Hover

16 Março 2016, 16:00 • Rui Vitorino Azevedo

Hover

16 Março 2016, 14:00 • Rui Vitorino Azevedo

Lessson 10

16 Março 2016, 12:00 • Katarzyna Dominika Karpowicz Osowska

- Warm-up: Saint-Patrick's Day - speaking

- "The secret to a long and happy life" - discussing the article (p. 69, http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/20/secret-long-happy-life-mountain-villages-sardinia)

- "What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness" - watching Robert Waldinger's TED talk + note-taking & writing exercise (https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness)

- "A close bond" - reading + Grammar: attitude adverbials (pp. 70-71)

- Homework: ex. 1 (Grammar) p. 71 + Chapter Six: Exercise (pp. 197-198, based on the vocabulary pp. 190-196) (the latter: not compulsory)

Vocabulary from the lesson:

"The secret to a long and happy life"
- kith and kin
- murky (past)
- well versed in
- (to feel) untethered
 - to be in stark contrast with sth
- Hindsight is 20/20.
- to take a toll on sb
- to hold a grudge against sb

"A close bond"
- immediate family vs. extended family
- to build a good rapport with
- to be on friendly terms with
- stormy relationship
- to foster close links
- to have close ties with

oral presentations on Englishness

16 Março 2016, 10:00 • John Richard Walker

student oral presentations on the theme of homes and gardens, and their importance to the English

oral presentations on Englishness

16 Março 2016, 08:00 • John Richard Walker

student oral presentations on the theme of homes and gardens, and their importance to the English