UNIT 2

 

LISTENING (PAG.23)

A

- Yes, I do. I like going to disco parties.

- I usually go to a friend's house and we usually have dinner together, we dance and we wait the New Year.

- No, I don't.

- It is on the 1st of October.

B

1 Resolutions for the New Year / New Year's Resolutions

2 A new job

3 Out the universities

4 Joint party

5 The Feathers' Hotel

6 An awfully expensive

7 The school hall

8 Cat Fish Brothers

9 Sense of humour

10 Fifty

 

WRITING (PAG.26-27)

A

1 I usually send my friends text messages or phone them because it is easier and more comfortable than writing letters or e-mails.

2 I refer to a party.

3 b) Dear + name

4 a) Yours,/Love, + your name

B

1 C

2 I

3 I

4 C

5 C

6 I

7 C

C

1 Preparations have already started for this big event.

2 I'm sure we'll have a fantastic and memorable evening.

3 The graduation ceremony will be held at the university's Great Hall.

4 Now let me tell you about the ceremony itself.

D

1 I'm writing to a friend.

2 The purpose is to invite him/her to the party.

3 b) Informal

4 b) Dear + name

5 a) Yours, (your name)

H

Dear Alice,

Sorry I haven't written to you recently. How are you?

I'm very happy because Christmas is coming and it is one of my favourite moment of the year! By the way, I would like to invite you to my home to celebrate it together. What do you think about it?

During the day, my grandparents, my aunt and my uncle usually come to my house and we have the traditional lunch together. Now, I'm preparing the menu for this special day. Do you prefer fish or meat? I usually eat fish at Christmas because my aunt is good at cooking it. In fact, we usually have a seafood menu: it consists in hot and cold appetizers, a pasta with seafood as a first course, a grilled fish as a second course and as every year, my grandmother cooks the Christmas trunk. It is very tasty!

So, you can come to my house on the Christmas Eve, we go to the church at midnight to have the celebration and after that you can sleep with me at my house (we have a lot of space, you know). In the morning of the day after, we can open together the presents and you can help me to prepare the dining room for the lunch and finally we can eat! I am sure it will be a perfect day!

Let me know if you can come.

Love,

Sara