What we have done for lesson 5 - future tenses, formal emails and environmental issues

1. Lesson 5 – Batx 1
Year 2016-17

2. Vocabulary page 53
We throw away too
much rubbish.
We waste too much
energy.
We need to invest
more in renewable
energies.
We depend too much on
technology.
Gentic enginneering is
changing organism cells.

3. Vocabulary page 53
Many animals are
dying out.
The leopard is an
endangered species
that is at risk of
extinction.
traffic fumes are damaging
the ozone layer.
Air pollution causes illness.
People are starving

4. Vocabulary page 53
Rubbish dumps are getting too full
Pronunciation:
Air pollution
Climate change
Endangered species
Genetic engineering
Ozone layer
Renewable energies
Rubbish dumps

5. Vocabulary page 54
Lonely Cowboys are a thing of the
past
You should look at the
big picture before you
make a decision.

6. Quantifiers
• Too + adjective - Too polluted
• Too much + uncountable nouns - Too much
waste
• Too many + countable nouns – Too many
rubbish dumps.
• Not enough + nouns
• Not enough renewable
energy policies

7. Talking about advantages and
disadvantages of cloning
• One (dis)advantage is…
• Another (dis)advantage is…
• On the one hand…
• On the other hand…
• Have you ever thought about…?
• But what about…

8. Should we clone or not?
• We have a moral
responsibility to help
other species.
• When one species dies,
our ecosystem changes.
• We lose sources of food
and medicine when a
species dies.
• Cloning is possible!
• Extintion is a natural
process
• It is very expensive
• There is no guarantee
that it will work
• It is better to focus in
more important things,
like reducing pollution.

9. Will & Going to
• Predictions • Plans
Be going to
I’m going to Paris this
summer
Will – You’ll find love soon
Going to – predictions for
something happening now.
It’s very hot now. It is not going
to be warm enough this
afternoon

10. WILL – Spontaneous Decisions,
Promises & Requests
• I’ll be there as soon as I
can. – Promise
• I’m starving. I’ll get a
sandwich –
spontaneous decision
• Will you help us make a
difference? – request
• Unemployment will rise
next year - Prediction

11. Plans and arrangements
Arrangements – Pr. Continuous
• I have made arrangements
to visit Paris
• (I have the hotel room
booked and I have asked for
time off from work).
• I’m going to Paris
this weekend!
Plans – Be going to
• I have made plans to visit
Paris
• (I have decided when I want
to go and have thought
about what I want to see in
the city.
• I’m going to travel to Paris
this summer.
We often
mention an
specific time or
place

12. Future continuous
• In five years time…
I will be lighting cigars with one hundred dollar bills.
FORM WILL + BE + GERUND
Talk about
something in
progress at
an specific
future time in
the future.
And you, What will you be doing in five years time?
CONTINUOUS
Something
• in progress
• Specific
• Planned

13. Future perfect
• By the time we finish school…
We will have become friends for life.
Use: Express
something that
will be completed
by a specific time
in the future.
It is related to
the present,
like all perfect
tenses
BY
Let’s make Predictions about our classmates futures!
• By 2030 Nuria will have retired and will be enjoying her grandchildren

14. Listening extra questions
• What jobs did Madhav do when he was
younger?
• What jobs is he going to do in the future?
• Who made Lydia believe she could make a
difference?
• What is her job now?
• What does Amit find sad of his work?
Babysitting and watching cars
Wild
animal
vet
Barack Obama
City gardener
He thinks the Everest is the most beautiful place on earth

16. Useful phrases enquiry letter
• OPENING PHRASE
- Dear Sir or Madam,
INTRODUCTION
- I am writing in connection
with...
- I am writing to ask...
- I am writing to enquire about...
- I have read your
advertisement in...
- I have found your
advertisement in...
EXPRESSING INTEREST
- I am interested in...
- I have been looking for...
- I am planning to... and that is
why I found this
advertisement/offer/text
interesting/important
EXPRESSING DOUBTS
- I have read the advert/about
services and/but I am not sure
if...
- I cannot understand if...
- It is not clear to me if...

17. Useful phrases enquiry letter
• ENQUIRING ABOUT THE
DETAILS
- I would like to know more
details about...
- I would like to ask for further
information about/concerning...
- I am still not sure about one
thing/problem, namely...
ASKING FOR INFORMATION
- I would be (very) grateful if
you could...
- I wonder if you could...
- I would like to ask
if/when/where/why...
MAKING FINAL REMARKS
- I look forward to your
answer/to hearing from you...
CLOSING PHRASES
- if letter begins Dear Sir or
Madam: Yours faithfully.
- if letter begins Dear Ms/Mr
Smith: Yours sincerely.

19. Prepositions review

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