Semana uno: 4-6 de octubre de 2022

Inglés I
Tomás Costal Criado
tcostalcriado@pontevedra.uned.es
Datos generales

- Curso de extensión universitaria organizado por UNED Pontevedra.

- Distribuido en 14 sesiones de una hora en directo, más 16 horas
de materiales grabados y trabajo independiente.
- Dos modalidades de seguimiento: en directo a través de internet,
y en diferido mediante materiales grabados.

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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
America’s Next First Lady

Jill Biden is the wife of the new US president, Joe Biden. Jill Biden will soon
become America’s first lady. She is 69 years old. She works as a college teacher.
Joe Biden is married to another woman in the past. They have three children
together, two boys and one girl. But something terrible happens. Biden’s wife
and their daughter die in a car crash. Their daughter is only one year old when
it happens.
Joe and Jill get married in 1977. Their daughter Ashley is born in 1981.
Joe Biden is the vice president to the US president, Barack Obama. Jill Biden
and Michelle Obama start a project together in 2011. They want to help military
families. As the first lady, Jill Biden wants to continue in her job.
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America’s Next First Lady – relevant lexicon

Jill Biden is the wife of the new US president, Joe Biden. Jill Biden will soon
become America’s first lady. She is 69 years old. She works as a college teacher.
Joe Biden is married to another woman in the past. They have three children
together, two boys and one girl. But something terrible happens. Biden’s wife
and their daughter die in a car crash. Their daughter is only one year old
when it happens.
Joe and Jill get married in 1977. Their daughter Ashley is born in 1981.
Joe Biden is the vice president to the US president, Barack Obama. Jill Biden
and Michelle Obama start a project together in 2011. They want to help military
families. As the first lady, Jill Biden wants to continue in her job.

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America’s Next First Lady – glossary

wife mujer, esposa

car crash accidente de coche
soon pronto
get married casarse
become convertirse, llegar a ser
to be born nacer
first lady primera dama
start iniciar, empezar
college universidad
together juntos/as
married to casado/a con
want querer, desear
children hijos, niños (plural)
job trabajo, profesión
happen suceder, ocurrir
daughter hija
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Jill Biden, PhD
Full name: Jill Tracy Jacobs Biden (née Jacobs,
formerly Stevenson).
Date of birth: June 3, 1951.
Place of birth: Hammonton, New Jersey.
Nationality: American.
Graduated from: University of Delaware.
Profession: English and writing instructor.
– Second lady of the United states (2009-2017).
– Set to become first lady on January 20, 2021.
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Describing someone’s appearance [1.1]

Writing practice and oral delivery:

[1] Choose a public personality, celebrity, or family member.
[2] Imagine what their appearance is like and try to describe it.
[3] Use several positive, neutral and negative adjectives from the lists.
[4] If you need more positive adjectives, use this Ultimate List.

Some ideas → Marie Curie, Malala Yousafzai, Rabindranath Tagore,

Martin Luther King Jr., Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Doris Lessing,
Agrippina Vagánova, Takashi Murakami, Jean Renoir, Winston Churchill...
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Is the Russian President Healthy?

The Russian president Vladimir Putin is 68 years old. Some people believe that
he is not healthy.
People worry about Putin’s health in the past, too. But now some people think
that Putin has Parkinson’s disease. It is a serious disease. It means a person
cannot control how his body moves.
A video shows Putin. He is sitting in his chair. His legs are shaking.
He is holding tight to his chair. But another video shows Putin on an icebreaker.
He looks healthy.
Putin makes a new law. This law gives him lifelong legal immunity. It means
that it will not be possible to bring him to court. Some people believe that Putin
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Is the Russian President Healthy? – relevant lexicon

The Russian president Vladimir Putin is 68 years old. Some people believe
that he is not healthy.
People worry about Putin’s health in the past, too. But now some people
think that Putin has Parkinson’s disease. It is a serious disease. It means
a person cannot control how his body moves.
A video shows Putin. He is sitting in his chair. His legs are shaking.
He is holding tight to his chair. But another video shows Putin on
an icebreaker. He looks healthy.
Putin makes a new law. This law gives him lifelong legal immunity. It means
that it will not be possible to bring him to court. Some people believe that
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Is the Russian President Healthy? – glossary

believe pensar, creer show mostrar, enseñar

healthy sano, saludable shake temblar, agitar
worry preocuparse tight con fuerza, firmemente
now ahora icebreaker rompehielos
disease enfermedad law ley
serious grave, serio lifelong permanente
mean significar, querer decir bring traer, convocar
cannot no poder, no saber court tribunal
body cuerpo
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Vladimir Putin
Full name: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
Date of birth: October 7, 1952.
Place of birth: Leningrad (now St. Petersburg).
Nationality: Russian.
Graduated from: Leningrad State University.
Profession: Former officer of the KGB. Politician.
– Prime Minister of Russia (1999-2000; 2008-2012).
– President of Russia (1999-2008; 2012-present).
– Reelected for a six-year term in 2018.
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Describing someone’s personality [1.2]

Writing practice and oral delivery:

[1] Choose a public personality, celebrity, or family member.
[2] Imagine what their personality is like and try to describe it.
[3] Use several positive, neutral and negative adjectives from the lists.
[4] If you need more descriptive adjectives, use this resource.

Suggestions → Meryl Streep, Bette Davis, Morgan Freeman,

Clint Eastwood, Georges Pompidou, Hirohito, Kaiser Wilhelm, Maria Callas,
Enrico Caruso, Leonhard Euler, Ada Lovelace, Nikola Tesla...
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People Can Test for COVID-19 at Home

The US company Lucira makes a special test. It is a test for COVID-19.

The test is special. People will be able to buy the test in drugstores in spring
2021. People must go to the doctor now. The doctor gives the test. But many
people wait for the test. They wait for results, too.
Everything will be easier with the new test. People take the test at home.
They use a special stick. They put the stick in their nose. A special device
will show the result in 30 minutes. The test is very quick and easy.
Many people are sick with COVID-19 in the US. Some companies promise
to make a vaccine soon. It is still important to test many people before there is
a vaccine.

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People Can Test for COVID-19 at Home – relevant lexicon

The US company Lucira makes a special test. It is a test for COVID-19.

The test is special. People will be able to buy the test in drugstores in spring
2021. People must go to the doctor now. The doctor gives the test. But many
people wait for the test. They wait for results, too.
Everything will be easier with the new test. People take the test at home.
They use a special stick. They put the stick in their nose. A special device
will show the result in 30 minutes. The test is very quick and easy.
Many people are sick with COVID-19 in the US. Some companies promise
to make a vaccine soon. It is still important to test many people before there is
a vaccine.

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People Can Test for COVID-19 at Home – glossary

company empresa, compañía take a test hacer(se) un test

be able poder, ser capaz stick bastoncillo, palillo
drugstores farmacias, droguerías device dispositivo
spring primavera quick rápido, veloz
must go debe ir sick enfermo/a
give dar, proporcionar promise prometer
wait for esperar por vaccine vacuna
everything todo still todavía, aún
easier más fácil, más sencillo
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A School Walks to a New Place

A very old school is in Shanghai, China. The school is 85 years old. Engineers
want to move it to another place. Builders want to build a business building
in the same place.
Engineers put more than 200 robotic legs underneath the school. The legs
move up and down. They turn around. The building lifts off the ground. It looks
like the school is walking.
The school walks 62 meters. The school is very heavy. It weighs 7,600 tons.
It takes 18 days to move the school.
Engineers are happy. It is the biggest task that they do. And they do it well.

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A School Walks to a New Place – relevant lexicon

A very old school is in Shanghai, China. The school is 85 years old.

Engineers want to move it to another place. Builders want to build
a business building in the same place.
Engineers put more than 200 robotic legs underneath the school. The legs
move up and down. They turn around. The building lifts off the ground.
It looks like the school is walking.
The school walks 62 meters. The school is very heavy. It weighs 7,600 tons.
It takes 18 days to move the school.
Engineers are happy. It is the biggest task that they do. And they do it well.

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A School Walks to a New Place – glossary

up arriba
very old muy antiguo/a
down abajo
engineer ingeniero
turn girar
move mover, desplazar
lift elevar, levantar
another otro/a
look like parecer(se)
place lugar, sitio
heavy pesado
builder constructor
weigh pesar (v.)
business negocio, empresa
take coger, tomar, llevar
put poner, colocar
well bien
underneath debajo, bajo
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CNN Architecture
A 5-story building in Shanghai 'walks' to a new location
Updated 4th November 2020
Link

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Fashion Industry

People like to wear fashionable clothes. They still buy new clothes. The fashion
industry is a big business. But it has a big impact on the environment.
The fashion industry makes 20% of the world’s wastewater. Wastewater is dirty
water from factories and houses. The fashion industry needs a lot of clean water,
too. It takes about 7,500 liters of water to make a pair of jeans.
People throw away a lot of clothes. They throw away one garbage truck
of clothes every second. These clothes often end up in landfills.
Some companies start to make sustainable clothes. Sustainable clothes are more
friendly to the environment. Companies reuse material to make new clothes.
They use modern ways to make clothes.
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Fashion Industry – relevant lexicon

People like to wear fashionable clothes. They still buy new clothes.
The fashion industry is a big business. But it has a big impact on
the environment.
The fashion industry makes 20% of the world’s wastewater. Wastewater is
dirty water from factories and houses. The fashion industry needs a lot of clean
water, too. It takes about 7,500 liters of water to make a pair of jeans.
People throw away a lot of clothes. They throw away one garbage truck
of clothes every second. These clothes often end up in landfills.
Some companies start to make sustainable clothes. Sustainable clothes
are more friendly to the environment. Companies reuse material to make
new clothes. They use modern ways to make clothes.
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Fashion Industry – glossary

clean limpio/a
wear vestir, llevar puesto
too también, además
fashionable elegante, de moda
throw arrojar, tirar
clothes ropa, vestuario
garbage basura, desechos
buy comprar, adquirir
truck camión
business negocio
often a menudo
environment medio ambiente
landfill vertedero
make hacer, representar
sustainable sostenible, ecológico
wastewater aguas residuales
friendly respetuoso
dirty sucio/a
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Questions
Week 1 → Week 2 (October 11)

Describing someone’s appearance [1.1]

Describing someone’s personality [1.2]
Grammar practice [1.3] [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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