GPII B2+2 Thursday Groups 8 & 15

Class

Unit 3.3 Ambassadors & the diplomatic service

(Reading, Vocabulary, Listening)

Modal Perfect

I didn’t need to book tickets but I did = I needn’t have booked tickets

For extra notes and examples on modals see: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442644/Modals

Homework

Write 5 example sentences for the following diplomatic collocations:

diplomatic immunity, overseas posting, summit meeting/conference, international conflict, cultural awareness. 

Self Study

Make sentences about the GFC (Global Financial Crisis)

Should have done

Shouldn’t have done

Ought to have done

Ought not to have done 

To bring to book    =       to make someone take responsibility for their mistakes/to prosecute 

To put in the dock  

Now listen to the Law In Action Podcast

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03wpjg2

Do you agree with the different opinions expressed? Why haven’t bankers been prosecuted in the U.S. and the U.K.? Should they have been prosecuted? Write a paragraph expressing your opinion, try to use modals and modal perfect forms whenever appropriate. 

Homework Answers Group 15 (2pm)

Subordinate Clauses (page 28, questions 7a & 7b)

1. The scientists use video conferencing facilities in order to work together…(purpose)
2. The main CERN site has a large computer which contains… (relative clause)
3. Although CERN is currently famous for the LHC, it also gained prestige…(contrast)
4. In April 1993, CERN announced that ‘The web will be free to all’. (reported speech)
5. The LHC, buried 100 kms below ground, has a circumference of 27km. (non-finite verb phrase)
6. The system was shut down on 19th September 2008 when a magnet was found to be faulty. (time)
7. I think the LHC is very dangerous because we don’t know what will happen. (cause or reason)
8. If the LHC experiment works, it will revolutionise our understanding. (condition)