Students' view - Fabricio is speaking about Uniforms

If at first you don't succeed, ....

I'm a failure! I've never been able to ...l

Play tennis:

I started having tennis lesson when I was 15. There were free classes in a club so I "Joined". Not only my service  was really awful, also all my hits during the match. After a year, I was walking down the street and I saw an advertising of benefit  tournament. My friend invited me to join in so I did it. I played against three players and I lost all the matches, I was really nervous and it was a bit frustrating! but I have to admit that these matches were incredible and I realized I have to practice more if I want to become a great player soon.

Yamil/Michel

Skiing

I've  always wanted to be able to ski on the slopes and when I was in Las Leñas I had some lessons with a private tutor, who clouldn't believe his eyes. I had started to move my feet but I couldn't move my arms at the same time. I was sure that one day I would be able to do it, but it was impossible for me to learn how to do it. I was really disappointed. I can still remember my fallings. When I see somebody skiing I really wish I could do it!

Fanni /

"We've never been able to play a musical instrument"
We've always wanted to be able to play a musical instrument, and when we were at primary school our
parents let us learn how to play the guitar. The first class was funny althought it was very difficult for us, so
while the other children were playing, we watched the next classroom throught. the window where the
children were playing the piano. The next day we gave up the guitar lessons and started learning the piano.
Finally we couldn't learn to play theguitar but we arel able to play piano.

I've never been able to play tennis. (from Charlie and Martin)

I've always wanted to be able to play tennis with my friends so when I was fourteen I tried to do it.

One afternoom, a friend invited me to play with him. We went to the club's tennis court and started to play. After an hour, I hadn't been able to hit a ball.

I felt realy frustrated and embarrassed so I've never tried to play again, but I hope I'll be able to learn to play someday.

Good Manners? Bad Manners?

Sit up straight. Say please and thank you. Don't put your elbows on the table. Most of us were drilled from an early age in proper manners and etiquette. But once you leave your home country, things get a bit complicated. Here are some examples of how other cultures do things differently.

• Click on Bad Manners :and read about cultural differences

Culture Shock

Conclusions:
AR42 - 2011

Students say that:

You SHOULD go to La Florida Beach if you come in summer.
You SHOULD visit The Flag Memorial. The view of Rosario from the top is magnificent.
You MUSTN'T swim in the Parana River because it is so deep and dangerous.
You SHOULDN'T walk along the pedestrian Córdoba at night because it is dangerous.
If you are sightseeing in Rosario and you park your car in the streets you HAVE TO pay a tip to the car "watcher".
You SHOULD go to the restroom before visiting certain landmarks.

The way up to Heaven by Roald Dahl

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Mrs. Foster has a pathological fear of being late. Whenever she is in danger of missing a train or plane or an engagement, a tiny muscle near her eye begins to twitch. The worst part is that her husband, Mr. Eugene Foster, seems to torment her by making sure that they always leave the house one or two minutes past the point of safety. On this particular occasion Mrs. Foster is leaving to visit her daughter and grandchildren in Paris for the first time ever, and she's frantic to think that she'll miss her flight. By the time her husband finally joins her at the car, she's too far behind schedule. Luckily the flight is postponed til the next day, and Mr. Foster persuades her to come home for the night. When she's ready to leave the next day, though, her husband suggests that they drop him off at his club on the way. Knowing this will make her late, she protests in vain. Just before the car leaves, he runs back in the house on the pretense of picking up a gift he forgot for his daughter. While he's gone Mrs. Foster discovers the gift box shoved down between the seat cushions. She runs up to the house to tell him that she has the gift... and suddenly she pauses. She listens. She stays frozen for 10 seconds, straining to hear something. Then she turns and runs to the car, telling the driver that they're too late and her husband will have to find another ride. She makes her flight and has a wonderful visit with her grandchildren. She writes her husband every week and sends him a telegram before she flies home six weeks later. He's not at the airport to meet her though, and when she enters the house (after taking a taxi home) she notices a curious odor in the air. Satisfied, she enters her husband's study and calls the elevator repairman. It had jammed and she left him to die there!

Comprehension Questions

1. Setting
The story takes place in New York in the 1950 or 1960. Mr and Mrs Foster lived in a large six storey house with a lift in New York City, on East Sixty-secod street. It is a gloomy place. They have four servants and a butler because they were very wealthy.

2. Describe Mrs. Foster:
She has a phobia, she is afraid  of  being late. She used to arrive an hour beforehand everywhere. She is a lovely  wife who always takes care of her husband but at the end she behaves badly. Finally,we think she has a selfish attitude although she is patient she isn't at all reliable.
*organized
*impatienet
*anxious
*kind
*sensitive
*obsesive
*phobic

3.- Describe Mr. Foster:
Mr. Foster is considererate with his wife and he has good maners. He never wants to increase her wife's misery.  He always thinks that her husband is guilty.
Mr. Foster is nearly seventy years old and lives with his wife. Mr. Foster has a social life but the couple relationship is really bad.
He'san elegant man and he is the member of a distinguished men´s club.
*cold

*mean

4- How is their relationship?
Mr and Mrs. Foster are the typical American coupleof the sixties. They have a stereotypical relation. They don't love each other but they get on well for the society. They have been married for about thirtty years in which she has been the typical good wife. She has an obsessive behaviour which irritates her husband so much. When he has the opportunity he makes her suffer keeping her waiting unnecessarily

I turn to you

I Turn To You   ( lyrics)

When I'm lost in the rain
In your eyes I know I'll find the light
To light my way, when I'm scared losing ground
When my world is going crazy you can turn it all around
And when I'm down you're there pushing me to the top
You're always there giving me all you've got

For a shield, from the storm for a friend, for a love
To keep me safe and warm, I turn to you
For the strength to be strong, for the will to carry on
For everything you do, for everything that's true, I turn to you

When I lose the will to win
I just reach for you and I can reach the sky again
I can do anything 'cause your love is so amazing
'Cause your love inspires me
And when I need a friend you're always on my side
Giving me faith taking me through the night

For a shield, from the storm, for a friend, for a love
To keep me safe and warm, I turn to you
For the strength to be strong and for the will to carry on
For everything you do I turn to you yeah
For the arms to be my shelter through all the rain
For truth that will never change for someone to lean on
But for a heart I can rely on through anything
For the one who I can run to oh I turn to you

For a shield from the storm, for a friend, for a love
To keep me safe and warm, I turn to you
For the strength to be strong, for the will to carry on
For everything you do, for everything that's true
For everything you do, for everything that's true, I turn to you

Transport UK

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Mobile phones and driving

Using your mobile phone when driving or riding a vehicle is dangerous. If you’re caught using a hand-held phone while driving, you could be prosecuted. Find out why using your phone when driving is distracting, what the penalties are and when it is safe to use your phone.

The law on using hand-held phones and similar devices while driving

THINK!

Reaction times for drivers using hand-held phones are 30 per cent slower than reaction times for drivers who have been drinking at the legal limit

• Watch a video about driving and using a mobile phoneOpens new window

It is illegal to drive a vehicle or ride a motorcycle while using a hand-held mobile phone. This also applies to any similar device (that must be held at some point) to:

• send or receive spoken or written messages or still or moving images
• access the internet

These devices include smartphones or Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs).

While driving, you must not use your hand-held mobile phone, smartphone or PDA:

• to make or receive calls
• to send or receive picture and text messages
• to access the internet
• when you're stopped at traffic lights
• when you're queuing in traffic

It’s also illegal to use a hand-held phone when supervising a learner driver or rider.

If you're an employer, you can be prosecuted if you ask your employees to make or receive calls while driving.

The penalties for using your phone while driving

If you're caught using a hand-held mobile phone or similar device while driving or riding, you can expect to get an automatic fixed penalty notice. This means you'll get three penalty points on your driving licence and have to pay a fine of £60.

However, your case may go to court. If it does, you may also face disqualification from driving or riding on top of a maximum fine of £1,000. If you're a driver of a bus or goods vehicle, you could face a maximum fine of £2,500.

• Driving disqualifications (motoring section)

If you reach six or more penalty points within two years of passing your test, you'll lose your licence under the New Drivers Act. You’ll need to re-sit your driving test to get your licence back.

• The New Drivers Act (motoring section)

Why using your phone while driving is dangerous

If your mobile rings while you're driving, let it go to a message service or call divert - pick up your messages when you're stopped

Making or taking phone calls when driving will distract you. Research shows that if you’re using any mobile phone when driving, you're four times more likely to crash. You also have significantly worse reaction times than someone driving after drinking alcohol at the legal limit.

To find out how difficult it is to focus on several things while driving, try the Driving Challenge. This online game highlights the dangers of using your phone when driving.

• Try the Driving ChallengeOpens new window

When you can use a hand-held phone in your vehicle

You should only use your mobile phone in a vehicle if you:

• need to call 999 or 112 in response to a genuine emergency where it's unsafe or impracticable to stop
• are safely parked (but never stop on the hard shoulder of the motorway unless it’s an emergency)
• are a passenger

• What to do if you break down on the motorway

Using hands-free phones, sat-navs and two-way radios when driving

It’s not illegal to use hands-free phones, sat-navs (satellite navigation systems) and two-way radios while driving, but they can be a distraction. You'll face the same penalties as using a phone if the police believe you’re not in proper control of your vehicle.

• The Highway Code rules 149-151: mobile phones and in-vehicle technology