VOCABULARY UNIT 1

EXAMPLE OF AN ESSAY ABOUT A JOURNEY

My best holiday took place this last summer when I travelled to Costa Rica for the first time.  I went there with my sister and another friend.

Firstly, the diversity of wildlife was awesome.  There were waterfalls, grasslands and unknown places.  Furthermore, the jungle combines with lots of beautiful white-sand beaches.

 On the other hand, the food was really good too. It was rather simple, with rice and vegetables for our everyday meals, but it tasted especially delicious right there, amongst nature and the animals.

Despite the fact that we slept in very simple hostels every night, they had very friendly owners like all the other native people we met.

 Costa Ricans often answer the question ‘How are you?’ with the expression ‘Pura vida’. The translation is ‘pure life’, that could mean ‘cool’ or ‘everything is fine’. It makes real sense, once you have been there.

Finally, on our last trip day, I fell asleep on the plane and awoke when we arrived back in Spain. I remember that I turned to my sister and said to her, “That was the best holiday I’ve ever had”.

(ANOTHER CONCLUSION:

“ To sum up, we chose this destination because of its reputation of being the happiest country in the world – it is absolutely true! It was wonderful, more than anyone could imagine”

GERUND OR INFINITIVE

ANWERS TO EBAU TEXT "UBER"

1   1.   FALSE. “Uber is a car-for-hire service that relies on Smartphone tech ….”
2.     FALSE: “You can use your credit card or debit card to pay right in the app, so you don’t have to have cash available- although you can opt in cash in some cities”
3.     FALSE: “While rates vary by city and time of the day....  Uber does impose surge pricing for peak events like major sporting matches and New Year’s Eve when ride fees can climb up significantly for a few hours”
4.     TRUE:  In the United States you must be 18 or older to have an Uber account”
A.    LEXICON
1.     Spawned
2.     Widely
3.     Opt
4.     Bear in mind
         B . PHONETICS(ONLY ONE WORD, BUT I WILL GIVE YOU MORE, YOU HAVE TO UNDERLINE THE SOUND)
1.     THE, WHETHER, THOSE, RATHER, THEY, THOUGH, ALTHOUGH…
2.     LANGUAGES, MANAGE, MAJOR, SURGE
3.     CASH, SHOWS, TRADITIONAL,
4.     LAUNCH,DISPATCH,  (TECH IS NO VALID, AS THE –CH IS PRONOUNCED /K/

PHONETICS!!!!!

PRACTICE WITH CONSONANTS