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65 PASO 1 - READ IT: The Translation... PASO 2 - WRITE IT: Memorize the word...

Category categora

Cautious cauteloso

Cease detenerse / cesar

Certain seguro

Celebrity celebridad

Fancy gustar (sentido romntico)*

Diamond diamante

Charity caridad

Fantastic fantstico

Clich clich

Notorious conocido (mala fama)**

Soon after poco despus

Commence comenzar

Conflict conflictoMedia medios de comunicacin

Chase perseguir

Theatre teatro

At the same time a la vez / simultneamente

Companion compaero (colega no!)***

WORD-CHAIN

Chaos caos

* I really fancy the new teacher hes really handsome.** Compton is notorious for drugs and crime.*** Vic and Doris never married but they remained life-long companions.

Todays word-chain: diamonds

Class activities: Writing Students divide into two groups: each onewrites a story using todays word-chain.

Class activities: Speaking The story circle. Student 1 thinks of thefirst line of story using the first word. Student 2 carries on the storyusing the second word, and so on.

Class activities: Speaking Basic use: Each student has to think of asentence that uses the target word.

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PASO 3 - PLACE IT: Word association in an English to English context... 65

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Category Type.

Cautious Famous people who're quite stupid, but we can't stop talking about.

1 Cease Someone whos proceeding carefully.

Certain Stop.

Celebrity Sure.

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Fancy Something the Muslim religion demands.

Diamonds Amazing, incredible - in a positive way.

2 Charity A saying or piece of knowledge that is universally known.

Fantastic To be attracted to.

Clich Apparently, theyre a girls best friend.

Notorious Famous... usually in a negative way.

Soon after A short time afterwards.

Commence To begin.

3 Conflict A battle or fight or prolonged dispute.Media Television, radio and newspapers.

Chase Shakespeare's office.

Theatre To run after.

4 At the same time Somebody who accompanies.

Companion Simultaneously.

Chaos Total disorder.

STEP 4 - USE IT! Conversation questions STEP 5 - CHECK IT! The test

1. What category of music did Bob Marley write? celebridad2. What sort of people should you deal with using a lot of caution? gustar (romntico)3. Will the Germans ever cease making beer? diamante4. Are you certain that the sun will rise tomorrow? caridad5. Who would make an interesting celebrity in this class? fantstico6. Do you fancy Shakira? clich7. How much would a diamond the size of my head be worth? conocido8. Why give anything to charity? poco despus9. Was there anything fantastic on today's news? comenzar10. What's your favourite clich? conflicto11. Are you notorious for anything? medios de comunicacin12. Soon after you arrived at work yesterday, did you wish you were at home? perseguir13. Shall we commence a new and fascinating project dedicated to poetry? teatro14. Where's the worst conflict in the world at the moment? a la vez15. Why does everybody want to work in the media these days? compaero16. Do you like car chase scenes in movies? caos17.

When was the last time you went to the theatre? categora

18. What's the disadvantage of driving and speaking on a mobile at the same time? cauteloso19. Do you like to have a companion when you go out for a walk? cesar20. What is chaos theory? seguro