2nd Intermediate - Crime

Young criminals. Cyber Bullying

Listen (don't watch!) and complete the blanks with one to three words in the following sentences:

1. Human beings need to create_ social interaction
2. We need to satisfy our_ social appetites
3. Cyber bullies use online communications to harass,_ threaten or embarrass other people
4. Cyber bullying includes assuming false identities_
5. Cyber bullies think their actions will have_ no consequences
6. Images and messages can spread like_ wild fire
7. The internet is now_ contaminated with hatred
8. We have can change our community_ for the better
9. We should use the internet to bring the world_ closer together

 Select the sentences to see the answers.

 Beware! Dangerous criminals are among us! 3 Little Pigs Revisited.


Learn some vocabulary

Crime from Anna Gonzalez

READING: Unusual crimes

Questions and other expressions

Translate these setences into English:

¿Te gustaría ir de vacaciones conmigo?
¿A dónde te gustaría ir?
¿Con quién te gustaría viajar?
¿Has estado allí antes?
¿Qué tenías en mente?
¿Cúando estás libre?
Si tienes tiempo por la tarde, podemos vernos a las 4
¿Podrías buscar información sobre una ONG?
¿Qué tal si ponemos un anuncio en la escuela?
¿Por qué no quedamos el fin de semana para seguir haciendo planes?
He estado pensando que podríamos ser voluntarios
Ayudar a los demás es gratificante

Charities

Film review

A student's film review

A good film review


My favourite film listening exercises

Talking about films
Describing films
How to talk about films + review
Film vocabulary video

Film reviews

Wanna learn how to write your review?

1. This video will give you some hints about film reviews (with transcript).
2. Another video, in this case about book reviews.

Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King

Watch the video and do the quiz





Try the activity here

Modern family

Watch the video and answer the questions:

How has the role of children in the family changed?
Children in the past didn’t use to be the centre of family life
When did this change take place?
by the end of the 20th C
How old is their older child?
their older child is 13
What do Lucy and Michael feel?
They feel their children dominate their home
How has parents’ attitude changed recently?
Current parents are childcentric. It’s in the media, books, parenting classes; everyone is talking about their children
What would Lucy’s mother say in some cases?
her mother would say they are dominated in a way they shouldn’t be. Children rule the house

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