Lesson 9. WHAT COUNTS?.

1- Listen, read and answer in your notebook. Escolta, llig i contesta al teu quadern.

Africa

There are 53 countries in Africa and about 900 million people. In the north, there are deserts and in the middle, where the equator is, it is tropical. In the south, there are big plains and a

desert called the Kalahari.

Africa is very famous for wild animals. There are very big herbivores such as giraffes, elephants

and hippos and big carnivores like lions and crocodiles. There are many national parks which

are very popular with tourists.

There are a lot of natural resources in Africa including oil and minerals. Unfortunately, Africa is

also very poor. Today, 380 million Africans are poor. Why?

There are one thousand languages or more in Africa so African culture is very rich. African

music is very varied. One famous musician is Ali Farke Touré from Mali. African dancing is

wonderful and the clothes are beautiful and colourful.

Education and health care is very important for the future of Africa.

1. How many countries are there in Africa?

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2. What big herbivores are there in Africa?

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3. How many languages are there in Africa?

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4. What is important for Africa’s future?

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2- GRAMMAR. COUNTABLES AND UNCOUNTABLES. THERE IS, SOME and ANY. A LOT, MANY and MUCH.

Watch the following videos.

http://youtu.be/Mvpc6vZ1HXs



 a. Now read and do the exercises.

http://www.theyellowpencil.com/gramasomeany.html

b. A LOT, MUCH and MANY.

http://www.theyellowpencil.com/gramaalot.html

c. THIS, THAT, THESE and THOSE.

Watch the video.

http://youtu.be/JYD0vKjgmiA



MUST and  HAVE TO for obligation.

Recorda que WHAT ABOUT...? és la manera de suggerir si algú vol fer alguna cosa.

HOW ABOUT GOING OUT TO A DISCO TONIGHT?

Si el que volem és dir que no i volem donar una excusa, aquesta é la manera:

SOUNDS GREAT BUT...  (Sona fantàstic però....) I have to work tonight (he de treballar esta nit.) o  I must work tonight. (he de treballar....)

http://youtu.be/fpyT-Mux1z8

Tradueix els exemples del video i apunta aquells que no entengues per preguntar-los a classe.

TRAVEL ENGLISH.

1. At the airport. Listen to the conversation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hN5NKc5SSg

1. Vocabulary. Make a list of the new words in the video. You will find some of the words in the following link.

http://www.shertonenglish.com/resources/es/vocabulary/airport-and-planes.php

or

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode50/languagepoint.shtml

or also try at

http://www.wordreference.com/es/

2. Practice the conversation.