Week 10th
– 12th February
This week we finished
talking about Edinburgh. We watched a video and did a listening comprehension.
We read about
“Symbols of Power” and did a listening quiz.
·
Did you know that the name of “ballot”
comes from ball? At one time voters used a small black ball to vote in the
elections.
·
Directions are used as symbols for political
views.
·
Colours: blue
is the colour of the U.N. (United Nations). It’s used as a protective sign so
as not to be mistaken
for the enemy. Red is the
colour for socialism or communism. The colour green is related to the environment.
·
Government buildings are massive so as to
remind the public of the great power of the state.
·
The five-pointed star is a very common symbol
of military power.
·
Animals. Lions and eagles are very popular
symbols because they represent strength.
As for grammar, we
learnt that:
We don’t use the article with names of individual people.
But we use the article with positions and
organizations.
·
Did President
Mandela meet the president of
Tanzania?
·
Where’s the
headquarters of the United Nations?
·
What’s the name of the president of the USA?
And
don’t forget that we pronounce /ði:/ before vowel sound and /ðə/ before consonant
sound.
The
European Union The
United Nations
/ði:/ /ðə/
The
Irish people The
president of Ecuador
/ði:/ /ðə/
We made predictions
and gave opinions about the year 2020.
·
You think that most people will do
most of their shopping online.
·
Planes might be able to fly without pilots, although that
sounds scary for some of you.
·
People may have computers inside their heads.
·
But you don’t think that robots will take over (assume
control of)the world!
Will is used
for predictions. May for possibility. Might is also used for possibility but it’s more tentatively (less certain) than may.
You may want to know more about politics in the UK., so you can follow these links
I’ll see you on
Monday!
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