English Day by Day is designed for school students to improve their performance in the English language.
Hi guys,
today we worked on analysing Eva Longoria's speech.
Here is what we said:
Lesson = Analysis of Longoria's speech
Introduction:
- Family :
She speaks about her mother, her father, and her sister, and about herself.
- Education and work:
College is very expensive in the USA, so students have to work to pay for education. She says she did a lot of small jobs and she got a grant.
- Success:
After four years of hard work, she got her degree / diploma.
Development:
Projects of small businesses:
- She mentions Facebook's competitor, the building of a health clinic, dry cleaner.
She says Americans are:
optimistic, ambitious, and hard-working.
Conclusion:
She talks about the American dream again:
- opportunity, prosperity, hard work
She mentions the dream of a 13-year-old girl who wants to become president.
She speaks in Spanish ("Si se puede"), yes, we can!, to address the Hispanic community.
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Homework:
- apprendre la leçon.
- actualiser votre carnet de vocabulaire.