Objectives
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Remembrance Day
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Revision of prepostitions of time
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Remembrance day 2 minutes silence
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Newspapers – are they still relevant today
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Abdul’s presentation about Afghanistan
Afghanistan in the 1970s
new words:
boy scouts
biodata noun [U]
UK /ˈbaɪ.əʊˌdeɪ.tə/ US /-oʊˌdeɪ.t̬ə/
› details about someone’s life, job, and achievements
riot noun
UK US /ˈraɪ.ət/
C1 [C] a noisy, violent, and uncontrolled public meeting:Inner-city riots erupted when a local man was shot by police.› [S] old-fashioned informal a very funny or entertaining occasionor person:“How was the party?” “It was great – we had a riot.”I met Mike’s brother for the first time – he’s a riot.
debut noun [C]
UK US /ˈdeɪ.bju/
C1 the occasion when someone performs or presents something to the public for the first time:She made her professional stage debut in Swan Lake.He started as an actor, making his debut as a director in 1990.her debut (= first) album
commemorate verb [T]
UK US /kəˈmem.ə.reɪt/
C2 to remember officially and give respect to a great person or event, especially by a public ceremony or by making a statueor special building:Gathered all together in this church, we commemorate those who lost their lives in the war.A statue has been built to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the poet’s birthday.
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