English Lessons - Lesson Ten

Reading Comprehension What is the right time?

Graham is telling his friend Marco about what happened yesterday:
I woke up yesterday morning and looked at my alarm clock. It said 2.15pm! I couldnt believe it! I thought I was late for work, so I jumped out of bed and ran into the bathroom. The clock on the wall in there was two and a half hours ahead of the one in the bedroom. It was very confusing! I had a shower then went downstairs. The clock in the hall was an hour behind the one in the bathroom. When I went into the kitchen I looked at the clock on the microwave, which was three and a quarter hours ahead of the one in my bedroom. I found out later that day that my flatmate, Gordon, had changed all the clocks in my house for a joke. He thought it was very funny. In the living room the clock on the video said it was 3.30am, while in the guest bedroom the clock on the wall next to the window was two hours and twentyfive minutes slower than that. I went into the study and picked up my watch. It was eight hours ahead of the one in the kitchen. I was due at work at 8.30am and didnt want to be late. I went outside into the garden and looked in at the window of my shed. The clock on the wall in there was three hours behind my alarm clock. There was a postman walking past, but he didnt know the time. He said that when he left the sorting office an hour or two ago he thought it was about six oclock. In the end I phoned my brother Alan in Toronto, Canada, and he was really annoyed because Id woken him up, along with his whole family. He said it was 2.44 in the morning their time. I had forgotten that in Toronto theyre five hours behind us. Thats how I finally found out what time it was!
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1. in the study? __________________________ 2. in the living room? __________________________ 3. in the guest bedroom? __________________________ 4. in the hall? __________________________ 5. in Toronto, Canada? __________________________ 6. in the shed? __________________________ 7. in the bedroom? __________________________ 8. in the kitchen? __________________________ 9. in the bathroom? __________________________ 10. at the end of the story? (the right time!)__________________________ Davi Nery Rocha Junior - Maring 2009

Conversation Do you like to travel? __________________________________________________ What places would you like to know? __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Reading Tiera del Fuego
Nearly 500 years ago, a group of explorers from the Old World approached the coast of an unknown land for the first time. Dispersed fires and columns of smoke from the natives seemed to float upon the waters, in the mist of dawn: this mystical setting probably gave the island its name, Land of Fire. What once was a remote and inhospitable place today attracts thousands of people from all over the world.Adventure, emotion, history and legend: find out all that the island has to offer. Is it always cold?
In summer, sun, rain and even snow can occur in one single day. In the steppe around Rio Grande there is no forest and winds are more frequent. Rainfall is scarcer than in Ushuaia but the average temperature for both cities is around 10 C. In winter the mean temperature is between 0 C and 1 C. The wind-chill has a strong influence and makes you feel colder! Are there white nights? At the height of summer there is sunlight for more than 17 hours while in winter, light (not direct sun) only lasts for about 7 hours. December and January bring long days, and it is very common not to notice how late it is: the sun is still shining, you may feel hungry and when you find out the time it is 11 pm and you have not eaten since lunch! On the contrary, in winter day starts quite late and around 5:30 pm it is already dark.This phenomenon is due to the latitude where Ushuaia is situated (see chart above) and it gives a good reason to celebrate the Longest Night Festival every June 21st.

Writing Imagine an amazing place for vacation. Describe it ________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________

Davi Nery Rocha Junior - Maring 2009