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
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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)
And
also now that we are on our summer holidays and there are parties
everywhere, dancing is a required skill. So, you'd better start finding
your groove not to disappoint your partner!
Here are some activities for you to do: 
