cours 105

Lesson
105
Friday the 11th of September 09
Task :
Notion: opinion/agreement/disagreement
Technique : Organising a debate

1)Test : Notion Desire / remembrance

2)I would dream of going to live on an island .What about you ?
Team A = The advantages of living on an island
Team B = The disadvantages of living on an island

Using the notion Agreement/disagreement and opinion to organise a debate

The advantages = The pros :
I am looking forward to leaving these mad cities
I want to cut myself from the world
I hate/ can’t stand/ loathe the noise
I dream of being alone
I wish I went there not to catch the swine flu

Extra expressions
I wish to get away from the hustle and bustle = the commotion of the city
I am looking forward not to see all those blocks of flats anymore
I am fed up of the suburbs
The cities are suffocating
I want to get away from it all

The disadvantages : The cons

I wouldn’t go to on a deserted island for the life of me as there would be no fast food restaurants there to satisfy my cravings for junk food.
I have no wish to go there because I would be all alone/ I would miss human company
I wouldn’t dream of going there because it is not positive for world peace to wish to be on your own and not socialise with your fellow humanbeings
A deserted island would be far too isolated for me .

Extra expressions:
I would be too afraid of wild animals
I wouldn’t be able to survive there
I would miss the comfort of my home
I would have no means of survival.

3)What objects would you take with you on that island ?
Here is your teacher’s list :
1)Clothes
2)A selection of knives
3)Matches (a match = une allumette)
4)Fish hooks ( a hook = un crochet)
5)Fishing lines
6)a Solar powered radio
7)A machete
8)Steel plates (steel = métal)
9)A shovel ( une pelle)
10)Blankets ( a blanket = une couverture)

Homework :
Apprendre 5 expressions notion opinion/agreement/disagreement


Absents : joffrey casimir