English Day by Day is designed for school students to improve their performance in the English language.
Hey,
today we first talked about the following trailer:
Here is what we said about it:
Food revolution is a TV show presented by Jamie Oliver, a British chef. He wants to change the eating habits of American children who live in West Virginia. In his TV show, he denounces the fast food industry. Throughout the trailer, he experiences some difficulties to get his ideas across.
The chidren don't make the difference between tomatoes and potatoes; it's shocking because they are used to eating junk food (like pizza) even for breakfast.
Reactions:
- It's dangerous, the children can die of heart attack or diabetes.
- It's shocking because the children don't have the choice, they can't decide.
- It's disgusting, it's yucky! Jamie wants to prevent children from eating unhealthy food; he puts a lot of fat in a large container in order to make them feel disgusted / so as to make them aware of the dangers.
Grammar: used to + V ----- be used to + V-ing
To speak of habit in the past, we use USED TO + V.
However, to speak of habit in the present we use BE + USED TO + V-ING
Then we continued the lesson talking about our "soap opera" text. Here is what we said about Stella's final decision:
Philip has lost a leg; he's handicapped / crippled. So Stella was moved by his condition and she decided to stand by him. She felt guilty and ill-at-ease. She didn't want him to be depressed and devastated. Now, she's torn apart as it's written in the title.
HW: add a verb of speech or expression each time the characters say something to reveal their feelings.