Semana seis: 10 de noviembre de 2022

Inglés I
Tomás Costal Criado
tcostalcriado@pontevedra.uned.es
Calendario

Octubre 4 6 11 13 8 horas
18 20 25 27 8 horas
Noviembre 1 3 8 10 9 horas
15 17 5 horas
30 horas en total

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Sesiones (en directo y grabaciones)

Se celebrarán un total de 14 sesiones en directo a través

de Microsoft Teams: martes y jueves de 17:00 a 18:00.
Se facilitarán clases grabadas y presentaciones antes de cada
sesión en directo, cuya duración aproximada es de una hora.
Se recomienda ver las clases grabadas antes de asistir
a las sesiones en directo, siempre que les convenga el horario.
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Programación temática (ii)

U7. Present perfect.

U8. Future simple (will + infinitive).
U9. Future (be going to + infinitive).
U10. General review.

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Evaluación

Independientemente de la modalidad de seguimiento:

- Asistencia o visionado completo de las sesiones, ya sea presencialmente
o por medios telemáticos.
- Realización de las tareas guiadas.
- Estudio de las unidades propuestas.
- Si desea recibir el certificado de aprovechamiento del curso una vez
finalice, entrega de las tareas obligatorias antes del 13.11.2022.
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Tareas obligatorias

Al final de cada presentación, se incluyen diversas tareas recomendadas que

puede completar individualmente. Algunas de ellas incluyen un solucionario, de
modo que no es necesario entregarlas.
Si desea recibir el certificado de aprovechamiento del curso hacia finales de
noviembre, debe remitir por correo electrónico al menos tres bloques de tareas
antes del domingo 13 de noviembre de 2022.
No es imprescindible asistir a las sesiones en directo, aunque sí recomendable,
dado que se centrarán en la realización y resolución de tareas.
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Qué hacer en caso de duda

Si les surgen dudas mientras siguen el curso, pónganse en contacto

con su profesor por correo electrónico. Indiquen, por favor, el curso en que
están matriculados y sus datos personales junto con la consulta:

Tomás Costal Criado

tcostalcriado@pontevedra.uned.es

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Preguntas
Let’s get started
Frozen pants challenge

Arctic winds brought very cold weather to the US, and several people already
died. For some people, though, it was a lot of fun, too.
Many people took part in the frozen pants challenge, and social media
became full of photos of frozen pants which were standing outside on their own.
Some people were very creative, and they used pajama pants or hockey
and karate uniforms to make funny photos. A woman in Minneapolis decorated
her front garden with pants of different colors to make her day bright.
If you want to try it, the trick is simple. You soak your pants in water
and hang them outside. It takes only a few minutes and the pants start to freeze.
Then you shape the pants and put them outside in the snow.

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Frozen pants challenge – relevant lexicon

Arctic winds brought very cold weather to the US, and several people already
died. For some people, though, it was a lot of fun, too.
Many people took part in the frozen pants challenge, and social media
became full of photos of frozen pants which were standing outside on their own.
Some people were very creative, and they used pajama pants or hockey
and karate uniforms to make funny photos. A woman in Minneapolis decorated
her front garden with pants of different colors to make her day bright.
If you want to try it, the trick is simple. You soak your pants in water
and hang them outside. It takes only a few minutes and the pants start to freeze.
Then you shape the pants and put them outside in the snow.

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VESA Channel
Man freezes his jeans to ‘reserve’ parking spots
Updated 10th February 2021
Link

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Frozen pants challenge – translation practice [8.1]

Please provide an English to Spanish translation of the following lines:

[1] A Chicago man devised an unorthodox way to reserve a parking spot
by freezing his denim pants, so they stand upright in the desired space.
His only-in-the-Windy-City method of calling dibs has taken social media by storm.
[2] “Polar vortex fun: pants with nobody inside them!” An accompanying photo
shows his frozen pants standing in a parking spot as if H.G. Wells’ “Invisible Man”
is guarding the space.
[3] He tweeted a subsequent pic of the popsicled pants in a parking spot
with the caption: “dibs! (In a no parking zone, no less)”.
[4] Unfortunately, this original stunt skews more performative than practical,
as he has reportedly never actually used the pants to put a parking spot on ice.
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Europe’s oldest person

Lucile Randon was born in 1904 in a Protestant family. She had three brothers
and one of them died in World War I.
When she was 26, she changed her religion and she became Catholic. In 1944,
she changed her name to Sister Andre. She started to work in a hospital in Vichy,
where she worked for 31 years. Then, she spent 30 years in a retirement home
in the French Alps. Sister Andre is now living in a care home in Toulon, France, where
the coronavirus killed 10 people.
Sister Andre had COVID-19, too, but she did not even know it. She felt well
and she could celebrate her 117th birthday. She is Europe’s oldest person
and the second-oldest person in the world. Her favorite food is lobster and she likes
wine.
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Europe’s oldest person – relevant lexicon

Lucile Randon was born in 1904 in a Protestant family. She had three brothers
and one of them died in World War I.
When she was 26, she changed her religion and she became Catholic. In 1944,
she changed her name to Sister Andre. She started to work in a hospital in Vichy,
where she worked for 31 years. Then, she spent 30 years in a retirement home
in the French Alps. Sister Andre is now living in a care home in Toulon, France,
where the coronavirus killed 10 people.
Sister Andre had COVID-19, too, but she did not even know it. She felt well
and she could celebrate her 117th birthday. She is Europe’s oldest person
and the second-oldest person in the world. Her favorite food is lobster and she likes
wine.
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RTÉ News
116-year-old French nun survives covid-19
Updated 10th February 2021
Link

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Oldest woman – vocabulary training [8.2]

After watching the video again, try to locate the words below, make sure that
you know how to pronounce them correctly, and add them to your vocabulary
notebook as it is often done in the glossary section; in other words, accompanied
by their translation to Spanish. Feel free to use a monolingual or bilingual
dictionary:
[0.00-0.30] miracle; front-page; birthday; well-earned; rest; on the way;
recovery; fight off; staff member; retirement; afraid; die; yet; live through; flu.
[0.30-1.05] invention; somewhat; surprisingly, in stride; pass; outbreak;
bring together; release; challenge; blow out.

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Apple electric car

The Apple company changed business with electronics when it made the first
iPhone. In 2015, Apple started to think about making an electric car without a driver,
and many people think that it will be special, too.
Nobody really knows much about Apple’s plans for an electric car because
the company keeps it secret. To build a factory for electric cars takes a lot of time,
and it costs a lot of money. It seems that Apple will work together with a company
which makes cars. Last week, two Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia said that
they were not working with Apple on an electric car, and it is not clear
which company would like to work with Apple.
Sales of electric cars are growing fast in Europe. Experts say that there could be
around 800 million electric cars in 2050.
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Apple electric car – relevant lexicon

The Apple company changed business with electronics when it made

the first iPhone. In 2015, Apple started to think about making an electric car without
a driver, and many people think that it will be special, too.
Nobody really knows much about Apple’s plans for an electric car because
the company keeps it secret. To build a factory for electric cars takes a lot of time,
and it costs a lot of money. It seems that Apple will work together with a company
which makes cars. Last week, two Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia said that
they were not working with Apple on an electric car, and it is not clear
which company would like to work with Apple.
Sales of electric cars are growing fast in Europe. Experts say that there could be
around 800 million electric cars in 2050.
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BBC News
Should you buy an electric car?
Updated 1st May 2019
Link

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Electric cars – follow-up questions [8.3]

In the previous Reality Check report by BBC News, the present situation of
electric car purchase is described in significant detail. Watch the clip
with English subtitles and please try to answer the following questions:
[1] What are the most common concerns about electric cars? [0:05]
[2] Why are electric car prices expected to go down in the future? [0:20]
[3] Which factors make charging a car battery so variable? [0:40]
[4] What is the main advantage of the new Porsche charging station? [0:50]
[5] How many charging points does the UK currently have? [1:10]
[6] What are some of the environmental costs of electric car making? [1:50]
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Orange snow

Every year, winds from Africa bring dust and sand from the Sahara Desert
to Europe. It is nothing unusual, but this year is different because the wind
is very strong.
Last weekend, people across many parts of Europe could enjoy an amazing view.
Skies in Switzerland and other countries turned orange. There was so much dust
in the air that it covered the snow and it seemed that the snow was orange.
Skiers in the Swiss Alps were excited and they enjoyed skiing in orange snow.
The dust made the air in Europe very dirty, but scientists said that it was not
dangerous for people. The specks of dust were really big and people could not breathe
them in.

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Orange snow – relevant lexicon

Every year, winds from Africa bring dust and sand from the Sahara Desert
to Europe. It is nothing unusual, but this year is different because the wind
is very strong.
Last weekend, people across many parts of Europe could enjoy an amazing
view. Skies in Switzerland and other countries turned orange. There was so much
dust in the air that it covered the snow and it seemed that the snow was orange.
Skiers in the Swiss Alps were excited and they enjoyed skiing in orange snow.
The dust made the air in Europe very dirty, but scientists said that it was not
dangerous for people. The specks of dust were really big and people could not
breathe them in.

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On Demand News
Dust from Sahara turns snows orange in Russia
Updated 28th March 2018
Link

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Dead singer sings again

Kim Kwang-seok was a South Korean rock star who died in 1996. 25 years later,
his fans could hear him sing again. He sang a song which did not exist when Kim was alive.
How did it happen? There was a TV show, and the producers planned to bring
Kim back to life. An AI company used a special program which recorded Kim’s songs.
The AI then learned to show feelings and emotions in songs. The program learned 20
of Kim’s songs, and the AI sang 700 Korean songs with Kim’s voice. After this training, the
AI could sing a song which Kim could not know because he died before a songwriter wrote
it.
Some people were happy when they heard Kim again. The producers were not sure
if they did the right thing. They had to speak to Kim’s family, too. Kim’s family was very
happy with the new song.

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Dead singer sings again – relevant lexicon

Kim Kwang-seok was a South Korean rock star who died in 1996. 25 years later,
his fans could hear him sing again. He sang a song which did not exist when Kim
was alive.
How did it happen? There was a TV show, and the producers planned to bring
Kim back to life. An AI company used a special program which recorded Kim’s songs.
The AI then learned to show feelings and emotions in songs. The program learned
20 of Kim’s songs, and the AI sang 700 Korean songs with Kim’s voice. After this training,
the AI could sing a song which Kim could not know because he died before a songwriter
wrote it.
Some people were happy when they heard Kim again. The producers were not sure
if they did the right thing. They had to speak to Kim’s family, too. Kim’s family was very
happy with the new song.
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South China Morning Post
AI brings back legendary South Korean singer’s voice
Updated 30th January 2021
Link

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Replaced by your robotic betters [8.4]

Writing practice and oral delivery:

[1] Topic: natural vs. artificial talent.
[2] Think about the skills, work, or jobs that may be done by machines
in the very near future: from self-driving vehicles to mechatronics in large
industrial factories. For inspiration, you may be interested in reading
this piece here.
[3] In 5-6 paragraphs, write about what homes and work environments
will look like in the year 2031, after just another decade of technological
progress. Your positive arguments should be balanced with more negative
ones, and vice versa, before you come to your final conclusion.
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Questions
Week 6 → Week 7 (November 15)

Frozen pants challenge – translation practice [8.1]

Oldest woman – vocabulary training [8.2]
Electric cars – follow-up questions [8.3]
Replaced by your robotic betters – writing [8.4]
Grammar practice [8.5] [KEY]

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Final reminder

For any doubts and questions, do not hesitate to contact your teacher.
Please provide details about yourself, your modality of enrollment (in person,
online via streaming, or on-demand), and of course your questions and where
you experienced issues with the study materials:

Tomás Costal Criado

tcostalcriado@pontevedra.uned.es

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