When we hear the magic is in Madrid, we may think of Isco, the football player in Real Madrid, or we may be talking about a new show concerning the figure of Harry Potter. What can you tell me of this character, the book or its writer? What's the connection with Edinburgh? and with Wales?
Related articles you can read:
Harry Potter studio tour: now everyone can go to Hogwarts (The Guardian)
Harry Potter: How the boy wizard enchanted the world (BBC)
Harry Potter: Take a tour of the fictional character's Suffolk birthplace (BBC)
You can now do this PEvAU (Prueba de Evaluación y Acceso a la Universidad) exam set in the school year 2015-2016 have Christmas dinner at Hogwarts & Parents' reactions to teen romance (You can now have Christmas dinner at Hogwarts & Parents' reactions to teen romance - June 2016)
Try to make a glossary of the issue.
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Revision for SELECTIVITY & 2º Bachillerato.
59. Read
the following text and then answer the comprehension questions.
The new song
was a love song. It has probably
been forgotten now; but I knew it and I liked it. And I liked the way Ted sang it.
When other lips and other hearts
Their thoughts of
love shall tell ‑
The audience enjoyed
it, too. I wondered
whether any secrets showed
on my face. I knew a lot about other
lips and other hearts which told their thoughts of love. The
song was a sad one, but it was also
beautiful. The sounds of the words were like poetry. For Marian and
Ted Burgess the poetry had a power which I could not
understand it, I believed in it. I did not know then that love might ever cause
unhappiness. It was a good subject, I thought, for a song
or for a poem. It was particulary good when the music was played on a piano. It was certainly not
connected with spooning. At the
end of Ted's song there were
tears of happiness in my eyes.
The audience applauded Marian and
Ted loudly. She bowed slightly, but he
did not do anything. Everyone laughed and Lord
Trimingham said: "He isn't very polite to her,
is he?" The man who was sitting beside me said:
"What's the matter with Ted? He usually treats the ladies
better than that. It's
because she is from the Hall, of course." But at
last he bowed to Marian and
thanked her. My companion said, "That's
better. She's a lady,I know,
and Ted's a farmer.
But they look well together, don't they?"
When Ted came
back to his seat, he seemed
annoyed. Everyone noticed this
and enjoyed it. It added some fun to the
party. Ted at a concert was just as popular as Ted on the
cricket field. The crowd laughed at him as much
as they had cheered him before.
Before doing the activities, here's a video which could be connected with spooning:
QUESTIONS:
(a) Who sang
the love song ?
(b) What was
the song like ?
(c) Did the
narrator enjoy the song? How do you know?
60. Write questions to the following answers (pay
attention to what is bold printed) :
(a)
____________ ? The audience applauded
Marian and Ted.
(b)
____________ ? The sounds of
the words were like poetry.
(c)
____________ ? Ted is a
farmer.
61. Define the following words :
AUDIENCE , POLITE & FARMER
62. Put the following sentences into the ACTIVE VOICE :
(a) Food won't
be needed next year.
(b) The men
were taken to Manila by the submarine. (c) The message had not been delivered.
63. Write the following sentences in INDIRECT SPEECH:
(a) "What
are these nasty boys doing here?", the Savage said.
(b)
"Nobody believes it's going to happen. Everybody thinks it will
pass away", he said. (c) "Don't think about it any more", he said.
Note that the text is an extract from the novel The Go-between by L.P. Hartley (here's a link to the book in pdf) Do you know what a 'go-between' is? Can you tell me what the story is about?
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