buck, you refuse to accept responsibility for something, and say that someone else is responsible; to evade responsibility by passing it on to someone else.

David says the responsibility is Mr Smith's and it's no good trying to pass the buck.

She's always trying to pass the buck and I'm sick of it!

Today's  activities for students of C1:

1) link to today's class:  group A  --    group B
2) Today's headline
     Last week's headlines: Monday's - Wednesday's
3) Today's song and activity  -- answer key



4)  Listening activity: audio
5)  Furloughed employees

TO FEND FOR YOURSELF

to fend for oneself    to take care of and provide for yourself without depending on anyone else:

Now that the children are old enough to fend for themselves, we can go away on holiday on our own.

Activities and homework for 1A2 students:

1)  Here you have the link to the video classes... in case (= por si acaso) you have not received the email.
2) Revision of past verb forms in The Very Hungry Caterpillar
3) Revision of sentences in the past simple


Activities and homework for students of C2:

1) Here you have the link to the video classes... in case you have not received the email message.
2) Today's word
3) Today's song  ♫  activity -- answer key

4) Revision -- audio 
5) Homework

THE FLOORBOARDS CAUGHT ROT

If there is rot in something, especially something that is made of wood, parts of it have decayed and fallen apart.

Investigations had revealed extensive rot in the beams under the ground floor.

to catch rot ≈ to start rotting; to rot

Today's  activities for students of C1:

1) link to today's class:  group A  --    group B

2) Today's song and activity




3)

TO BITE OFF MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW

to bite off more than you can chew  informal  to try to do something that is too difficult for you:

Many kids who leave home to live alone find they have bitten off more than they can chew. 

Activities and homework for 1A2 students:

1)  Here you have the link to the video classes... in case (= por si acaso) you have not received the email.
2) Revision
3) Homework:
    - The very hungry caterpillar  (watch the video again)
    - SB p. 195: COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS




Activities and homework for students of C2:

1) Here you have the link to the video classes... in case you have not received the email message.
2) Today's word
3) Today's song  ♫  activity



4)  Vocabulary

"Destrezas" C1:

1) Here you have the link to the video classes... in case you have not received the email message.

TO HOLD SOMETHING DEAR

hold someone​/​something dear to feel that someone or something is very important to you

   This government was a threat to everything he held dear.

Today's  activities for students of C1:

1) link to today's class:  group A  --    group B

2) Today's song and activity

3) BBC news bulletin from 16th May

BUT AGE EVENTUALLY TOOK ITS TOLL

to take its toll (or take a toll, take a heavy toll) to have an adverse effect, especially so as to cause damage, suffering, or death.

   The problems of the past few months have taken their toll on her health and there are shadows under her eyes.

Activities and homework for 1A2 students:

1)  Here you have the link to the video classes... in case (= por si acaso) you have not received the email.
2) Homework:
   - Watch this video and write down all the verbs in the past that you can see and the names of all the fruits that appear in the story.
   - Do the test corresponding to unit 8 (check your email!)
   - Correct the the listening activity on page 91: audio  -  answer key  -  transcript


Activities and homework for students of C2:

1) Here you have the link to the video classes... in case you have not received the email message.
2) Today's word
3) Today's song  ♫  activity



4) homework
    - headlines
    - June Almeida

GAMES PEOPLE -AND SOME ANIMALS- PLAY

to play hard to get informal to deliberately adopt an aloof or uninterested attitude, typically in order to make oneself more attractive or interesting.

to play dumb to pretend to be unintelligent or unaware in order to deceive someone or gain an advantage.

‘Hide what?’ Aubrey said, still playing dumb

to play dead to lie on one's back and pretend to be dead

        She taught her dog to play dead.

Activities and homework for 1A2 students:

1)  Here you have the link to the video classes... in case (= por si acaso) you have not received the email.
2) 


Activities and homework for students of C2:

1) Here you have the link to the video classes... in case you have not received the email message.
2) Today's word
3) Today's song  ♫  activity



"Destrezas" C1:

1) Here you have the link to the video classes... in case you have not received the email message.

BLAME-SHIFTING POLITICIANS

blame-shifting   blaming someone else for one's own failures, i.e.: when a person does something wrong or inappropriate, and then dumps the blame on someone else to avoid taking responsibility for their own behavior.

Today's  activities for students of C1:

1) link to today's class:  group A  --    group B

2) Today's song and activity

TO CALL IT QUITS

to call it quits  to stop doing something or to agree to stop what you are doing:

Let’s call it quits for today and get together first thing tomorrow.

Activities and homework for 1A2 students:

1)  Here you have the link to the video classes... in case (= por si acaso) you have not received the email.
2) Pronunciation work:  cupboard / sauna / village / orange
3) Revision present continuous: I'm working / Is she crying? 
4) Revision there's a... / there are some...
5) Analysis of pieces of writing: Driving in your country
6) SB p. 89  4  READING & WRITING  a
7) Homework: 
    - SB p. 89   4  READING & WRITING b (audio 8.17) & d (you have to send your tweet to the teacher at  cme_333@hotmail.com) 
    - SB pp. 90 & 91 (audio 8.19)
    - SB pp. 94 & 95
    - SB p. 192 VOCABULARY BANK  1 (audio 10.2) and 2 (audio 10.3)


Activities and homework for students of C2:

1) Here you have the link to the video classes... in case you have not received the email message.
2) Today's word
3) Today's song  ♫  activity

LEST WE FORGET HOW FRAGILE WE ARE

lest conjunction literary, formal

– in order to prevent any possibility that something will happen:

They were afraid to complain about the noise lest they annoyed the neighbours.

– for fear that:

Malcolm is too frightened to move, lest he disturb the infant.

Source: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary 

Today's  activities for students of C1:

1) link to today's class:  group A  --    group B

2) Today's song and activity



3) Homework: audio  -- task by person 

TO FEEL THE PINCH

to feel the pinch to have problems with money because you are earning less than before:

When my father lost his job and we had to live on my mother's earnings, we really started to feel the pinch.

Activities and homework for 1A2 students:

1)  Here you have the link to the video classes... in case (= por si acaso) you have not received the email.
2) There was a traffic jam!  SB pp. 172 & 173  10 A There's a.../ There are some...
3) Homework: SB pp. 114 & 115  2 GRAMMAR a, b, c & d

Activities and homework for students of C2:

1) Here you have the link to the video classes... in case you have not received the email message.
2) Today's word
3) Today's song  ♫  activity

"Destrezas" C1:

1) Here you have the link to the video classes... in case you have not received the email message.
2) audio 

DEEP-SEATED BELIEFS

deep-seated adjective (also deep-rooted, deeply rooted) strongly felt or believed and very difficult to change or get rid of

Today's  activities for students of C1:

1) link to today's class:  group A  --    group B
2) Today's song and activity