F: Hello David! How are you?
D: Fine. I had finished my English class, today. I relax.
F: Oh well! Why don´t come to grandfather´s eightieth birthday?
D: Thanks. But I have a few things to do at home.
F: I´d really like you to come. I´m inviting some friends from our class.
D: Ok. So I should bring something.
F: No. Not necessary.
It began in 1600s. There is a special drink called chicha. The people wear masks and devils costumes.
In some provinces there are parades. People walk round the streets. In these places the music is important. The people play and dance samba.
Do you often feel tired?
At the weekend, I ….
How often do you wake up in the midle of the night?
Are you often sleepy during the day?
The secret about long life….
R: Good afternoon. Can I help you?
C: I´m calling about my phone. It´s broke. I bought in your web site.
R: One moment, please. Let me check. Do you have the item number of warranty.
C: Yes. It´s 28695512
R: Can I put you on hold for a moment?
C: Ok
R: Would you like to order a new phone? ….
A: I have to write a dialogue about my interests for my English class and I dont´t like it because I think that it´s boring. But I have to write.
B: Oh! I understand. Can I help you?
A: Yes, please.
B: Try to answer these questions:
A: Oh! Thanks!
I´d like to take a Yoga class. I need to relax more. During the week I´d prefer to go cycling too.
There was a night of September. I was reading in my room. Suddenly I heard a noise in the other room, in the bathroom. I was olone.
I thought: It´s the wind. But it wasn´t the wind. A black cat came in / got in the house.
Now, he / it is Benito; my cat.
Reading – Lecto – Comprensión
Measuring Health and Happiness
1. The small country of Bhutan in the Himalayan mountains in the post was poor.
2. Nowadays, it is becoming more popular with tourists. Medicine and health is improving and its economy is growing. The king talkead about the “Gross National Happiness”. He thought happiness is the way to measure the country´s development.
3. But how do you measure happiness?
A survey says Iceland is the healthiest country because:
→ there men and women live a long time
→ the air is very clean and there are more doctor´s available per person.
4. There are another survey, with questions like:
How much do you earn?
How healthy are you?
How safe do you feel?
After visiting 155 countries the researchers decided that Denmark feels happier than other countries
5. The artist Erik Krikertz feels that there are other ways of measuring happiness. He has a website and visitors click in different happy or sad faces to comment on how well they feel. When they finish, the website adds the results and gives you a final result for your happiness.
In his home city Stockholm, he also shows the results of his survey as differents coloured lights on the side of a large building. People look at the building every day and see how “we are”, Krikertz says. Red = Happy / Green = Ok / Purple = Sad.
The Secrets of a long life
In the Island of Okinawa there are a lot of centenarians. There are many scientific studies abuot their lifestyle.
The reasons for their good health are that they:
Bibliography:
Life. Pre Intermediate. By John Hughes, Helen Stephenson and Paul Dummett.
