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Lesson 1: Fun
ExpressionsVocabularyFunListeningandSpeaking
The topicUseofEnglishListeningAPrizeCalledIg
Writing
ReadingTheIgNobelPrizesReadingcomprehensiontest
GrammarA.Enough/TooB.PreferenceorAdvice:Prefer/wouldrather/hadbetter
PhoneticsExtra information
Culturalfocus
GamesAdditionalmaterial
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UNIT 8 Lesson 1
Expressions
Vocabulary Fun
Listen to the following expressions and repeat them:
o Blow away the cobwebs. o Lets chill out. o Full of the joys of spring. o Live the life of Riley. o Paint the town red.
The listening is available in the virtual classroom
Choose the correct definition of the previous expressions:
o Blow away the cobwebs: a) To do something to make you feel more lively and refreshed.
b) To dust the whole house.
c) To vacuum the whole house.
o Lets chill out: a) Dont get cold outside.
b) Listen to some nice music.
c) Do something relaxing.
o Full of the joys of spring: a) To be happy and enthusiastic.
b) You are happy because its springtime.
c) You are going to have a baby.
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o Live the life of Riley: a) You have a comfortable life and you dont work very hard.
b) Steve Riley was a famous party animal in the 1980s, it means to party all night.
c) To live a decent life.
o Paint the town red: a) You are a Liverpool fan and you want everyone to know it.
b) To wear red on St. Valentines night.
c) To go out and have a fantastic time at some bars or night-clubs etc.
Check your answers in the Key Booklet
Listening and Speaking
Listen and repeat the following quote by Eileen Caddy, a Scottish writer
and Spiritual Leader: Live and work but do not forget to play, to have
fun in life and really enjoy it.
The listening is available in the virtual classroom
o Do you agree? Explain your point of view and record yourself. The recording must be at least one minute.
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The topic
Use of English
Match the following words with their correct definition:
A. Redundancy 1. To reach a place, condition, or situation that was not
planned.
B. To overlap
2. The act of finishing the contract of workers because
they are no longer necessary/the act of something
being unnecessary.
C. To harness 3. To use something for a specific objective.
D. To cope 4. Two events, situations or things happening or having
the same function at the same time.
E. To end up 5. To deal with difficult situations trying to find a
solution.
Check your answers in the Key Booklet
Listening A Prize Called Ig
The following video entitled A Prize Called Ig. Listen to the video once
before we start to work with it, and write down all the vocabulary you
can understand connected to the awards.
The video is available at:
http://youtu.be/a7i0Wx2H_fM
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UNIT 8 Lesson 1
Listen to each of the following four expressions and then repeat them
again at the same time as the presenter pronounces them.
o who fire everyone whose job is in any way overlapping with someone else (minute 0:42).
o tangle themselves up in knots (minute 2:02). o Whats the point? (minute 3:03). o the entire operation grinds to a halt (minute 3:28).
Have a look at the following words, expressions and phrasal verbs that
appear in the video and use the dictionary to look up the meanings.
Vocabulary Expressions Phrasal Verbs
Bizarre Out there To tangle up
Glitterati Mock Nobel To end up
Redundancy Sword swallowing To wrap around
To fire At one point or another To be back
To overlap Whats the point? To pull out
Spot light To grind to a halt To slip off
Spermicide
Branch
Knot
Fake
To harness
To cope
To quit
A plug
Dose
Outlet
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Writing
Answer the following questions using full sentences. Write your answers
and compare them with the suggested ones.
o What was the physics Ig prize for? o What did the winner of the medicine prize prove? o What was the result of anyone quitting in the company in the mini opera, why?
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Reading
The Ig Nobel Prizes
The Ig Nobel Prizes
Adapted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize
The Ig Nobel Prizes are an American parody of the Nobel Prizes and are given each year in early
October for ten unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research. The aim of the prizes is to
"first make people laugh, and then make them think". The event is organized by the scientific
humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research (AIR) and among its participants are Nobel
Laureates. The ceremony takes place at Harvard University's Sanders Theater, and they are
followed by a set of public lectures by the winners at MIT. (Massachusetts Institute of
Technology).
History
The first Ig Nobels were awarded in 1991.Ten prizes are awarded each year in many categories,
including the Nobel Prize categories of physics, chemistry, physiology/medicine, literature, and
peace, but also other categories such as public health, engineering, biology, and interdisciplinary
research. The Ig Nobel Prizes are for genuine achievements.
The awards are sometimes veiled criticism (or gentle satire), as in the two awards given
for homeopathy research, prizes in "science education" to the Kansas and Colorado state boards
of education for their stance regarding the teaching of evolution, and the prize awarded to Social
Text after the Sokal Affair. Most often, however, they draw attention to scientific articles that
have some humorous or unexpected aspect. Examples range from the discovery that the
presence of humans tends to sexually arouse ostriches, to the statement that black holes fulfill
all the technical requirements to be the location of Hell, to research on the "five-second rule", a
tongue-in-cheek belief that food dropped on the floor will not become contaminated if it is
picked up within five seconds.
In 2010, Andre Geim became the first person to receive both the Nobel and an individual Ig
Nobel prize.
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Name
The name is a play on the word ignoble ("characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness") and
the name "Nobel" after Alfred Nobel. The official pronunciation used during the ceremony
is /nobl/ ig-no-bell. It is not pronounced like the word "ignoble" (/nobl/).
Ceremony
The prizes are presented by genuine Nobel
laureates, originally at a ceremony in a lecture hall
at MIT but now in Sanders Theater at Harvard
University. It contains a number of running jokes,
including Miss Sweetie Poo, a little girl who
repeatedly cries out, "Please stop: I'm bored," in a
high-pitched voice if speakers go on too long. The
awards ceremony is traditionally closed with the
words: "If you didn't win a prize and especially if
you did better luck next year!"
Throwing paper airplanes onto the stage was a long-standing tradition at the Ig Nobels, changed
at the 2006 ceremony because of "security concerns". In past years, physics professor Roy
Glauber has swept the stage clean of the airplanes as the official "Keeper of the Broom".
However, Glauber could not attend the 2005 awards he was traveling to Stockholm to claim a
genuine Nobel Prize in Physics.
The "Parade of Ignitaries" brings various supporting groups into the hall. At the 1997
ceremonies, a team of "cryogenic sex researchers" distributed a pamphlet titled "Safe Sex
at Four Kelvin". Delegates from the Museum of Bad Art are often on hand to display some pieces
from their collection, showing that bad art and bad science go hand in hand.
Fuente: http://www.improbable.com/ig/
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Reading comprehension test
Complete the following exercises:
o What are the reasons behind the Ig Nobel prizes? o What is Miss Sweetie Poos role? o How long ago were the first Ig Nobels awarded?
Check your answers in the Key Booklet
Have a look at the following words, expressions and phrasal verbs that
appear in the text and use the dictionary to look up the meanings:
Vocabulary Expressions Phrasal Verbs
Parody Tongue-in-cheek To pick up
Trivial Play on words To cry out
Achievements Long-standing tradition To go on
Veiled Hand in hand
The Awards To be on hand
To award
Stance
Lowness
Meanness
Baseness
High-pitched
Broom
Pamphlet
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Grammar
A. Enough/Too
Compare these two sentences:
The dress was too short.
The dress was not long enough.
Too means more than necessary whereas enough means equal to what is needed.
Apart from the meaning, both are different in terms of structure.
ENOUGHenough + noun There weren't enough students to take the exam.
adjective + enough The cake was big enough for all the guests to eat a piece.
adverb + enough Do you speak German fluently enough to live in Germany?
After the expression with enough, we may have for and/or + infinitive with to.
It wasnt safe enough for the children to cross the street.
TOO
too + adjective The woman in the hospital was too noisy so she was
expelled.
too + adverb We got to the hospital too late for the birth of the baby.
too + many/much + noun There were too many people in the concert.
As with enough, we may have for and/or + infinitive with to.
It is too early for the pubs to be opened.
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B. Preference or Advice: Prefer/would rather/had better
PREFER
prefer + noun + to + noun General
preference I prefer rock music to disco music.
prefer + -ing + to + -ing General
preference I prefer going for a walk to going to a gym.
woud prefer + infinitive
with to + rather than (bare
infinitive/infinitive with to)
Specific
reference
Id prefer to go to Norway rather than
([to] go) to Greece in the summer.
Important: we never say I dont prefer but I prefer not to
I prefer to read with the TV on.
I prefer not to read with the TV on.
WOULD RATHERwould rather +
bare infinitive +
than (+ bare infinitive)
General or specific
preference
Id rather go to the doctor today than wait
until tomorrow.
would rather +
somebody + past
simple/past continuous
General or specific
preference about
someone else
Id rather he didnt go to the party.
HAD BETTER
had better + bare
infinitive Advice You'd better go to the doctor before you get worse.
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Exercises
Complete the following sentences with too or enough + one of the words
in the box. Add for and/or + infinitive with to, if possible:
food quickly bitter heavy
busy low clearly fit
o We cant read doctors prescriptions. He doesnt write _________________________.
o People in Africa are suffering from hunger. They dont have _________________________.
o I cant afford buying an apartment. My salary is ____________________________.
o Think twice, please! You act _________________. o I need more sugar. This coffee is _____________. o Martina couldnt carry the groceries shopping.
The bags are _____________________
o Sally cant take a couple of days off. She ___________. o I dont think I could run a marathon. Im not _______.
Check your answers in the Key Booklet
Correct the following sentences if necessary. They all contain prefer,
would prefer, Id rather or had better.
o I prefer to sing to to play the guitar. o Shed prefer to going to Bali rather than going to Turkey. o Id rather go now. Im late! o Youd better quit smoking or your health will get worse. o Would you prefer to have dinner at a restaurant or to order a pizza? o I had better Brian didnt go to the trip. He doesnt speak German. o I prefer Nesquik to coffee.
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o Mark prefers to not go to the party. o You would better going to the hospital if you are not feeling well. o Id prefer to have the meeting on Monday rather than on Friday.
Check your answers in the Key Booklet
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Phonetics
Pronunciation of s at the end of a plural noun
How do you pronounce that s at the end of a plural noun?
Read the following rules:
/s/ after /p/ /k/ /f/ /t/ / / For example: cakes, crisps, chips, kicks, hats.
/z/ after /b/ /g/ /v/ /d/ ///l/ /m/ /n/ // as well as all vowel sounds. For example: clothes, rings, views, pearls, dads, bags.
/iz/ after /s/ /z/ ///t//d//x/ For example: beaches, stages, places, boxes, foxes.
Exercises
Listen to the following words in their plural form. Repeat them and fill
in the chart according to the pronunciation. Compare your
pronunciation with the recording.
Bars Bridges Bunches Grapes
Keys Pieces Pots Socks
Ties Suits Monkeys
/s/ /z/ /iz/
Check your answers in the Key Booklet
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UNIT 8 Lesson 1
Extra information
Cultural focus
Watch this video of Chez Luna Vicky Luna and Ismael Snchez and
listen to the song Two Words. Vicky sings this song in English, but how
does she keep her Spanish identity in the song? What are the two
words of the song? (NOTE: the author has given permission to use this
material).
The video is available in:
http://youtu.be/N4KMvWsemKk
Check your answers in the Key Booklet
Read the lyrics (by courtesy of Vicky Luna):
Chez Luna Two words
Some years ago there was a man
something happened that changed my life
He did me wrong, he broke my heart
But I managed to throw him out (get out!)
Now Ive started on a new path
Ive found somebody, Ive found someone
Theres only one thing that worries me
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I cant express the way I feel
Oh, I dont Know
How to find the words I lost
I keep on trying
I just wanna find the way
To express what Im feeling
but it doesnt work!
That old story left a scar
But all memories Ive left behind
I have started on a new path
I found somebody, I found someone
I had some trouble that hurts me bad
There are still two words I cannot pronounce
Just let me try it once again
Must be a way to to say it
But I dont Know
How to find the words I lost
I keep on trying
I just wanna find the way
To express what Im feeling
But I dont Know why
why I dont Know
How to find the words I lost
I keep on trying
I just wanna find the way
To express what Im feeling
But I cannot say:
I, L, O, V, E, Y, O and U
I, L, O, V, E and U
Just say:
I, L, O, V, E, Y, O and U
Just say: Baby, I LOVE YOU
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Look at the following vocabulary which appeared in the video:
Vocabulary Expressions Phrasal Verbs
Wanna Three little words To throw out
Aint Break my heart To get out
Swing To manage To keep on
Couch To start on a new path To leave behind
To leave a scar
Once again
It makes no difference
It doesnt mean a thing
Everything youve got
To have my way
Watch this video of Duke Ellingtons classic, Vicky Luna and Quique Bonal: It doesnt mean a thing. (NOTE: The author has given
permission to use this material)
The video is available in:
http://youtu.be/7lLgm4pwK5o
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Fill in the gaps:
Quique Bonal and Vicky Luna It dont mean a thing
It don't mean a thing, if it ___1._____got that swing
(doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-
ah)
It don't mean a thing all you__2._____ is sing
(doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-
ah)
It makes no difference
If it's ____3.____
Just give that __4.___
Everything you've got
It don't mean a thing, if it __5._ got that swing
(doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-
ah)
It don't mean a thing all you __6._____is sing
(doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-
ah)
It makes no difference
If it's __7.____
Just give that __8.__
Everything you've got
It don't mean a thing, if it ___9.___got that swing
(doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-
ah)
It makes no difference
If it's ___10___
Just give that ___11.______
Everything you've got
It don't mean a thing if it __12.___ got that swing
It don't mean a thing all you ___13.____is sing
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(doo-ah)
It makes no difference
If it's __14.______
Just give that __15.______
Everything you've got
Don't mean a thing all you've gotta do is swing
It don't mean a thing all you've gotta do is sing
It makes no difference
If it's ___16._____
Give that __17._____
Everything you've got
It don't mean a thing if it ___18.____ got that swing
(doo-ah, dooooo-aaaaah)
Don't mean a thing
Check your answers
Watch this video of Vicky Luna and Quique Bonal: It Was You. (NOTE:
The author has given permission to use this material)
The video is available in:
http://youtu.be/14mTK-69Nyo
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UNIT 8 Lesson 1
Listen to the song again and write down all the questions in the song (there are four).
Check your answers in the Key Booklet
Games
Read this interview for UNIR with Vicky Luna:
Where were you born?
In Seville, 34 years ago!
When did you realize you could sing?
The first time I sang on stage I was only 8 years old. It was in a school play; I sang a
carol that my grandmother taught me.
How did you start off in the music business?
In the 90's I recorded my first demo with my band; some people heard it and called
me to sing in other bands. Also I started working as a session
musician, and sometime later, I started doing background vocals with O'Funk'illo. In
that context, I met the ladies who would later turn out to be my colleagues in Las
Nias.
Where did you meet Ismael?
We started playing together in one of those first bands in the late 90's. Then we met
again after Las Nias broke up, and I proposed to start playing as a duo.
Who writes your songs?
Mainly, Ismael writes the music and I write the lyrics. Sometimes, I dare to write the
melodies, and Ismael writes some lyrics too.
How do you feel about singing in English?
Black music is the style where I feel most comfortable, so thats why I often sing in
English. With the help of my sister and my brother-in-law (who is American) I make
an effort to speak and pronounce properly.
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Thank you Vicky, looking forward to your next concert, when is it??!
Our next concert is in Seville on February the 16th, at 9 pm (Sala Joaqun Turina,
theater Cajasol). I hope to see you there.
You can bet your life on it!!! With Patty too!!! xxx
(NOTE:The author has given permission to use this material)
Translate the following text into English:
Text taken from: http://chezluna.es/wordpress/historia/ by courtesy of Vicky Luna.
Ismael Snchez y Vicky Luna se conocieron y trabajaron juntos por
primera vez a finales de los noventa. A lo largo de toda una dcada, las
carreras musicales de ambos, por separado, crecieron y evolucionaron de
forma rica y productiva, por caminos distintos pero no distantes, senderos
paralelos que, finalmente, los llevaron a reencontrarse y unirse en un do
que se estren sobre un escenario en noviembre de 2008.
Tras 3 aos de andadura profesional, Ismael y Vicky dan nueva forma y
contenido a su proyecto: Chez Luna, en el que han querido rodearse de
msicos amigos, con los que han construido y desarrollado su disco debut.
El resultado, un puado de canciones propias, arregladas y producidas
por ellos mismos, con la inestimable colaboracin de enormes artistas de
la talla de Xavi Reija, lvaro Gandul, Adolfo Langa, Carlos Narea,
Antonio Serrano, y un largo etctera.
En este primer lbum de Chez Luna, encontraris una fusin honesta y
sencilla, un pop elegante en el que la vocacin jazzstica de Vicky se une
al bagaje de Ismael, desarrollado a travs de la msica brasilea y la
cancin de autor.
Chez Luna os invita a detener aqu vuestros pasos para entrar en su
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mundo, en su msica; la casa de Ismael Snchez y Vicky Luna, vuestra
casa.
Bienvenidos, y GRACIAS.
Check your answers in the Key Booklet
Look at the following vocabulary which appeared in the interview:
Vocabulary Expressions Phrasal Verbs
Play On stage To start off
Carol The music business To turn out
Demo In the 90s To break up
Duo Background vocals To look forward to doing something
A handful To bet your life on something To make up
Inestimable To be far away To come into
Album Stage debut
Fusion A very long etc.
To flavor Singer songwriter
Additional material
Grammar
Too/Enough: http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/infinitive3b.html
Prefer/Rather: http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/ratherthan.html
Listening
Pronunciation website to help you with pronunciation in English:
http://www.englishcorner.vacau.com/pronunciation/pronunciation.html