English portfolio for first semester

Elev: Rugină Emanuel Niki

Dată: 22.01.2021
Prof.coordonator:Vintilă Gina
 3 Writing
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Many television advertisements tell a story,

sometimes in less than 30 seconds. Think of a
narrative TV advert that you have seen recently.
Write down what happens. Show your story to
another student and ask him/her to guess what
the advertisement is for. Use the narrative
present tense when you write it down.

The advertisement I saw recently was

McDonalds where a famous rapper,
Travis Scott promoted their food.
I showed this advertisement
to my colleague Alin, and he
guessed the advertisement
quickly because he eats too at
McDonalds and he watched the
advertisement.
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a) Choose a product b) Decide on the following:

- What kind of advertisement do you want c) When you have
that you want to
to produce? TV? Radio? Newspaper? decided on all these
advertise . Try to
Poster? points, produce
choose a product
- Who are you aiming at with the advert? your advertisement
that hasn’t been
Children? and show it to the
dealt with in the
- What is the USP (the unique selling rest of the class by
advertisements in
point) of your product? acting on it
this unit.

I would like to choose - I want to use TV Heinz Ketchup

milk as a product, advertisements, because most - The USP is that milk
because it’s a common people like to watch TV instead confers many benefits
“No one grows Ketchup like
and he confers reading newspapers or listening for people, for all ages.
Heinz”
calcium, which is good radio.
for bones. - I am aiming at all ages,
especially children, because
milk confers calcium, but it’s
good for all ages.
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d) In pairs. Choose a Man: Hello, there is the PC partsFactory?

product and devise a Salesperson: Yes, here it is, what do you want to buy?
conversation between Man: I want to buy 10 Graphics Cards of 8 giga bits and 5
a telephone motherboards .
salesperson and a Salesperson: Okay, I’ll make you a buy-ticket and you need to go to
potential customer. our shop to check-it out.
Discuss the kind of Man: Oh, thank you, but you can add 2 SSD too?
things both characters Salesman: Yes, no problem sir, I can add what type of SSD that you
would say. Act out want!
your conversation to Man: Thank you, I will recommend this shop to my brother!
Salesman: Thanks! I just do my job ! Have a great day!
the rest of the class
Man: Good bye!
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Writer’s
Culture clash Block/
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Imagine you are writing the application letter

yourslef. Try to incorporate the following
improvements:
- The job is an computer company, but the letter
doesn’t say anything about computer skills.
- Vary the way sentences start. Too many of them
start with “I”.
- Some of the sentences are too short. Long
sentences can also be a problem, but a series of
short sentences doesn’t look good.
- Don’t use the same adjective more than twice – the
word “good” appears four times in the third
paragraph.
- Sound more enthusiastic about yourself and your
achievements!
 Dear Mr.Joe
I address you this letter of intent as a result of a job announcement published on local
newspaper. I am very much interested in the work environment established by your organisation
and I want to contribute to your company’s development through my own, competent work and
professional skills.
I benefit from a year’s experience in managing a notary’s office as well as from a university
education, as resulted from the attached resume.
I hope that my knowledge of basic accounting, my communications skills and advanced level of
knowledge of English as well as my computer skills developed during college, recommend me for
a place in your team.
While documenting about the activities of your company, I noticed with satisfaction that
your profile and achievements fully meet my professional aspirations. Please consider my
application for obtaining the job of assistant manager.
I am available for the next step in the recruitment process.

Sincerely, Rugină Emanuel Niki

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Interactive
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Asking about cultural differences. Work in pairs or groups.

Think of suitable questions
If you are talking to someone from another to ask someone from another
country, whose culture is very different to yours, country about the following
it is better to ask about cultural differences (and items. It may help if you
risk appearing ignorant) rather than make a have a particular nationality
statement that turns out not to be true. For in mind that you would like to
example, if you wanted to talk about how English ask the question to:
people drink tea, it would be better to ask “Do - food and drink
English people put milk and sugar in tea?” rather - relationship
than saying “English people put milk and sugar in - religion
tea, don’t they? - cultural events
- popular sports and sporting
achievements

Food and drink:
When the host serves you tea, this means that
Japan – Sushi
you need to hurry up to leave.
“Do Japanese chefs add salt
when they making sushi?”
Italy – beer “What do Italian
people put when they make
beer?
Relationship:
For example, we’ll compare
American and European
relationships.
Americans display more self-
confidence, Europeans, in
general, tend to be more
reserved with a lower-key
self-assurance.
“Do Americans trust in dating
sites?”
In Canada:
Religion:
Eastern-Europe and
Western-Europe
“Do Romanian people
pray before they fall
asleep?”
Cultural events:
Europe – architecture,
philosophy, literature.
“What philosophers
are in Greece?”
In Saudi Arabia:
When you want to salute a
couple, you salute only the
man, without woman, it’s
more gentle.
Popular sports and
sporting achievements:
Brazil – Football
“Do people in Brazil
want a one more WC in
their country in
future?”
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a) An organization called Project London - River Thames is the river

Tourism is offering a prize of a free trip to that flows through London
London in a competition. You have to answer
three simple questions about Britain and - The Queen lives in
complete a slogan designed to promote Buckingham Palace.
London as a tourist destination. First of all ,
here are the three questions: - A top London soccer team
- What it the name of the river that flows is Chelsea London
through London?
- Where does the Queen live in London? - London is number one for
- Name a top London soccer team. me because there are the
Now complete the slogan with fewer than double-deckers buses.
ten words (you can invent anything you like)
“London is number one for me because……”
b) The competition indicates
that you can choose to fly, sail
or go to London by train,
including traveling through the
Channel Tunnel. Write a letter
to acceptance saying which
choice you would like to take.
Write a formal letter to Project
London Tourism, and try to
avoid contractions.
Dear travel agents
I adress you this letter of intent as a result of my
decision in which I decided to travel by train to London,
because I can enjoy the view of the trip.
I’ll let you know that I won’t change my mind about
my decision.
Sincerely, Rugină Emanuel Niki
Discussion: What are the
advantages and pleasures
of travelling long-
distance by rail, air, sea
and road?
Travel by rail:
- Easy acces, nearly every city has
a station and most of them are
served by trains multiple times per
day.
- Freedom.
- No hassle at the borders.
- Greats views.
- Centrally located stops.
Travelling by road:
- Understand yourself.
- Achieve peace of mind.
- Broaden your horizons.
- Get real-life education.
- Make memories.
- Boost your confidence.
Travel by air:
- Make memories.
- Get real-life education,
- Enhance your creativity.
- Achieve peace of mind.
Most of us live in the city.
- Broaden your horizons.
- Boost your confidence.
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Travelling by sea:
- Ensures peace of mind.
- Boosts up your confidence.
- Gets you real-life education.
- Creates memories for
lifetime.
- Helps you get original and
creative thoughts.
- Improves social and
communication skills.

Working with words
Read the list of names. They are
all British, American or Irish
authors. What do you know about
them? Share your knowledge with
other students. Make a note of
anything you know about the
followings:
- where and when lived.
- their most famous works.
- what they wrote about.
Emily Bronte Arthur. C Clarke
Graham Greene Jack Kerouac
John Steinbeck Kurt Vonnegut
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Emily Bronte:
- Born on July 30, 1818, in Thornton, Yorkshire, England.
- Famous work: Wuthering Heights.
- She wrote about love, passion.
Graham Greene:
- Born on October 2, 1904, Berkhamsted, England.
- Famous work: The Confidential Agent.
- He wrote about thrillers.
John Steinbeck:
- Born on February 27, 1902, Salinas, California.
- Famous work: The Grapes of Wrath
- He wrote about biography
Oscar Wilde:
- Born on October 16, 1854, Dublin, United Kingdom and Ireland
- Famous work: The Picture of Dorian Gray
- He wrote about comedy

Arthur C. Clarke:
- Born on December 16, 1917, Minehead, Somerset, England.
- Famous work: Childhood’s End.
- He wrote about fiction and non-fiction.

Jack Kerouac:
- Born on March 12, 1922, Lowell, Massachusetts, Middlesex, S.U.A.
- Famous work: Town and City.
- He wrote about autobiographical, small-town family values and the excitement of city life.

Kurt Vonnegut:
- Born on November, 11, 1922, Indianapolis, Indiana, S.U.A.
- Famous work: Slaughterhouse-Five.
- He wrote about love, passion.

Write a short biography of
a writer or artist from your
country. Use the paragraph
about Graham Greene as a
model. Imagine that you are
writing for someone who is
not familiar with your
country and its culture.
Include as much as you can.
Ion Luca Caragiale 5 Writing/
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Ion Luca Caragiale (born 1 February 1852 Haimanale, Wallachia - dead 9
June 1912 (aged 60) Berlin, German Empire) was a Romanian Short story
writer, playwright, journalist, essayist, actor, translator, poet, civil servant,
restaurateur, an important voice in Romanian literature.
• Ion Luca Caragiale comedy operas, O noapte furtunoasă (1879), Conu
Leonida față cu reacțiunea (1880), O scrisoare pierdută (1884), D-ale
carnavalului (1885)
A few short stories by Caragiale: O făclie de Paște (1889), În vreme de
război (1898), Din carnetul unui vechi sufleur ,Un artist, Grand Hôtel
"Victoria Română“, Om cu noroc, Păcat (1892), Norocul culegătorului, O
invenție mare, Poveste, Boborul, Noaptea învierii, Baioneta inteligentă.
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Lost and found page 26

The Incas
Hiram Bingham found a city with many temples and great
Write a summary of the buildings, which were built by genuine men!
information that you have The man self-asked were who these people and why had the
just heard about the Incas. city been abandoned?
Indicate what certainly Machu Picchu was a city without poor people, a well built
happened and what might city, because he was divided in sections(or sectors): the
have happened. Finish with cemetery, the jail, the small dwellings and the temples, built
for the sun worship, which was the central to Inca religion.
your own speculation about
My speculation about the fate of Machu Picchu is that
the fate of inhabitants of
these people were killed by a lethal plague, or a more sci-fi
Machu Picchu.
theory is that the aliens who helped them to build those
temples(because there was needed a great force, and I don’t
think the human can build temples of that capacity by their
hands) had killed them or took them to the space.
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