Going for a quick plunge?

 

Let's all go for a quick plunge! Yes, but it is also high time to take the plunge and make important decisions in our lives, so don't miss the train this summer.

 

The English We Speak: Take the plunge (BBC Learning English)

 

 

 

Listen to the song and pay attention to vocabulary used >>> Down In The Deep Blue Sea | ft. Finny The Shark! | Super Simple Songs

 

 

Here are some activities for you to do: 

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  Real Easy English: Talking about TRAVEL  (BBC Learning English) 
  

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  English in a Minute:   Meanings of CAUSE  (BBC Learning English) 

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  Georgie talking about PHRASAL VERBS for: MONEY  (BBC Learning English)
  

  
  

• A listening exercise for you to do:   How learning to read changes lives  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

 

 

 

Road towards success in the Selectivity exam..... 

2024_YOUNG PEOPLE'S SCREEN TIME  //  CHARLES DICKENS 

 

Answers to the Selectivity exam included in the previous post.

Text A    1. b  (lines 4-5)  2. a (lines 7-8)

3. TRUE (line 3) “The amount of time kids and teens spend watching TV has dropped”

4. TRUE (lines 8-10) “Two Spanish researchers....gaming were only weakly related.” 

5. TRUE (line 11) “It's time to abandon the idea... .It does.”

6. FALSE (line 14) “There are other ways teens.....Face Time or Zoom.”

7.1  trade (l. 4)     7.2  viewership (l. 1)   8.1 policymakers (l. 12)    8.2  texting (l. 14)

Text B    9. a   (lines 10-11)  10. c  (lines 12-13)

11. TRUE (lines 4-5) “Dicken's father was getting deeper and deeper in debt....creditors.”

12.  FALSE (lines 5-6) "When he was 12,...to work at Warren's shoe polish factory."

13. FALSE (line 7) "- actors being seen as of a low social status at the time."

14. TRUE (line 8) "Dickens became a well-known philantropist... poverty and education."

15.1  disapprove (l. 7)     15.2  poverty (l. 9)   16.1 achievement  (l. 14)    16.2  creditor (l. 5)

 17.1   know  17.2  had already left   18.1  nor    18.2  by

19. A driver using a mobile phone has caused the accident.   

20. Are the pizzas going to be ordered in the end?

21. Whose car did they sell in just one week?

22. Detroit is the city where they lived when they were young.

23. You had better not stay long at the party.

24. we won't go on holiday. // we will have to stay at home.

25. Despite of the challenges, we managed completing to complete the project on time.

26. "Can I see your driving license, please?"

27. Paul said he had to return the car to his father the next weekend.

28. There should be enough apple pie for everyone at the bakery.

 

Some other interesting aspects to note in the exam: 

Text A ( Some posts related to the issue: screen overuse  )

first hand ≠ second-hand cars       ///     regular = ordinary

viewership < viewer < view (from my point of view)

streaming services     ///     an average of 3 hours per day

by concluding      ///    misleading  -  misunderstand, mistake

strongly linked   ≠  weekly related

policy makers < policy (politician, politics)

giving up technology     ///    focus on cutting back      ///    stay in touch

 

Text B ( Some posts related to the issue: Dickens )

was getting deeper and deeper into debt (pay attention to the silent letter b in the word debt) se estaba metiendo en deudas cada vez mayores (más profundas)

 

 

 

Learning English from the News: Julian Assange walks free (BBC Learning English)

 

 

First Thing: Julian Assange walks free (The Guardian)

Julian Assange back in Australia after leaving US court a free man (BBC News)

 

 

 

 

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