Semana cuatro: 25 de octubre de 2021

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 (i)

U1. Verb to be (simple present) and personal pronouns.

U2. Have / Have got and possessive articles and pronouns.
U3. Simple present and accusative pronouns.
U4. Present continuous.
U5. Simple past (regular forms).
U6. Simple past (irregular forms).
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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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Objetivos y metodología

- Adquisición de las estructuras gramaticales básicas de la lengua inglesa.

- Utilización de vocabulario habitual y cotidiano.

- Exposición teórica de contenidos.

- Asimilación a través de ejercicios prácticos.
- Fijación de los conocimientos.
- Práctica oral.
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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
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Summarising a book, film, or play [4.1]

Writing practice and oral delivery:

[1] Choose a literary, audiovisual or dramatic production.
[2] List the main plot points and identify the most relevant characters.
[3] Produce a summary in 3-5 paragraphs.
Some ideas → The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood, Sherlock Jr.
by Buster Keaton, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee:
“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a play by Edward Albee first staged in October 1962.
It examines the complexities of the marriage of a middle-aged couple, Martha and George.
Late one evening, after a university faculty party, they receive an unwitting younger couple,
Nick and Honey, as guests, and draw them into their bitter and frustrated relationship”.
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Getting ready for a social occasion [4.2]

Writing practice and oral delivery:

[1] Choose a social occasion that you have taken part in, or will soon
organise as a host in the upcoming days.
[2] Describe the reason to celebrate, the guests or participants that will be
invited and how special it is for you.
Some categories → birthday party, stag party, hen party, baby shower,
cocktail, dinner party, wedding anniversary...
Some examples → My next door neighbours had a child last month
and they recently invited me and my family to their baby shower. Since they
had not shared the gender of their baby, no one knew what present to get them...
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Meat from fruit

Every year, there is a nine day vegetarian festival in Thailand, when millions
of people stop eating meat for nine days. More people give up meat for even longer,
and they do it more often.
Food producers usually use pea or soy proteins to make meatless products,
but there are other possibilities, too. Jackfruit has become a popular substitute
for meat. Jackfruit is a big spiky fruit with yellow color inside. It is sweet, but when
it is not ripe, it has no specific taste which makes it perfect for dishes based
from plants.
The business with products based from plants is growing very fast,
and producers expect it to grow even more in the future.

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Meat from fruit – relevant glossary

Every year, there is a nine day vegetarian festival in Thailand, when millions
of people stop eating meat for nine days. More people give up meat for even
longer, and they do it more often.
Food producers usually use pea or soy proteins to make meatless products,
but there are other possibilities, too. Jackfruit has become a popular substitute
for meat. Jackfruit is a big spiky fruit with yellow color inside. It is sweet, but when
it is not ripe, it has no specific taste which makes it perfect for dishes based
from plants.
The business with products based from plants is growing very fast,
and producers expect it to grow even more in the future.

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Meat from fruit – glossary

meat carne spiky puntiagudo, con púas

give up dejar, renunciar a ripe maduro
even incluso dish plato, guiso
longer más tiempo, más largo grow crecer, aumentar
often a menudo expect esperar, contar con
pea guisante
soy soja
meatless sin carne, vegetariano
jackfruit yaca, panapén, guanábano
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Jackfruit
Artocarpus heterophyllus

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The New York Times
Durian – The world’s smelliest fruit
Updated 5th December 2013
Link

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NASA drills into an asteroid

On Tuesday, NASA’s spacecraft drilled into an asteroid that was more than
160 million kilometers away from Earth.
It was a complicated operation which lasted five seconds. The operation
was successful because the spacecraft collected a sample from the asteroid.
Scientists all over the world were very excited because this happened for the first time
in history. The spacecraft started its journey to the asteroid in 2016, and it moved
around the asteroid for two years.
Asteroids are debris from the formation of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago.
Scientists hope that when they study the sample, they will learn more about how life
on Earth started.

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NASA drills into an asteroid – relevant lexicon

On Tuesday, NASA’s spacecraft drilled into an asteroid that was more than
160 million kilometers away from Earth.
It was a complicated operation which lasted five seconds. The operation
was successful because the spacecraft collected a sample from the asteroid.
Scientists all over the world were very excited because this happened for the first
time in history. The spacecraft started its journey to the asteroid in 2016,
and it moved around the asteroid for two years.
Asteroids are debris from the formation of the solar system 4.5 billion years
ago. Scientists hope that when they study the sample, they will learn more about how
life on Earth started.

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NASA drills into an asteroid – glossary

spacecraft nave espacial, astronave billion mil millones

drill taladrar, agujerear learn aprender, conocer
last durar, tardar
successful efectivo, satisfactorio
collect recoger, recopilar
sample muestra, espécimen
excited emocionado, entusiasmado
journey viaje, travesía
debris restos, escombros
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Newsy
NASA gets ready to defend Earth from asteroids
Updated 5th July 2017
Link

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NASA gets ready to defend Earth – follow-up questions [4.3]

In this report by Newsy a space project related to asteroids and planets

is described for a non-expert audience. Watch the clip in full and then look at the
following excerpts. Provide an English to Spanish translation:
[1] Asteroids can pose a serious threat if they strike the planet.
[2] NASA is planning its first mission to deflect incoming asteroids.
[3] Two twin asteroids are expected to approach Earth in 2022 and in 2024.
[4] DART will act by implanting itself in an incoming asteroid and changing
its speed. This ‘small nudge’ is supposed to direct the asteroid away.
[5] Scientists have discovered over 1,800 potentially dangerous objects near
our planet. While most of them are harmless, astronomers want to stay alert.
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World’s best pastry chef

Pierre Marcolini is a Belgian chocolatier who was born in 1964. He worked

for famous companies in Belgium and France before he opened his own first shop
in 1995. His dream was to change the world of chocolate and to make it more modern.
In his life, Marcolini received several prizes, and recently, World Pastry Stars
organized a competition to win the title of the world’s best pastry chef. Marcolini won
the title and he proved that Belgium makes the best chocolate.
Marcolini travels the world to find the finest cocoa beans. He speaks to growers
and he controls all the steps of making his chocolate. He is one of the few chocolatiers
who roast cocoa beans himself. He sells special chocolate gift boxes that cost more
than €100 or more than $129.

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World’s best pastry chef – relevant lexicon

Pierre Marcolini is a Belgian chocolatier who was born in 1964. He worked

for famous companies in Belgium and France before he opened his own first shop
in 1995. His dream was to change the world of chocolate and to make it more
modern.
In his life, Marcolini received several prizes, and recently, World Pastry Stars
organized a competition to win the title of the world’s best pastry chef. Marcolini won
the title and he proved that Belgium makes the best chocolate.
Marcolini travels the world to find the finest cocoa beans. He speaks
to growers and he controls all the steps of making his chocolate. He is one
of the few chocolatiers who roast cocoa beans himself. He sells special chocolate
gift boxes that cost more than €100 or more than $129.
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World’s best pastry chef – glossary

Belgian belga the finest el mejor

his own su propio, suyo propio bean grano, haba
shop tienda, comercio grower productor, cultivador
dream sueño, ilusión step paso, fase
change cambiar, transformar roast asar, tostar
life vida gift box caja para regalo
several varios/as
prize premio, trofeo
pastry pastel, hojaldre
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A theme park is changing

In 2020, a theme park in Hong Kong had to close because of the coronavirus.
For the year, the park was closed for more than 200 days. It is open now again,
but the park owners must limit the number of visitors by 25%.
The chairman of the park said that the current situation was a chance
for the park to find new ways to attract visitors. The park is located on the coast
and there is a lot of greenery, which makes it possible to do activities like glamping,
which is a form of camping, but it is more comfortable. Visitors can also do yoga
in an aquarium.
Tourists cannot travel to Hong Kong now, so it is necessary to make the park
more attractive for local people. The chairman said that it could take years to return
to the situation before the coronavirus started.
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A theme park is changing – relevant lexicon

In 2020, a theme park in Hong Kong had to close because of the coronavirus.
For the year, the park was closed for more than 200 days. It is open now again,
but the park owners must limit the number of visitors by 25%.
The chairman of the park said that the current situation was a chance
for the park to find new ways to attract visitors. The park is located on the coast
and there is a lot of greenery, which makes it possible to do activities
like glamping, which is a form of camping, but it is more comfortable. Visitors
can also do yoga in an aquarium.
Tourists cannot travel to Hong Kong now, so it is necessary to make the park
more attractive for local people. The chairman said that it could take years to return
to the situation before the coronavirus started.
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A theme park is changing – glossary

theme park parque de atracciones take llevar tiempo

owner propietario before antes

must deber
chairman presidente, director
current actual, vigente
chance oportunidad, posibilidad
greenery vegetación, verdor
glamping glamorous + camping
camping de lujo
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People get to the deepest point on Earth

China’s deep-sea submarine reached the world record depth of 10,000 meters.
The manned submarine was on its way to the deepest point on Earth, the bottom
of the Mariana Trench. It is 10,971 meters deep and it is located in the western Pacific
Ocean. There are three men on the submarine, and they will explore the ocean floor.
The crew uses robotic hands to get samples. They use high-quality cameras that
livestream video back to the top of the ocean.
The submarine has very bright lights that make it possible to see in places that
are completely dark. There is no light at this depth, so the submarine is a green color
which makes it visible.

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People get to the deepest point on Earth – relevant lexicon

China’s deep-sea submarine reached the world record depth of 10,000 meters.
The manned submarine was on its way to the deepest point on Earth,
the bottom of the Mariana Trench. It is 10,971 meters deep and it is located
in the western Pacific Ocean. There are three men on the submarine, and they
will explore the ocean floor. The crew uses robotic hands to get samples.
They use high-quality cameras that livestream video back to the top of the ocean.
The submarine has very bright lights that make it possible to see in places
that are completely dark. There is no light at this depth, so the submarine is a green color
which makes it visible.

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People get to the deepest point on Earth – glossary

deep-sea aguas profundas ocean floor lecho marino

reach alcanzar, llegar a crew tripulación
depth profundidad livestream emitir en directo
manned tripulado bright brillante, luminoso
on its way de camino
the deepest el más profundo

bottom fondo
trench fosa
western occidental
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Questions
Week 4 → Week 5 (November 1)

Summarising a book, film, or play [4.1]

Getting ready for a social occasion [4.2]
NASA gets ready to defend Earth [4.3]
Grammar practice [4.4] [KEY]

The sections of this presentation that remain incomplete after the first session
will be finished at a later date, as indicated during class.
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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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