Lesson Procedure

• Vocab review
• Upgrades
• Debate

Upgrades (19) (Quizlet 19)

• The first thing we should do is allow the people who are here and cannot move forward have a good education
• She saw a mother and her two children and they were so tired that they couldn't bear it anymore
• She looked at him quickly and in a very penetrating way
• You must do as you say or else... (GOOD)
• You'll have to be nice to your boss if you want him to have a good opinion of you
• It's not likely that they do well without all those important people supporting them
• Politicians do not remember the ordinary people who voted for them once they reach power

Debate

THE CORONA VIRUS - THE HEALTH SYSTEM: PUBLIC OR PRIVATE

Speaking: ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

• Why is it called alternative medicine? How would you define it?
  • Do you think alternative medicine works?
  • What kind of people use alternative medicine?
  • Do you think alternative medicines are tried, tested and safe?
  • Why do you think so little is known about the health benefits of alternative medicine?
  • What do you think of things like art therapy, music therapy, healing with animals, etc.?
• How would you describe our National Health Service?
• Would you rather have a private health company instead of public service?
• Why is it that foreign patients come from abroad in order to be treated here?
• What aspects of our public health service need improving?
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1. treatments and health care practices / not conventional
2. studies / reveal / chronicle diseases / conventional / fails (can`t)
3. patients / reluctant / drugs / rather /natural / products
4. cultures / relied / these methods/ centuries / long-standing therapies
5. not widespread / raise awareness
6. overwhelmingly beneficial properties / psychological and mental disorders (soothing effects)

Dialogue: HEALTH AND MEDICINE - A

*You and your partner are discussing the type of health care you would like to have. You would rather have private health insurance.

• *not so crowded
• insurance includes other things (dental treatment, physical therapists, ...)
• more comfortable

Dialogue: HEALTH AND MEDICINE - B

*You and your partner are discussing the type of health care you would like to have. You would rather have public health.

• better resources
• no extra payment
• health is a right

• How would you define "sense of humour"?
• What's the difference between irony and sarcasm?
• When can we say that someone has no sense of humour?
• What's the difference between Spanish and English humour?
• Why is humour different in the different cultures?
• What benefits might humour have in our lives?
• When can it be appropriate to sprinkle humour in a serious situation?

Manners

• What do you think are good manners?
• Can you think of some good manners that are bad manners in another country?
• Do you know the titles of any books on manners? Have you ever read them?
• What are some good manners for using a cell phone?
• What are some good table manners?
• What are some good party manners?
• Is stretching in public good manners?
• Do you say "hi" to people even if they are strangers? Why? Why not?
• Do you listen to other's people conversations on the street?
• Are there any driving manners?
• Why are manners important?
• Do people have more manners now or in earlier times?
• Can manners affect your success in life? How?
• What's the best way to teach manners to children?
• What culture do you think is the most polite? Explain.
• What advice would you give a foreigner visiting your country who would like to show good manners?
• How closely do you think good manners are related to income and social status?