sábado, 25 de abril de 2015

Verb Patterns and a Job Interview

Thursday 23rd April

Hello, how are you?

Last Thursday was Saint George’s Day. Saint George is the patron saint of England. It was the World Book Day and the festivity of some communities (Spanish administrative divisions of the territory) e.g.Castilla and Leon, Aragon and Catalonia. And as Jorge said, it was the anniversary of both Cervantes and Shakespeare’s death.


















We continued with verb patterns. Verbs followed by infinitive, infinitive without ‘to’ (bare infinitive) or ing.
After certain verbs we use to + infinitive and after other verbs we use “–ing”. And this is the most difficult part to remember because there are no rules for it. Read a lot. Do exercises and above all, learn the verbs in context with sample sentences.

·         What did they plan to do?
·         My friends agree to stay in the hotel closer to the beach.
·         She promised not to tell anybody.
·         I refuse to go by bus. It takes longer than the train!
·         I hope to finish my degree next year.
·         They seem to have forgotten what happened before.
·         I decided to take the job.

·         Avoid drinking tap water if you travel to India.
·         There’s no point warning him, he’ll go anyway.
·         He denied taking the money.
·         He confessed to killing the man.
·         They objected to having the shop open until 9pm.
·         We are looking forward to hearing from you.

Then,we listened to a job interview.
This was the job advertisement:
Business journalist
This International business magazine, with 1,000,000 readers worldwide, is seeking a journalist, based in Geneva, to cover business news in Europe.
Requirements:
a master’s degree in journalism
at least two years’ experience in business journalism
fluent in French and German. If possible, some knowledge of Spanish
excellent communication skills
international travel experience is a plus
______________________________________________________
Please send CV and letter of application to:
David Benton, Worldwatch Europe IPA
56 Merritts Avenue, Overland Park, Reading RG2 6 HD
Visit us on the web: http://www.wep@ipc.co.uk

Nancy decided to apply for the job, so she submitted her CV and possibly a covering letter (The letter which accompanies the CV). And she had a job interview.
She was asked about her background (studies and experience) and some personal questions such as if she had lived abroad before or if she would mind travelling.
Do you think she got the job?
After this, you role-played your job interviews. 
Did you get the jobs you had applied for?

But …let’s talk about football, the Champions League, to be precise.
So far, the winners of our bet (‘porra’) for the semi-final draw lottery are Andrea and Alex. They both say the result would be Barcelona-Bayern de Munich and R.Madrid-Juventus.
GAME 1 (points for work in class and homework)

Player 1
7
Player 2
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Player 3
8
Player 4
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Player 5
7
Player 6
8
Player 7
8





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