The future! A Trip around the World and ... a Song!

Week 9^th - 11^th March

Hello! How’s everybody?

We started last week with a song, “White Flag.”

Yes, you’re right; the songs we are listening lately are about couples who split up! We need something more cheerful!

Anyway, this song is beautiful and easy to understand, in my opinion.

·         The answer to the question, “Who usually goes down with his ship?” is …the captain. Of course!!

Usually doesn’t mean always. Take as an example the captain of the “Costa Concordia,” which crashed into a rock in Italy some years ago…

·         “When does somebody hold up a white flag?” When there’s a war or battle and one of the two sides surrenders (=gives up).

Then, we read about horoscopes.

 Most of us don’t believe in those predictions but, nevertheless, we keep on reading the horoscope.

 We continued talking about the future. This time we learnt the use of “will / won’t” for predictions and promises.

Which promise do you find the most difficult to keep? Why?

It seems that “We’ll keep in touch” is the most difficult promise for most of us to keep.

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PROMISES:

·         Make a promise, keep a promise, and break a promise…

·         Keep in touch / get in touch / lose touch

Do you still keep in touch with friends from school?
 When was the last time you got in touch with your friends? Last month, year, weekend?

We learnt verbs + back.

This particle gives the meaning of “returning.”

1.    Could I pay you back (returning money) at the end of the week? I don’t have money right now.

2.    “Where are you going?” “To the library. I’m taking back ( returning) the book I borrowed last week”

3.    Could you give him back (return) his calculator? He needs it.

4.    What time do you go back (return) home after work?

5.    I’m busy. Can you call back (phone again) later?

So, we lhave already studied the different ways of talking about the future.

Here’s a summary

Will/ won’t	decisions (instant / unplanned decisions)	“We are going to the cinema.” I’ll go with you.”
	predictions (based on opinions or wishes)	It’ll rain if you have a barbecue in the garden.
	promises	“I’ll phone you tomorrow.”
	offers	“I´ll help you with your homework.”
Shall	offers (only for I, We; only in questions)	Shall I help you with your case? It looks heavy!
going to (to be + going to+ infinitive)	decisions (planned decisions or arrangements)	He’s going to have dinner with his parents next weekend.
	predictions (based on facts)	Look at those clouds. It’s going to rain.
	intentions	I’m going to boil some water to make spaghetti.
present continuous (to be + ing)	plans or arrangements (things you write in your diary. e.g.: going to the dentist, meetings, talking to your kids’ teacher etc.)	He’s having dinner with his parents next weekend.

For definite plans (arrangements) it’s better to use “present continuous”, but you can also use “going to.” Both are correct.

I’m talking to the teacher tomorrow. I’m going to talk to the teacher tomorrow.

…and, we went on a trip!

We played a board game called “Around the world in 100 days!” no, not this.

The game consisted in throwing the dice and following the instructions we had on the square we had landed. Sometimes we had to make decisions, sometimes we didn’t. For example, you land in Berlin: “You’ve forgotten your traveller’s cheques! Go back to London and get them! So, you had to go back until the ‘London square’. Delhi: “you’ve started to feel ill, what do you do? a) Go straight to the doctor. b) Stay in your hotel room and wait. c) Push on with your journey.

One of the answers made you lose no time, another one meant to add four days to your journey time and another one made you add seven days.

Did you make the right choice? Did you consider the advantages and disadvantages of going to a doctor in India, keeping travelling despite your illness, going to an Indian hospital…?

The winner was the person who got to the end of the journey, that is, who got to the finish square making the journey in the fewer days. None of you were able to finish in 100 days! Violeta, you should be more careful with your passport!

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Well, enjoy the rest of your weekend and see you on Monday!