Hello everyone,
This is the first part of the homework schedule for this week.
– Real World: Buenos Aires. You have very interesting and entertaining exercises on pages 66-67, which as usual are varied in format and good practice to improve your speaking skills in an informal register. Do the reading and listening activities and check your answers on pages 301-2.
Download the video and watch it several times to answer the questions. Go through the vocabulary and note the language style, typical of travel programmes and brochures, which repeatedly appears in these sections (famous for, renowned for, home to, if you’re into). These are suggested answers:
The city of Buenos Aires: capital city of Argentina, over 2 million tourists per year.
9 de Julio Avenue: one of the widest streets in the world.
Teatro Colón: famous for its classical music and opera.
Palacio del Congreso: home to Argentina’s parliament; dome weighs about 3, 000 tonnes
La Boca: home to Caminito, famous for its bright, colourful buildings and Boca junios football stadium.
There will be more work for this week coming soon. Check on Wednesday.
Stay well!
