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1. Use the words in bold. Watch the video and read to check
your answers
INJURIES- COLD –SPECTATION- WINTER
1- The first SPECTACTION of the day is Craig Brown.
2- One year, one of the cheeses went into the COLD.
3- Cheese-rolling spectator. It is when the ground is hard…that is when
they INJURIES are going to happen.
4- Not just spectators get injures-competitors do as well, especially
when it is WINTER or there has not been much rain.
2. Answer the following questions from the Cheese-Rolling
Race video
1- Why do you think about people join to the Cheese-Rolling Race?
The Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake is an annual event held
on the Spring Bank Holiday at Cooper's Hill, near Gloucester in
England.
2- Do they want to have fun? Say why?
I don't have the slightest idea.
3- Do they want the cheese?
Yes, they want the cheese.
4- Are they crazy? Say why?
Of course they are crazy. It's a very big madness to be lected just for a
cheese.
5- Was Cheese-rolling race invented in France, USA or in England?
In England.
6- What kind of cheese do they use in the race?
Double Gloucester Cheese.
7- How do they get back to the hill?
I don't have the slightest idea
8- How fast can a cheese ball go down the hill?
From the top of the hill, a 7–9 pounds (3–4 kilograms) round of
Double Gloucester cheese is sent rolling down the hill, which is a
length of 200 yards.
9- Have you ever heard before about this type of competition?
No, I had never heard of this competition.
10- What is the prize in this competition?
The contest prize is cheese.
11- When is celebrated this festival?

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The event takes place every last Monday of May, coinciding with the
spring bank holiday, and there are up to five races a year.
12- What happened in 2013 festival?
In 2013 a police warning to the cheesemakers led to use of a fake
cheese wheel.
13- Can you imagine, you being there, what would you do?
I can't imagine myself at a festival like that at all, I just consider it
stupid.
14- Do you consider this competition dangerous? Why?
Yes, because, in 1993, fifteen people were injured, four seriously,
chasing cheeses down the one-in-three hill.
15- Do people have to pay to be in this competition?
No, you don’t pay to go to this festival.
16- As winner, do they win money?
They don't make money
17- Do you consider the prize of this competition enough for the risk
it involves? Why? I don’t consider that prize as fair because it is a
risk that each person runs when rolling down that hill and they come
out very injured just for a cheese.

3. Match the equipment to the activity. Write the correct

number

1. A ball 1 playing soccer

2. Boots 5 ice hockey
3. A bathing suit 4 hiking
4. A backpack 3 swimming
5. Skates 2 mountain climbing

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4. TED Ideas worth Spreading
Circle T for true or F for false
1- Lewis Pugh is not a very good swimmer. T F
2- MT. is the tallest mountain on earth. T F
3- Lake Imja is at the bottom of MT. Everest. T F
4- A glacier is really the same thing as a lake. T F
5- Lewis Pugh thinks that people can protect the environment. T F
6- Lewis Pugh is a lawyer. T F
7- Lewis Pugh carried out these dangerous swims in
Order to draw attention to the environmental problems. T F
8- He is a teacher. T F
9- What can you say or think about Lewis Pugh? Write a paragraph
or 2. I think that Lewis is a wonderful person because he wants
him to create a protected area in the Antarctica and I see that
very well, he wants to protect the environment.
5. Answer these questions
1- What is considered an environmental problem?
Major current environmental issues may include climate change,
pollution, environmental degradation, and resource depletion. The
conservation movement lobbies for protection of endangered
species and protection of any ecologically valuable natural areas,
genetically modified foods and global warming.
2- How old is he currently?
He is currently 52 years old.
3- Where is he from?
Lewis William Gordon Pugh, OIG, (born 5 December 1969) is a
British-South African endurance swimmer and ocean advocate.
4- How old was he when his first crossing?
He made his first long-distance challenge when he was 17 years
old.
5- Do we have any environmental problem in our country? Give
examples. The main environmental problems in the Dominican
Republic are: deforestation, the extinction of biodiversity and the
management of solid waste (garbage), sewage and others that affect
sanitary conditions, all of which contribute to the deepening of
poverty in which lives more than 60 percent of the population.

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6- When you see Lewis Pugh crossings videos, can you think about
somebody else but from our country? Who? No, I don't think of
anyone, because I had never seen videos of Lewis.
7- What is his or her name?
8- What are his or her achievements?
 2019 - The Mungo Park Medal from the Royal Scottish
Geographical Society.
 2018 - Inducted into the Ice Swimming Hall of Fame.
 2017 - SAB Environmentalist of the Year.
 2017 - The Sunday Times Alternative Rich List for "people
who represent the most inspiring side of humanity"
 2017 – Appointed as an Adjunct Professor of International
Law at the University of Cape Town
 2015 – Doctor of Science (honoris causa) from Plymouth
University
 2015 – Selected by Men's Journal as one of "50 Most
Adventurous Men in the World"
 2015 – National Geographic Adventurer of the Year
 2013 – Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
 2013 – Appointed as the United Nations Patron of the
Oceans
 2013 – Inducted into the International Marathon Swimming
Hall of Fame
 2013 – Honorary Fellow of the Royal Scottish Geographical
Society
 2011 – Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, London
 2011 – President's Award from the International Swimming
Hall of Fame.
 2010 – Appointed a Young Global Leader by the World
Economic Forum
 2009 – Awarded the highest honour in South Africa – the
Order of Ikhamanga (Gold Class) for his "exceptional
sporting triumphs, humanitarian feats and creating
consciousness about the negative effects of global warming".
This was only the third time a sportsman had received the
honour.
9- From our country, what is the most hit zone by environmental
problems?

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Santo Domingo, Santiago, La Vega, San Pedro de Macorís,
Monseñor Nouel, La Romana and the border between Haina and
Santo Domingo Oeste appear as the points and demarcations with
the highest levels of air pollution in the country, according to a
diagnosis made by the Ministry of Environment and Resources.
10- Mention your possible solutions for (at least 5).
1. More responsible agriculture.
2. Caring for forests.
3. Responsible consumption of water.
4. Less polluting.
5. Reduce food waste.
10- Do you have any achievement or a successful goal having doubts
before shifting your mind? If not, why not. If yes which one?
My achievement will be to successfully finish my career.
11- Mention at least 10 activities we need to shift our mind
1. Learn to meditate.
2. Make personal development a priority for yourself.
3. Retrain your brain by noticing 3 positive changes per day.
4. Write your post-mortem.
5. Focus on your long-term vision.
6. Imagine the inevitable.
7. Do the dirty work yourself.
8. Listen to trusted outside perspectives.
9. Accept that change will happen with or without you.
10.Hire more women.
6. Achievements
1- What do you understand by the word Achievement?
Something accomplished, especially by superior ability, special
effort or great courage.
2- Mention five achievements names in order of importance for
you.
1. Finish English immersion.
2. Finish the intermediate excel.
3. Have a good grade point average in college.
4. Get two degrees in less than a year.
5. Finish the quality inspector workshop.
3- Write (2 paragraph each) about the two most significant
achievements you have gotten in your life.

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My first significant achievement was to finish English immersion
with a very good grade and graduate, the truth is that it was a
very big challenge but I did it.
My second significant achievement was doing two managerial
assistance diplomas and personnel selection was a challenge
because I never imagined being able to achieve it with so many
things to do, such as university homework but also having to work
and at the same time attend to the graduates.
4- Do you know an achievement that somebody got and you are
thinking go for too? Say why?
Of course, I have seen people finish their university career and it is
an achievement that I want.
5- What grammatical element do we use to talk about
achievements? Active verbs in particular are useful tools for
writers of personal essays, because they help you to (1) efficiently
summarize your achievements, and (2) describe relevant
phenomena, which may be in the form of research that you’ve
completed.
6- Define it.
Action verbs express different states and actions that we carry out
on a daily basis. Help your little one learn these useful words in a
natural and fun way.
7- Do you remember the most difficult thing you have done in your
life? Explain it. The most difficult thing in my life was to take the
immersion English course and at the same time attend the 4th year
of high school.
8- Do you have a current challenge? Say why
Yes, my current challenge is my career because it is long but
beautiful and you have to fight hard and work very hard.

7. Grammar
Look for and describe;
-some and any with count and non-count nouns
-how many and how much with quantifiers: lots of, a few,
a little
-there is and there are
-a, and
-how far

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-how long
**Then, write two sentences using each one of them (26)
and using the whole content of this partial.
Conjugate the verbs be and have in past tense.
Write two sentences using each subject pronoun about the
two verbs (32) negatives, questioning, and affirmatives.
1. I have some money.
2. I put some jam in the sandwich.
3. The food there is never any good.
4. I can't eat any more pizza.
5. She tried to assess how many there might be.
6. He had no idea how many rules she broke in her time as Death.
7. Keep a tally of how much you spend.
8. I was astonished by how much she'd grown.
9. There was a lot of rain last week.
10. There were a lot of people at the party.
11. Please buy a few apples.
12. He has quite a few records.
13. I just want to sit here a little while.
14. I suppose they're both a little artificial.
15. There are a lot of people in this elevator.
16. There are a variety of unique destinations we can visit.
17. There is a wide variety of flavors to choose from.
18. There is a cat on the porch.
19. I know what you mean.
20.That is what he said.
21. Show me how it works.
22. He learned how to swim.
23. That's where the problem is.
24. She advised him where to stay.
25. That's why I was late.
26. I wonder why he did that.
27. I have many friends who are native speakers.
28.I told the story to anyone who would listen.
29. The educated man is the man whose expression is educated.
30.I buy my eggs from a farmer whose chickens roam free.
31.She was out when I called.
32.I did smoke when I was young.
33. No matter how far away forever, I will protect you everything.
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34.Try how far you can throw.
35. How long is your hair?
36.How long should the wire be?
8-Look for the auxiliary did:
1- What is it?
2- How can it help the sentence?
3- How can it help us in a sentence?
4- What is the rule using it?
5- Conjugate the verb to do in the simple past tense.
6- Write eight affirmatives sentences using did.
7- Write eight negatives sentences using did.
8- Write 10 interrogatives questions using did. Answer them
negatives and affirmatively.
9- What is your own opinion about the use is of did? Why?
8. Do you know which of these fish can kill you? Put a check.
A. Whale shark ✔
B. Puffer fish ✔
C. Great whale shark
D. Stonefish ✔
E. Stingray
F. Codfish
9. Watch the video Dangerous Dinner. Circle T for true and F for
false.
A. About 30 people die every year because they eat fugu. T F
B. The puffer fish is not expensive. T F
C. American General Douglas MacArthur introduced a test
for Fugu chefs. T F
D. Tom likes the fugu. T F
E. Chef Hayashi has license to prepare fugu. T F

10.Answer the questions

1. Is tom worried about eating fugu?

Tom isn’t worried.
2. When did Chef Hayashi get his license?
He gets the exam in 1949 and passed.
3. How many people can eat a tiger fugu kill? In its fugu sushi state,
the blow fish can have enough of the neurotoxin left in its little

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(improperly) filleted body to kill more than 30 full-sized people,
including you.
4. How does fugu poison kill a person? Toxicity. Fugu contains lethal
amounts of the poison tetrodoxin in its organs, especially the liver,
the ovaries, eyes, and skin.
5. Have you ever eaten fugu fish?
No
6. Would you eat fugu? Why? No I would not eat fugu because I don’t
like the fish very much, and this fish is poisonous.
7. Why do you think people like to eat fugu? I think that people who
eat fugu are risky people because that fish has a poison that can kill
you quickly, in its eyes and others parts.

11.Draw a chart and write ten (15) items (food’s name) from each
category.
Fruits Vegetables Seafood Meat Drinks Grains
Apple Aubergine Cod Fillet Chicken Wine Whole wheat
Mango Beetroot Salmon Fillet Turkey Coffee Brown rice
Banana Broccoli Sea Bass Duck Lemonade Amaranth
Coconut Tweet potato Sea Bream Goose Iced tea Corn
Melon Tomato Tuna Game Hot Corn chips
Grape Watercress Swordfish birds chocolate Granola bars
Lemon Spinach Turbot Rabbit Juice Brown rice
Orange Potato Mackerel Veal Milkshake Wild rice
Pineapple Pickle Sardines Venison Water Kasha
Strawberry Onion Langoustines Goat Tea Wheat berries
Watermelo Cabbage Fresh Wild Pork  Milk Steel cut oats
n Carrot Prawns Beef Beer Rolled oats
Tangerine Cauliflower Trout Lamb and Soda Barley
Pear Celery Skate mutton Coffee Buckwheat
Peach Corn Monkfish Liver Orange Granola
Cherry Crayfish. juice Grape Nuts

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