Objectives
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Reading about Lisbon, Portugal. Using colourful language to describe a city. (This is your homework! Don’t use wikipedia!)
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Sandra’s presentation, “Pole dancing is a great exercise”.
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Duelling with concession clauses
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American & British English quiz
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Jigsaw reading – read and summarise for another group:
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A Benjamin Zephaniah poem & interview
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Polish IT consultant’s account of his experiences of life in the UK: random stuff that baffles me as an immigrant reddit.com post
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Migrants views on Britain (The Daily Telegraph website)
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British quiz
Today’s words:
docks:
patio:
Catholic monks:
Gothic architecture:
revel verb [I]
UK US /ˈrev.əl/ (-ll- or US usually -l-) literary
quaint adjective
UK US /kweɪnt/
incidentally adverb
UK /ˌɪn.sɪˈden.təl.i/ US /-t̬əl-/
subsequent adjective
UK US /ˈsʌb.sɪ.kwənt/
Finally!!!!!