11 February 09 - 3ºC

• NEW FILE - Divorced, beheaded, died...
• Vocabulary - Quiz.

1. a. The Russian revolution b. Julius Caesar c. The American Civil War (1861-65). d. The Battle of Waterloo (1815) when the French under Napoleon Bonaparte were defeated by the British and Belgian forces.
2. a. Sweden b. Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George Bush... (http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/). c. Britain, Spain, Denmark... d. Chile, Argentina, Italy, Germany, Spain...
3. a. history is the study of past events; a story is a description of people and events who/which are not real; a legend is an old story that may or may not be true. b. a republic has an elected government and an elected leader; a dictatorship is a country ruled by a leader who has total power. c. a politician is someone who works in politics and represents a political party; a policy is a government's plan of action. d. an MP is a Member of Parliament; the PM is the Prime Minister.
   

• Vocabulary Bank

History - A 5 - B 2 - C 1 - D 6 - E 3 - F 4 c.

Fill in the gaps. 1. monarchy - 2. Civil War - 3. arms - 4. leader - 5. defeat 6. surrendered - 7. executed - 8. dictator - 9. rule - 10. revolution.

Politics

1. UK
2. UK
3. USA (in the UK the two houses are called the House of Commons and the House of Lords)
4. Both (in the UK the Labour party and the Conservative party, in the USA the Republicans and the Democrats)
5. UK
6. UK
7. USA
8. USA
9. UK
10. Neither
11. Both
12. Both
13. Neither
14. Both
    

Expand your knowledge: Britology - http://britologywatch.wordpress.com/2007/12/08/from-a-uk-of-england-and-semi-autonomous-regions-to-a-uk-of-autonomous-nations/

• Speaking - "word families" - Shifting stress.
  1. history - historian - historical
  2. politics - politician - political
  
• Speaking - oral discussion about history and politics...
• American students: Do you want to be my Valentine?

Find out some more about Valentine's day...

Further reading...

http://www.5minuteenglish.com/feb14.htm

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Valentine

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-history-valentine.htm

And some listening...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/britain/090210_nab_valentine.shtml -

HOMEWORK: Reading pp. 46-47.

Workbook - pp.27-29.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB0JdVzMTIY - thanks Luismi for the link...And the rest of you, if you find anything interesting or funny...hey! please share it with us!!