What’s on the news? Unit three
Good afternoon
I'm Carlos Andres Martinez from the English course
Talking about serious and lighter newsIn this topic I deal with two things, the use of the verb to be in the past, and to use the words colloquial (figurate)
Objectives
In this topic centered on the daily news.
Bad news, good news, soft news, funny news, amazing news.
All in terms of the past to be.
Apart, understand the colloquial way in which you can find some news.
Definition and description
In informal language words are used with a special or “colloquial” meaning. This is the case of some underlined words from the reading above. For example, the word squeeze in its broadest meaning means to crush or press something. Oranges are squeezed to make orange juice.
(Peter and Gina are in their living room after dinner)
PETER: What’s on the news?
GINA: Nothing good, you can be sure.
PETER: Well, let’s see what the bad news is, then. (Turns on the TV)
ANNOUNCER:
The police said the individual was about 5 feet 10 inches tall and wore a mask.
There were reports he was seen driving away in a blue Monza.
Now on to some lighter news.
In Medellin, Colombia, ten schoolchildren squeezed into a Renault 4 car and broke a Guinness Record.
In Rainham, England a bank robber was arrested after trying to escape ON A BICYCLE. I guess he wasn’t in a hurry.
In Motown Kentucky a 25-year old woman wants to strengthen her tummy muscles. She drinks only fruit juices and lies down with two cinder blocks on her tummy for five hours every day.
I think she’s on a “crush” diet.
And there’s a man in Wellington, New Zealand who is completing 25 continuous days at the top of a 40-foot pole. You might say that’s one way of getting away from it all.
On to weather. Tomorrow should be fine with about 75 degrees
- Use there is/there are to show that objects/people/events exist in the present.
- Use there was/there were to show that objects/people/events existed in the past.
- Use vocabulary and idiomatic expressions related to the new and to uneventfuleveryday
In this topic centered on the daily news.
Bad news, good news, soft news, funny news, amazing news.
All in terms of the past to be.
Apart, understand the colloquial way in which you can find some news.
Definition and description
In informal language words are used with a special or “colloquial” meaning. This is the case of some underlined words from the reading above. For example, the word squeeze in its broadest meaning means to crush or press something. Oranges are squeezed to make orange juice.
(Peter and Gina are in their living room after dinner)
PETER: What’s on the news?
GINA: Nothing good, you can be sure.
PETER: Well, let’s see what the bad news is, then. (Turns on the TV)
ANNOUNCER:
The police said the individual was about 5 feet 10 inches tall and wore a mask.
There were reports he was seen driving away in a blue Monza.
Now on to some lighter news.
In Medellin, Colombia, ten schoolchildren squeezed into a Renault 4 car and broke a Guinness Record.
In Rainham, England a bank robber was arrested after trying to escape ON A BICYCLE. I guess he wasn’t in a hurry.
In Motown Kentucky a 25-year old woman wants to strengthen her tummy muscles. She drinks only fruit juices and lies down with two cinder blocks on her tummy for five hours every day.
I think she’s on a “crush” diet.
And there’s a man in Wellington, New Zealand who is completing 25 continuous days at the top of a 40-foot pole. You might say that’s one way of getting away from it all.
On to weather. Tomorrow should be fine with about 75 degrees
Exercises
Hi, I'm Mr. Funnynews from Amazing News, channel 2 , and here's the news
Men were captured while protesting in Venezuela
-They were in the wrong place.
Now on to some lighter news.
A man was arrested for smuggling of feelings.
- That love was not real
The presidents met to discuss climate change, the Venezuelan was not invited.
-They were clear with the why!
Some bears were caught after escaping from the zoo
-They made the bear
Charlie got sixty points on the blog yesterday.
-if it was an unexpected score
- That love was not real
The presidents met to discuss climate change, the Venezuelan was not invited.
-They were clear with the why!
Some bears were caught after escaping from the zoo
-They made the bear
Charlie got sixty points on the blog yesterday.
-if it was an unexpected score
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