I will be holding a “visione compiti” on Wednesday 13th October 2010 at 1pm in Via Duomo (room 404 or 405).
If you would like to see your paper, please come along!
Sorry I have to cancel the lesson tomorrow (Monday 3rd May). Am adding this post to let you know that I won’t be able to make it to the lesson tomorrow as I am suffering from hay-fever despite having stayed indoors and I am still feeling quite dreadful. Sorry about that, hope your May Day weekend was better! As you know Wednesday’s lesson had already been postponed. So here’s the timetable for the next few weeks.
Next lesson: 10th May
plus a lesson on 12th May and we can discuss the options of continuing to 17th as per your availability.
Let me also remind you of the Exam schedule. Here are the details:
Written exam on Tuesday 8th June 14.00
Oral exams:
Friday 18th June at 9.0 (1st app)
Friday 2nd July at 9.0 (2nd app)
It would be helpful if you could decide on which oral exam session you have decided to attend prior to your written exam as we would kindly ask you to confirm your decision on the 8th of June. Please also add your names to the exam booking lists which will soon be available in Via Duomo.Thanks!
Hope you can catch up with some of the material and exercises from home tomorrow. Looking forward to more blog posts and a huge round of applause to Valeria, Rita and Marco for their dedicated contributions. Thanks to to Alessandra, Graziella and Federico for their invaluable input last month. Hope to read more from you all!
Ex 1
Correspond to the Chinese concept of the Earth as a square and the sky as a circle. The hole in the top also has a practical use –to relieve the pressure of the wind on the building. The glassy tower is being built just blocks away from the 420m Jinmao Tower in a district of Shanghai that has been designated the Asian centre for international banking. The tower’s lower levels will be used for offices, its upper levels for a hotel, an art museum and restaurants.
1.keep up with = to keep up-to-date
2.kicked off = start
3.catch on = become popular
4.is in = current fashion/trend
5.came about = happen/occur because of/ result from
6.homing in on = tap in to / using their awareness of to enter
Check your Review and Practice Answers
Ex 4
1.came to a head
2.have my hands full
3.land on your feet
4.an old hand
5.rushed off her feet
6.interests at heart
7.save face
8.a good head for business
9.his heart sank
10. face the music
Ex 5
1.ok
2.but
3.ok
4.of
5.ok
6.ok
7.ok
8.and
9.ok
10. but
11. ok
12. ok
13. as
14. the (in spite of)
15. ok
16. ok
17. the
Why might you travel there and what would you find most challenging?
Where’s the hottest place you’ve been?
What’s the most inhospitable place you’ve been to?
Look at the transcript for the listening task on page 172 (Unit 7 recording 4) and choose 5 words. Define them and share your definitions here. Which word do you like the sound of? Why?
Why do explorers go to extreme places?
“It’s better to travel than to arrive”. Do you agree with this saying, why? why not?
