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- What is genetic engineering?
- Considering that this genetic engineering technique might be a medical breakthrough to treat certain diseases, should any sort of moral issues be overlooked?
- Should this kind of treatment be covered by the NHS?
- What do you think about cloning? (Film "The Island")
- Genetic engineering might allow parents to ‘design’ their children by cherry-picking the traits they would like their children to have before their birth – What do you think of this?
- Should genetic engineering be allowed to eliminate human flaws, such as violence, or a murderous drive? (Film "Minority Report")
Australian newspapers black out front pages in 'secrecy' protest
Australian newspapers black out front pages in 'secrecy' protest
- Is it appropriate for the gov to control what newspapers publish?
- Is some kind of "censorship" necessary to preserve a country's safety?
- What do you think about surveillance cameras in public places?
- What is wikileaks?
- Should Julian Assange, the co-founder of wikileaks, be prosecuted?
LESSON PROCEDURE
LESSON PROCEDURE
- Correct upgradings (see below)
- Adverbs
- Vocabulary Collocations Adj-Adv (right link)
- commenting adverbs (right link)
- Describing graphs (Writing section below) p. 151)
- Quizlet - describing trends
Adv-adj-collocations.pdfHOMEWORK
HOMEWORK
- Writing : Describing Visual Data - Exercises pp 150-151
- Upgrading
- Upgrading 4 for Wed/Thu
- Upgrading 5 for next week
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EXTRA PRACTICE
EXTRA PRACTICE
Upgradings to correct today (LINK)
- There are a lot of people living in big cities and the world has to see what to do
- A lot of people who live in cities live in a rented apartment
- Those companies that had to sack a lot of workers during the crisis now need more people because they don't have enough workers.
- I live near a shop that has a lot of everything
- the concept of family has changed a lot during the last 30 years. Before they were father, mother and child and now there are people of the same sex, single parents...
WRITING
WRITING
THE PROCESS OF WRITING
- Brainstorming (write down your ideas)
- Group them together on the basis of what they refer to
- Put those topics in the order in which you would like them to appear in the sentence
- Summarise the topic in the so-called TOPIC SENTENCE and use your ideas as ARGUMENTS
- TOPIC SENTENCE (summary, category)
- argument 1 (1st idea)
- argument 2 (2nd idea)
- argument 3 (3rd idea)
- Write out the paragraph, linking the ideas with CONNECTORS (addition, contrast, etc.)
- Link the different paragraphs with CONNECTORS
- Make an engaging introduction advancing how you are going to deal with the subject (it useful to use pre-learned introductory phormulas) (look below)
- Write a conclusion with the general summary and a nice finishing sentence.
POSSIBLE INTRODUCTORY PHORMULAS:
- It cannot be denied that....
- It is undeniable that.....
- It is widely known that.....
- According to the general belief....
- (Adj) as it may seem, it is....
- If there is one thing that.... it is the way (fact)
Writing Tast:
Writing Tast:
Useful Vocabulary Describing Trends: UPSWING
- MODERATE GROWTH
- A SUDDEN RISE
- AN UPSWING
- TO BOOST
- TO BOOM
- TO SURGE / A SURGE
- REACH A PEACK
- GROW SUBSTANTIALLY
- TO SKYROCKET
- TO SOAR
Useful Vocabulary Describing Trends: CONTRAST
- TO OVERTAKE
- TO OUTWEIGH
- TO OUT-
Useful Vocabulary Describing Trends: DOWNTURN
- A BRIEF DIP
- A DOWNTURN
- A STEEP FALL
- A SHARP DECLINE
- TO DECREASE
- TO DROP
- TO PLUMMET
Useful Vocabulary Describing Trends: STAGNATION
- STAGNATION
- TO REMAIN RELATIVELY STABLE
- TO STAGNATE
- Quizlet - describing trends
- Exercises pp 150-151
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