1º BACHILLERATO A/D

after yesteday's break...

REMEMBER: ON MONDAY I ASKED YOU TO DO THE READING OF THE TWO TEXTS .

ANSWERS FOR THOSE WHO READ  

A STRANGE ENCOUNTER ( the text is on pg 27 but the activities are on pg. 26)

3. pg 26

1. chambers  2. hue   3. pray   4. receive   5. steal   6. on the instant    7. bent on    8. wish to
9. sensations   10.  singular   11. wondered at    12. earnestness

4. pg 26

1. decided   2.  main road   3. clothes   4. serious   5. explain  6. to be of help/to help   7. worried/was
scared    8. had

5. pg 26

1. The thought of returning to the heat and gloom repels him. He doesn't want to go back
2. He takes the wide winding paths across th lonely heath.
3. He enjoys and admires the landscape; his mind remains open to the impressions produced by the view and he doesn't think about anything in particular.
4. She is there because something has happened. There has been an accident.
5. She asks him to show her where to get a carriage and to allow her to leave him when and how she pleases.
6. She wants to go to a friend who is in London.

ANSWERS FOR THOSE WHO READ...

SYMBIOSIS . A MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING ( text on pg 37 but the activities on pg.36)

4.
1.Because the real-life story is even more fascinating/amazing than the film
2. They are not in contact as larvae. They go to the surface to feed on plankton.
3.There is one. It is the dominant fish in the group.
4.They face predatory fish and rejection by other clownfish
5. Because they are covered in the anemone's mucus and the anemone thinks that the fish is part of the anemone
6. They found that the two species used up more oxygen when they were in contact with each other.
7. They concluded that the clownfish was helping the anemone to breathe
8.The clownfish is as important to the anemone as the anemone is to the clownfish.

5.
difficult-daunting    energetic-frenetic   great-profound   strict-rigid   surprising-startling   threatened-doomed     tiny-minuscule

6.
They are more dramatic and interesting

7.
1.energetic/frenetic
2. great/profound
3.tiny/miniscule
4.entertaining/ captivating
5.threatened/doomed
6.difficult/daunting
7. strict/rigid
8.surprising/startling

The second adjective seems to EMPHASIZE or MAKE STRONGER the meaning of the first one.


ACTIVITIES FOR MONDAY  23rd March (but you could send your answers earlier if you want, of course)

EXAM SKILLS TRAINER: pg 40-41

pg 40: READING  ACTIVITY 2
pg 41: USE OF ENGLISH ACTIVITY 5
pg 41 SPEAKING: record your voice for 2 minutes and send it via email . Answer to the question on activity 7. This will be an speaking MARK, so take it seriously.

PLEASE, SEND YOUR ANSWERS IN THE EMAIL. DO NOT ATTACH ANY DOCUMENT OR PHOTOGRAPH.  IT IS FASTER THIS WAY. 
I CAN WRITE BACK COPYING YOUR ANSWERS CORRECTED.

MISS YOU ALL!!!