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Una escala no programada
El Jumbo Jet sufri fallas en los motores, he hizo un pero una de las respuestas del marinero les provoc
aterrizaje de emergencia en San Juan, la capital de mucha risa a los dos.
la Isla de Terranova. Los pasajeros realizaron una
visita guiada por la ciudad pero los regresaron al Usted ha vivido aqu toda la vida?
aeropuerto para almorzar.
Por Dios, no! Slo llegu aqu esta
Mientras estaban almorzando, se les comunic por maana por accidente, porque el
el altavoz que las reparaciones de la aeronave avin en el que viajaba tuvo que
demoraran ms tiempo de lo previsto y que se detenerse aqu para ser reparado.
haban efectuado las gestiones necesarias para que
los pasajeros pasaran la noche en la isla.
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Unit 26 An unscheduled stop
The Jumbo Jet had engine trouble and made an lots of questions. But one of the sailors answers
emergency landing at St. Johns, capital of the island made them both laugh.
of Newfoundland. The passengers were taken on a
guided tour of the city but they were brought back Have you lived here all your life?
to the airport for lunch.
Good heavens, no. I only arrived here
While they were having lunch, it was announced this morning by accident because the
over the loudspeakers that the repairs to the aircraft plane I was on had to stop for repairs.
would take longer than expected and
arrangements had been made for the passengers to
spend the night on the island.
New Vocabulary
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Unit 26 An unscheduled stop
The modal verbs of English are a kind of auxiliary verbs used mostly to express modality
(properties such as possibility, obligation, etc.). They can be distinguished from other verbs
because they do not have participle or innitive forms and by the fact that they do not take
the ending -s or -es in the third-person singular in simple present.
The principal English modal verbs are can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will and
would.
Here are some examples of how to use the Modal Verbs in their different forms.
Examples:
Ref For better reference, see Finding Out About Grammar Book, Unit 9, pages 151-155
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Unidad
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Un viaje de negocios
El lunes pasado el Sr. Ross, el gerente general,
mand llamar al seor Pearson. El seor Pearson era
la persona encargada de los proyectos nuevos. Prctica de estructuras
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Unit 27 A business trip
Last Monday Mr. Ross, the general manager, called
for Mr. Pearson. Mr. Pearson was the person in
charge of new projects. Structural practice
New Vocabulary
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Unit 27 A business trip
Modal Auxiliaries
Should
90% certainty She should do well on the test. She should have done well
(expectation) (future only not present) on the test.
Used to
Example: When he rst moved to Boston, he used to have his meals at a small restaurant just
down the road from his home.
Ref For better reference, see Finding Out About Grammar Book, Unit 9, pages 151-156.
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