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Your Stories

Diana, Chloe and Gladys.

What did the customers eat?


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Brian

What happened all of a sudden?
What were some people drinking?


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Paul, Edith and Florence

What did the people do?
Who were people abandoned by?
Why?



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Taka, Rebecca, Ivy and Zenia

Why did the japanese businessman come to Hong Kong?
What happened to the couple?
How did he go down?
What happened at the end?

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Listening Activities

Listen to the podcasts and answers the questions. You don't have to post your answers.

1. Alexis

Where did he go? When? Who with? What is still being done today?


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2. Angela

When was the Forbidden City built? How long did it take to build? How many emperors lived there? How many rooms are there?


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3. Arsenia

Where is the Largo de Senado? When did she first see it? Why does she like it?


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4. Carol

What does she call Cheung Chau island? Why is it called its Chinese name? What do the fishermen like to do? What food is made? When is the bun festival?


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5. Chloe

Where are the temples of Abu Simbel? What time did she have to wake up? How long did she travel for? What did she feel after she arrived?


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6. Brian

How old is Milan? When was the Duomo commissioned? How many wings are there?
What does Wilson say?


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7. Edith

What city does she talk about? Why does she like it? What kind of products are sold?
What do people say about Hong kong people? What can you drink?


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8. Gladys

Where is the museum she visited? When did she go? What did she have for lunch? What did she find shameful?


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9. Kenneth

What does he want to improve? What does he listen to? Who does he do business with?


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10. Kimmie

What kind of building is the Macau Tower? When did she go? What is the name of the cafe? What 2 other things can you enjoy?


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11. Paul

Where is the Window on the World? How many times has he been? How big it the place? What kind of things can you see? Where will Adam visit at Christmas?


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12. Rebecca

When was it first opened? How much did it cost in US$? What is interesting about the top of the building? What does it look like?


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13. Taka

Where is the castle? What Olympic Games was there? When did he see the castle? When was the castle built? How big is the castle?


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14. Wilson

What is the Hong Kong Disneyland? What can you do there? Who can you take photos with? What has there been from the opening?


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15. Edmond

What is his impressive building? Who was it designed by? What was the contractual arrangment? When was the building built? What concept was used?


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16. Ivy

What building does she talk about? Who was the architect? How many storeys are there? How long did it take to build? What kind of effect is there?


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Answer Questions

1. How big is the site? The site of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain is 32,000 squre meters.

2. How many galleries are there? There are 19 galleries in the museum.

3. Which exhibition is on show now? The Contemporary African Art Collection Exhition is on show now.

By Paul

Test Your Idioms

You can test yourself with the idioms we did in class last time here .

Enjoy.

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Look at the webpage of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.

Answer these questions:

1. Click on 'building'. How big is the site?

2. How many galleries are there?

3. Click on 'exhibitions'. Which exhibition is on show now?

Make a list of similar questions about the Guggenheim. Bring in the list next week and exchange another student.

All Saints: Never Ever American Version

Either watch this version or the European version below.

Look on page 87 of the coursebook.

Write a paragraph imagaining the man's side of the story. Post your ideas.

What do you think of the song? Post your opinions. Which version of the video do you prefer? Why?

All Saints: Never Ever European Version

Either watch this version or the American version above.

Look on page 87 of the coursebook.

Write a paragraph imagaining the man's side of the story. Post your ideas.

What do you think of the song? Post your opinions. Which version do you prefer? Why?

Error Correction

Below are 10 sentences from your work.

See if you can correct them. Mistakes in red. Hints in green.

1. He was incapable to control his emotion ______to shout at them.
   (preposition, word form and conjunction needed)
2. Five weeks ago, illegilble chemicals ______poured by the irresponsible factory into harbour. (wrong word and passive tense needed)
3. He's not helpful and not well-dressed as always. (use different word in different position)
4. We went to a Chinese restaurant and order a well-known dish to local people but we didin't know exactly what it was. (preposition)
5. When she was three years old we came to her house again. (wrong word)
6. How a big monster she is. (wrong word and tense)
7. As her boy friend was out of town and so she asked me to go out with her. (red words have the same meaning)
8. One day, he did an illegible thing. (wrong word)
9. One of those fish was affected irresistiblely. (wrong word)
10. The woman was very self-conscious about everybody' look and laugh at her. (word form)
    
    

Story Writing

Work in groups. Use the adjectives on page 75 of the course book and write a short story.

Post your stories using the usernames and passwords I have given you.

When everyone has finished, decide which is the best story. You can use the comments box.

Welcome to the GE6B blog

Welcome to your blog.

We will use this blog to share work that you do.

It will help you to learn English better.

It is very easy to use - if you want to be a full member, send Adam you email address to get an invitation.