Sumários

Are we not men?

12 Março 2018, 16:00 • Rui Vitorino Azevedo

Discussion of the story "Are we not men?", focusing on a futuristic society where living beings have been genetically modified. We also debated whether or not society would be prepared for this new kind of personhood. We also reviewed some vocabulary from the story.

Lesson 6

12 Março 2018, 14:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Presentations were carried out by the following students:

Bárbara Simões

Sara Santos

Vasco Monteiro

Gonçalo Cruz

Next class: there will be more presentations and hopefully we will start to look at the Oxford Union debate on whether or not Islam is a peaceful religion.

Lesson 7

12 Março 2018, 12:00 • Katarzyna Dominika Karpowicz Osowska

- "It takes all sorts" - reading + speaking + grammar: noun phrases (pp. 92-93) 


- "I see where you´re coming from" (Everyday English) (pp. 97-98) 

Homework:
- exs. 1-5 p. 93
- exs. a-c p. 99 
- read "Ýour animal life is over. Machine life has begun´. The road to immortality" (pp. 100-106)

Vocabulary from the lesson: 
- "It takes all sorts":  blurred, rickety, deft, skimpy, ill-assorted, rambling, burtsting at the seams, far-off days 
- Being tactful in formal discussions: if you don´t mind me saying so, I see where you´re coming from, but..., Don´t take this personally, I do take your point, but..., I beg to differ, No offence intended, but..., With all due respect..., I mean that in the nicest possible way.., I´m afraid I have to say..., That´s not the way I see it...
- You´re telling me! Tell me about it! You´ve hit the nail on the head!
- to (not) be (particularly) forthcoming, to be a hard nut to crack, to be like trying to get blood out of a stone 
  


Textual Analysis: Text 1 on USA

12 Março 2018, 10:00 • David Alan Prescott

Analysis of first text from the anthology about the early years of settling the lands now known as the USA before the arrival of the pilgrim fathers on the Mayflower. Discussion particularly of the constitution of Jamestown, with its House of Burgesses, the first "parliament" with power in the New World, and the nature of private enterprises running the colonies rather than them being owned by the Crown, as was the case with Portugal and Spain.

describing people 1

8 Março 2018, 14:00 • John Richard Walker

Introduction to essential writing techniques for describing people:

basic paragraph organisation

use of descriptive vocabular

10 techniques used by authors to describe character


based on a description of Laurie Lee's mother (p24)