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English Day by Day is designed for school students to improve their performance in the English language.

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Warm up = student riots in London + end of the report

Hey, 

 

today we first warmed up with a topical issue. Here is what we said about the recent event in London:

 

David Cameron has decided to stop funding British universities. Consequently, students have demonstrated against his measure. They protested yesterday in the streets of London. They were violent.
They smashed / destroyed shop windows. It's a topical / burning issue in the news.
David Cameron is the Prime Minister, from the Tory party (conservatives).
Education is getting more expensive (less cheap).

 

You can watch a video from the Reuters website, a British news agency, down here:

 

 

Then we continued speaking about the document entitled "Disunited Kingdom" and we tried to understand if there was a difference between what we said about the Royals and what they really felt. Here is what we said:

 

The Royals:
Most people dislike the grandeur and the ceremony effect. They like it better when the Queen smiles. But generally they're turned off by the Royals / pageantry.
However lots of people have personal affection for the Royals even if they reproach things to the Queen. For example, one of the guinea pigs says he's angry because they were not elected; it's not a republic, but a kingdom.

 

Voc:
(to) be impressed

I don't care about them

 

Watch the video here again:





 

HW: learn you lesson and vocabulary. Your test will take place on Friday, Nov. 19th.

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<br /> Warm up: Students riots in London.<br /> David Cameron has decided to stop funding British universities. Consequently, students have demonstrated against his measure. They protested yesterday in the streets of London. They were violent.<br /> They smashed/destroyed shop’s windows. It’s topical/burning in the news.<br /> David Cameron is the Prime Minister, from the Torry Party.<br /> The education is getting more expensive (≠cheap).<br /> The Royals.<br /> Most people dislike the grandeur and the ceremony effect. The like it better when the Queen smiles. But generally they’ve turned off by the Royals/pageantry.<br /> → However lots of people have personal affection for the Royals even if they reproach things to the Queen. For example, one o the guinea pig says he’s angry because they were not elected; it’s not<br /> a Republic, but a kingdom.<br /> Voc: (to) be impressed<br /> “I don’t care about them.”<br /> <br /> <br />
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<br /> <br /> Thanks for the update.<br /> <br /> <br /> This time you've clicked correctly. But twice... :)<br /> <br /> <br /> See you tomorrow.<br /> P.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />