CLASS AUGUST 17

to pay by check (credit card): I paid the bill by check.

on television: There is a good film on television tonight.

(to be / go) on holiday (UK English) / vacation (American English): I really need to go on vacation
soon.

You don’t need to buy a present for me.    Please, send a card to me from London.
http://www.grammarbank.com/prepositions-quiz.html

If you want to stay in Times Square without spending a fortune, you're in luck: there are plenty of
clean and affordable accommodations available. A few of our favorites are The Portland Hotel at
Times Square, The Hotel at Times Square, and the Comfort Inn South Times Square Hotel.

both could be either "in" or "at"

Your town's main square is probably not a well-known venue that can take this short
form.PRONUNCIATION LISTEN & REPEAT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAmznNEwbOo

brought

verb UK /brɔːt/ US /brɑːt/ past simple and past participle of bring

knew

UK    Cómo se pronuncia knew en inglés británico

US    Cómo se pronuncia knew en inglés americano

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/pronunciaci%C3%B3n/ingles/knew

WEATHER FORECAST

1. Check your understanding: matching

Do this exercise while you listen. Match the two halves of the sentence and write a – d next to the
number

1…….. The weather in the north is mostly .........................................

2…….. The weather in the east is mostly ................................................

3…….. The weather in the west is mostly .................................................

4…….. The weather in the south is mostly....................................................

2. Check your understanding: gap fill

1. Welcome to the weather forecast. Now, let’s see what the weather is _______________ today.

2. In the north of the country it’s very windy and cold. There is a _______________ of some rain,
too.

3. The temperature is around 10 _______________ centigrade.

4. In the east it’s rainy all day today, I’m afraid. There may be a thunderstorm in the afternoon.
The _______________ is a bit higher, at around 13 degrees.

5. In the west and middle of the country the weather is dry _______________ cloudy.

6. The south of the country has the _______________ weather today. It’s cloudy most of the time
but sunny this afternoon.

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening-skills-practice/weather-forecast

SONG: CHANGE by Tracy Chapman

"Change"

If you ............................ that you would die today

If you ................................ the face of God and Love

Would you change?

Would you change?

If you .............................that love can break your heart

When you're down so low you cannot fall

Would you change?

Would you change?

How bad, how good, does it need to get?

How many losses how much .................................? (remorso, arrependimento)

What chain reaction

What cause and .................................

Makes you turn around

Makes you .............................. to explain

Makes you forgive and ..............................

Makes you change

Makes you change

If you knew that you would be ............................

Knowing right, being wrong

Would you change?

Would you change?

If you knew that you would ........................a truth

That brings a ........................ that can't be soothed (acalmada, aliviado)

Would you change?

Would you change?

Are you so upright (incorruptível ) you can't be bent    (subjugado)

if it ............................ to blows

Are you so sure you won't be crawling (rastejando)

If not for the good, why risk falling

Why risk falling

If everything you .................... you know

Makes your life unbearable (intolerável)

Would you change?

Would you change?

If you'd broken every rule and vow (romper as regras e promessas)

And ........................ times come to bring you down

Would you change?

Would you change?

If you knew that you would die today

If you saw the face of God and Love

Would you change?

Would you change?