new york

Our students from 4Th ESO have a pen pal in YONKERS high school, NEW YORK , the USA. whom they are writing to during this school year.
Together with my collegue Cristina, we decided to dedicate some lessons to discover a little bit about this huge but astounding city. We've found some videos in you tube we'll use as warmers.
Here you have them

Getting to NY




5 top things to see in NY




Discovering NY.

Listening Activity: Enjoy your flight

First of all, watch the video and enjoy it




Now, Copy and paste the following script into a word document, fill in the gaps and hand it to your teacher.

Fill in all the gaps 20 2007 3.00 4.00 45 5.00 7.00 75.63 airport attention breathe change Enjoy flight attendant information look masks mouth nose paid passenger peanut safety seat seatbelt snacks

Flight Attendant: Welcome aboard. It's........................, and we are more committed to your .......................than ever. And that's why we'd like you to pay special ........................to this important safety .........................
First, please make sure that your ....................................is securely fastened.
Seatbelts can be purchased for $......................................
To fasten, insert the metal fitting into the buckle and then pull the fitting away from you.
To release, purchase a release flap for $......................................
Now I know what you're thinking. We've never ...........................for seatbelts before! ...Once we've reached our cruising altitude, your ..............................may or may not go down the aisle with.......................... If she chooses to, each ........................will be given a single.......................... Lavatories are located at the front and rear...of the.......................... Please take a moment to ....................at your safety pamphlet.
The charge for looking at this pamphlet is $.....................................
The charge for looking at this pamphlet and putting it back quickly is $............................. Should there be a rapid change in cabin pressure, oxygen .........................will automatically drop from the compartment above your .......................free of charge.
Place the mask over your ...................................and.........................., and to start the flow of oxygen, pay your flight attendant $...........................
Passenger 1 : I can't...........................!
Flight Attendant: As always, exact ..........................is appreciated.
Passenger 2 :You got change for a.................................?!
Pass 1 : I have $..........................
Flight Attendant: Now I know that some of you are still concerned about getting there safely. ............................your flight!

President Obama's first day in the white house.

We've talked about the new elections in the USA and listened to Obama's oath. We've done a listening activity. I got the idea from a WS in the website called www. eslprintables.com.

Wh 1- What was on the President’s agenda on his first day at the White House ?

1. the Global Financial crisis
   
2. middle-east diplomacy
3. Education new rules
4. Guantanamo Bay
5. war in Iraq
6. the US economy recession

2- He had to take a little time out for ..

1. a new official ceremony
2. lunch with the First Lady
3. to answer the congratulations messages he received from world leaders

3- Why ?

1. the first oath couldn’t be recorded
2. there was a mistake in the words
3. the supporters and the TV viewers couldn’t hear the oath

III- Listen to Jonathan Turley

1. · Mr Turley’s job ?
2. · Number of words in the oath ?
3. · What does the constitution say?

Article 2 says “you MUST …………………………. And you MUST ………………………….

But the 20^th Amendment says “the administration comes into power at ………………… on …………

IV- Listen to the end

Œ Find WHO …

a. decides to have the oath retaken ?

b. were the few witnesses of the ceremony ?

c. was sitting in the room ?

d. who joked he wanted to do it again for fun ?

e. who took the oath of office again and very slowly ?

�V Write down Obama's oath.