Week 10 Day 27

KEY FOR DAY 26

 vocabulary in the text :
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articles on social media : posts
for ten years : for a decade
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He was very good : he excelled in school
He got financial aid for his education : he earned a scholarship
to help : to support
he managed to go / he could attend : he made it to Brasenose College
he preferred : he most loved to
to make more money : to earn a better living
dead : the late professor Murray
very eccentric : powerfully eccentric
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she learnt to do something by herself : she taught herself to
intelligent : clever
he could not tell the end of his story : he could barely wheeze out a punch line
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before he lost his mind : before Alzheimer’s could take it away from him
to write with a typewriter : to type
a story : an account
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I could continue writing for a long time : I could write on and on
more humour than I could ever have : far drier wit than I could ever muster
they showed me what a loving couple was  : they modelled love for me

 

DAY 27

ORAL COMPREHENSION :

WATCH THIS VIDEO (click on the link)

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS  (from the start up to 3:25):

1 It’s about a TV shows that is on Fridays / Thursdays /Friday nights

2 This is a show about astronomy / national stars/ stars from all over the world/ astrology.

3 There is also European lights/ European music/ American music

4 The TV channel is BBC 1/ Canal +/Arte/Gulli

5 The man is on TV now / has been on TV for 20 years/ is dead.

6 He is appreciated for :

a/his wit, moistness, warmth and talent

b/his mitts, voiceless, dwarves and talent

c/his feet, voice, arms and his talent

7 The stars say he is quick, kind, ________, _________, magnificent, …naughty

8 Nicole Kidman, Ben Affleck, Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise say « _____to the Graham Norton _____ »

9 People from Hollywood __________the sense of mirth and freedom on the show.(1:41)

10 He makes people feel __________, even when they are __________.(1:51)

11 Matt Damon says  » it’s the ________________ I_______ever _________on a talk show ».

12 Judy Dench says « I__________never_________ to a club in __________ »2:16

13 It is : a/ true  b/ false. 2:22

14 Will Smith compares this talk show to …..a/torture b/ a dance c/ a tennis match.

15 Will Smith says Graham Norton sets the table for you to …a/lose   b/deliver    c/ win

16 Will Smith sings a chorus that goes :

…..a/  how I became the Prince of L.A.

…. b/ how I became Prince of a town called Sydney

….c/  how I became Prince of a town called Bel Air

17 Ed Sheeran says Graham Norton  is….. a/ off     b/ a nice guy  c/dependable

GRAMMAR EXERCISES  : USE THE PRESENT PERFECT

1 Utilisez le present perfect, avec for et since, comme dans l’exemple :

ex: Your English teacher still lives in Angers. She moved here 28 years ago.
Your English teacher has lived in Angers for 28 years, since 1992.

1 You are still a student at David d’Angers. You started there 4 years ago.

2 President Macron is the President of France. He was elected in 2017.

3 Friends is still on T.V. It was first broadcast in  1994.

4 Collège David d’Angers is still a school. Male students studied there  in 1806.

5  Your Maths teacher works at David d’Angers. They arrived a few years ago.

2 ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

a/ How long have you known your best friend ?

b/ How long have you lived in your current house/flat?

c/ How long have your parents lived in Angers / their current place ?

d/ When did you last cook something ?

 

Bye for now… I’m not giving you any work to do before next Monday. Time for some of you to catch up…

Au revoir pour quelques jours…. Je ne vous donne plus de travail jusqu’à lundi, ce temps permettra à certains de combler leur retard. Vous pouvez donc continuer à m’envoyer des travaux.

      

 

 

 

 

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