Monday, 30 January 2017

D'Amico Shipping B2 Lesson 9

Class

  • Speaking skills - discussion - Mediums for reading and listening to music

To give something (e.g. a book) as a gift

  • Reading in original language versus reading in translation

Vocabulary
Problems with spelling and pronunciation - homophones snd commonly confused words etc.
Major /meɪdʒə/ Check the various definitions for major here: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/major
Mayor /meəʳ/  The mayor of a town or city is the person who has been elected to represent it for a fixed period of time or, in some places, to run its government.
Mare /meəʳ/ A mare is an adult female horse. 
Mere /mɪəʳ/ You use mere to emphasize how unimportant or inadequate something is, in comparison to the general situation you are describing.

Homework answers:
Competition (uncountable noun), competitor (countable noun), competitive (adjective) 
Highly - extremely, intensely
Major - principal, main
Fierce - strong, tough

Going further
Reading - the problem of translating Trump. 


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