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TEACHERS’ FILEMARCH 2017

This Teachers’ File contains activities and exercises that go with the articles from the magazine and recordings on the Gate cD. The recording Scripts, solutions, and other Teachers’ Files can be downloaded from www.bridge-online.cz once you register with the password: secret.

St Patrick and St Patrick’s Day Quiz CD Track 4

T Listening / Facts about engLish-speaking countriesDo you know the answers to these questions? Choose the correct answer, then listen to the CD (Track 4) to see if you were correct.

1 Why did Patrick become the Patron Saint of Ireland?

A He drove away all the snakes from Ireland.

B He brought Christianity to Ireland.

C He started planting potatoes in Ireland.

2 Where was St Patrick from?

A Ireland B Britain (Roman Britain) C Scotland

3 What is March 17th?

A St Patrick’s birthday

B The day Ireland was discovered.

C The Day St Patrick died.

4 How do people celebrate St Patrick’s Day?A They have a picnic and eat lots of potatoes.

B They wear costumes and try to collect money for charity.

C They wear something green and go to parties.

5 Where was the first St Patrick’s Day parade?

A USA B Ireland C Great Britain

6 The shamrock is the symbol of Ireland and St. Patrick’s Day. How many leaves does it have?

A Three B Four C One

The Black Stallion, E1, P1

pp. 6–7, CD Track 1

Task 1T reading comprehension / VocabuLary practice

Read and listen to the first part of the comic and complete the answer sheet.

1 Genre / Type of Story:

2 The place:

3 Three things about The Black:

4 Three things about Alec Ramsey:

5 Other characters in the story:

6 Two words connected with the ship:

Task 2T speaking / reading comprehension

What happened first? Number the selected comic frames in the correct order. Then compare with the comic page. »

The Black Stallion, E1, P2

CD Track 2

T Listening comprehensionListen to the second part of Episode 1 and choose the right word from the pair.

1 Alec wanted to stay in his room / go to the deck when the storm struck.

2 The owner of The Black complained that the ship was terrible / broken.

3 The captain explained that the life jackets were on the deck / under each bed.

4 Because of lightning, Alec fell and hurt his head / nose.

5 The owner of The Black wanted to borrow / take Alec’s lifejacket.

6 The sailors were lowering rescue boats for women and old people / children.

7 The owner of The Black was hit by lightning / by a wave.

8 The Black was nervous and jumped into the rescue boat / the sea with Alec.

Can you tell the first part of the story in your own words?

teachers’ info

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Tech it Out p. 12

Match the review with the gadget.

T reading comprehensionCan you match the sentence with the product?

A Force BandB 4K Action CameraC Game Console: SwitchD Heated GlovesE The Hobbico C Me Drone

1 A lot of features (= funkce), excellent video quality, and a better price.

2 Raising (= zvedání) or lowering your hand dictates speed, while side-to-side movements dictate direction.

3 Wherever you are, however much time you have, you get the same great gaming experience.

4 A quadcopter that can follow you around like you’re a celebrity.

5 Three different heat levels with LED button controls.

And the Winner Is p. 13, CD Track 5

(Adapted) Famous Oscar Speeches

Task 1

T Listening For oVeraLL meaningListen to these adapted Oscar speeches from famous actors. Then match each speech with the person who gave it.

a) Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, Best Screenplay, Good Will Hunting(Youngest winners of Best Screenplay at 25 & 27)

b) Halle Berry, Best Actress, Monster’s Ball(First African-American woman to win Best Actress)

c) Leonardo DiCaprio, Best Actor The Revenant(Sixth Oscar nomination, first win)

d) Jennifer Lawrence, Best Actress, Silver Linings Playbook(second-youngest winner of Best Actress at 22)

e) Markéta Irglová and Glen Hansard, Best Song, “Falling Slowly” from Once(Czech and Irish winners for an English-language award)

Task 2

T Listening For speciFic detaiLListen again and fill in the blanks to complete the sentences.

1 Halle Berry thanked the women that stood

____________________ her. She was the first African American

woman to win the award after _________________________

years.

2 Leonardo DiCaprio said that he had to travel south to

find ________________________ and that global warming is

dangerous for our children’s __________________________.

3 Matt Damon and Ben Affleck said that

__________________________ were the most beautiful

women in the room, and thanked everyone from the city of

_________________.

4 Glen Hansard told everyone to make ___________________ ,

and Markéta Irglová said that _____________________ is

something that connects all people.

5 Jennifer Lawrence thinks that the audience feels bad for her

because she ________________ while walking to the stage. She

wishes a ________________________________ to Emmanuelle

Riva, another actress who was nominated for the award.

The Battle of the Blues CD Track 6

T Listening For speciFic detaiLListen to three speakers watching the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge. Look at the sentences and correct the information. There is one mistake in each sentence.

1 Two British men and one American man are watching the race.

2 Cambridge and Oxford wear dark blue.

3 Cambridge has won the race 82 times, Oxford 78 times.

4 The race in 1977 was a tie, which means nobody won.

5 The box is the person who keeps the rowers co-ordinated.

6 The Cambridge women’s team have a better score than the Cambridge men’s team.

Speaker 4 Speaker 5

Speaker 1 Speaker 2 Speaker 3

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A Hindu Legend CD Track 7

T VocabuLary

TaskListen to the recording. What do you think the words mean? Match them with the correct Czech translations.

1 to evolve A přežít

2 to worship B moudrý

3 faithful C vyvinout se

4 to survive D schopnost

5 power E vyhrát, zvítězit

6 lap F věrný

7 wise G klín

8 to triumph H uctívat

Reflexive Pronouns p. 18

T grammarComplete the table with the right reflexive pronouns.

I We

You You

He They

She

It

Find sentences containing reflexive pronouns and personal prounouns in the maze. Look for capitals and full stops.

Enjoy introduced me I talk to

My brother yourself herself to his teacher.

myself.

My sister hurt at the party.

skiing. with

We baked I can homework. him

Celebrities the cookies

by ourselves.

help Ed Sheeran

believe in Help yourself sang at the end of the concert.

themselves. to more cake. by himself She

walked home by herself. yourselves! Behave

SOngS

“The Wild Rover”* CD Track 13

By the Pogues

T Listening comprehensionListen to the song and fill in the missing words.

I’ve been a wild rover for many a 1 ________________________And I’ve spent all me money on whiskey and beerBut now I’m 2 ________________________ with gold in great storeAnd I promise to play the wild rover no more

Chorus: And it’s no, nay, never,No, nay never no moreWill I play the wild rover,No never no more

I went to an alehouse I used to frequentAnd I told the landlady me 3 ________________________ all spentI asked her for credit, she 4 ________________________ me naySure a custom like yours I could get any day

(Chorus)

And from my 5 ________________________ , I took sovereigns brightAnd the landlady’s eyes opened wide with delightShe says “I have whiskeys and 6 ________________________ of the bestAnd the words that I spoke sure were only in jest”

(Chorus)

I’ll go home to me 7 ________________________ , confess what I’ve doneAnd I’ll ask them to 8 ______________________ their prodigal sonAnd, if they forgive me, as oft times beforeThen I promise I’ll play the wild rover no more

(Chorus)

In the song a ‘wild rover’ is a young man who likes drinking and doing bad things. In the song one young man comes back to his home town after many years away and promises not to be a wild rover any more. What does he do when he comes home? Do you think he will be a better person?

Little Bits of Britain pp. 8–9Task 1 Gibraltar: llanito (a language in Gibraltar, a mix of English and Spanish), bobbies (English policemen), macaque (wild monkeys found in Gibraltar Malta: Valletta (capital of Malta), temple (a lot of temples in Malta), sunshine (the most sunshine in Europe), Gladiator (film shot in Malta)both: Mediterranean Sea (the place where both places are located)Task 2 1 Gibraltar is in the south of Spain, 2 Gibraltar has its own government,

Queen is a formal head of the state, 3 Most people want to stay part of Britain. 4 Malta is one of the smallest, not the smallest. 5 You can find prehistoric temples in Malta. 6 There no mountains, tourists come for historical sights.

Tech it Out p. 12Task 3A, 5B, 4C, 1D, 2E

Blue River p. 14Task Sport: rowing, Teams: Oxford and Cambridge rowing teams, Place and Time: The River Thames, London, the end of March or beginning of April,

Length: 6.8 km long, one of the most difficult, Wins: Cambridge 82 x Oxford 79, Fun Facts: the cox is thrown into the river after the race, Hugh Laurie competed in the race for Cambridge but lost.

Reflexive Pronouns p. 18Task Please let me introduce myself.We finished the puzzle ourselves.She hurt herself.This morning I brushed my teeth, had a shower and dried myself in 5 minutes.Peter fixed the computer by himself.

SOLUTIOnS FROM THE MAgAZInE

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Task 2Put the missing lines into the correct places. Think about rhyme. Listen to the song to check your answers.

When I was young me and my mama had beefSeventeen years old kicked out on the streetsThough back at the time, I never thought I’d see her faceAin’t a woman alive that could take my mama’s placeSuspended from school; 1 ________________________with the big boys, breakin all the rulesI shed tears with my baby sisterOver the years we was poorer than the other little kidsAnd even though we had different daddy’s, the same dramaWhen things went wrong we’d blame mamaI reminisce on the stress I caused, it was hell2 ________________________And who’d think in elementary?Heeey! I see the penitentiary, one dayAnd runnin’ from the police, that’s rightMama catch me, put a whoopin’ to my backsideAnd even as a crack fiend, mamayou always was a black queen, mamaI finally understandfor a woman it ain’t easy tryin’ to raise a manYou always was committedA poor single mother on welfare, 3 ________________________There’s no way I can pay you backBut the plan is to show you that I understandYou are appreciated

Now ain’t nobody tell us it was fairNo love from my daddy ’cause the coward wasn’t thereHe passed away and I didn’t cry, cause my anger4 ________________________

They say I’m wrong and I’m heartless, but all alongI was lookin for a father he was goneI hung around with the thugs, and even though they sold drugsThey showed a young brother love

5 ________________________I needed money of my own so I started slangin’I ain’t guilty cause, even though I sell rocksIt feels good puttin’ money in your mailbox6 ________________________I hope ya got the diamond necklace that I sent to ya

’Cause when I was low you was there for meAnd never left me alone because you cared for meAnd I could see you comin’ home after work late7 ________________________You just workin’ with the scraps you was givenAnd Mama made miracles every Thanksgivin’But now the road got rough, you’re alone8 ________________________And there’s no way I can pay you backBut my plan is to show you that I understandYou are appreciated

Discuss:What was Tupac’s childhood like?What problems did he face?

Where is the singer now?What good and bad things did his mother do?

“Dear Mama” CD Track 10by 2Pac

T reading comprehension / VocabuLary / Listening

Task 1Look at the lines (A–E) taken from the rap song “Dear Mama“ and choose the correct meaning of the underlined words.

I moved out and started really hangin’

spending time doing sportsworking

wouldn’t let me feel for a stranger

hate loveforget

tell me how ya did it

your yesyou

You’re in the kitchen tryin to fix us a hot plate

repairing the cooker making some food washing the dishes

Huggin’ on my mama from a jail cell

talking on the phone putting your arms around shouting at

I love payin’ rent when the rent’s due

money for a house or flatmoney for clothes money for drugs

and scared to go home, I was a fool

a stupid person an intelligent person a bad person

You’re tryin’ to raise two bad kids on your own

punishwash take care of

SOLUTIOnS TO ACTIvITy TIPSThe Black Stallion, E1, P1: Task 1 1 adventure story, 2 ship/boat, 3 Arabian, wild, dangerous, beautiful, likes sugar, 4 American boy, spent summer in India, likes animals, travels by himself, 5 captain, the owner of the Black, workers, 6 deck, port, life jacketThe Black Stallion, E1, P2: 1 go to the deck, 2 terrible, 3 under each bed, 4 nose, 5 take, 6 children, 7 by a wave, 8 the seaSt Patrick and St Patrick’s Day Quiz: 1B, 2B (Roman Britain), 3C, 4C, 5A, 6ATech it Out: 1B, 2A, 3C, 4E, 5DOscar Speeches: Task 1 1b,

2a, 3d, 4e, 5c; Task 2 1 beside, 74 years, 2 snow, children, 3 their mothers, Boston, 4 art, hope, 5 fell, Happy BirthdayThe Battle of the Blues: 1 American woman, 2 Cambridge wear light blue colour, 3 Oxford 79 times, 4 1877, 5 the cox , 6 don’t have a better scoreHoli: 1C, 2H,3F, 4A, 5D, 6G, 7B, 8EPronouns Maze: Enjoy yourself at the party. My brother introduced me to his teacher. I talk to myself. My sister hurt herself skiing. We baked the cookies by ourselves. I can help him with homework. Celebrities

believe in themselves. Help yourself to more cake. Ed Sheeran sang by himself at the end of the concert. She walked home by herself. Behave yourselves!The Wild Rover1 year, 2 returning, 3 money’s, 4 answered, 5 pocket, 6 wines, 7 parents, 8 pardonDear Mama: Task 1 A spending time, B making some food, C take care of, D you, E stupid person, F putting arms around, G love, H money for house or flatTask 2: 1E, 2F, 3D, 4G, 5A, 6H, 7B, 8C

coward – sb who is scared, afraidheartless – sb without feelingsthugs – gangsters, criminalsslanging – selling drugsrocks – drugsto be low – to be depressed, not

doing wellscraps – leftovers

to have beef – to not get well with sbsuspended – excluded, not allowed to go to schoolpenitentiary – prison for serious criminalsput a whoopin’ – hit sthcrack fiend – somebody who always wants

drugs (crack)on welfare – receiving money from the

government

Can you find some grammar

mistakes?

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