Teachers’ File december 2017bridge 04, december 2017, Volume 212016

Every Teachers’ File (TF) – Activity Tips contains exercises based on the articles in the magazine and songs.The Recording Scripts can be downloaded from the website www.bridge-online.cz once you register with the password: secret.

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LiSTEning CompREhEnSion, REviSing inFoRmATion FRom ThE mAgAzinET

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And Now, the Good News p. 4

A Thousand Miles from Home p. 16

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Christmas Around the World pp. 6–7, cd Track 7

read the three stories: “a Different Kind of Fairy-Tale ending” (a), “haircuts for the homeless have a home” (B) and “crash a Wedding, Find a Family” (c). To which of the stories are the following statements connected?

a B c none

1 A lot of people from one city tried to help.

2 Somebody gave away something valuable for free.

3 A girl met a prince.

4 Somebody was injured with a gun.

5 Two people disliked their family member.

6 A former prisoner was involved in helping.

7 Somebody was singing.

8 A wedding ceremony wasn’t finished.

9 An extremist group was against education for girls.

10 People were laughing.

compare various means of transport in a city. Which means of transport has the most advantages? Give a score from 1 to 10 in each box.

CoST SpEEd ECo-FRiEndLinESS ComFoRT oThER

CARS

TRAmS

BuSES

undERgRound

BikES

The schoolchildren are each from a different country. listen to them talking with their teacher about santa and christmas, and work out where they are from.

Alice: ________________________________

Sally: ________________________________

Tim: _________________________________

michel: _______________________________

What helped you guess? Write down some or all of the keywords connected to each of the kids that helped you guess where the child is from.

Alice: ________________________________

______________________________________

______________________________________

Sally: ________________________________

______________________________________

______________________________________

Tim: _________________________________

______________________________________

______________________________________

michel: _______________________________

______________________________________

______________________________________

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A Tour Through the Outback pp. 12–13, cd Track 9

listen to a story from Jackie’s travels in the australian Outback. Fill the missing information (1–2 words) into the gaps.

A Close Encounter of the Creepy Kindon one particular night we were in the 1 _________________ Territory. We were staying at a campsite near uluru, the famous 2 _________________ formation.

The campsite had kitchen facilities and 3 _________________ huts for sleeping. A tour-mate and i were doing the dishes after 4 _________________ when suddenly we saw something flash across the floor. it ran under the sink area. Was it a rat? An 5 _________________ ? What was that creature?

We told our guide, a very knowledgeable 6 _________________ man. luckily, along with knowledge, he also had big steel 7 _________________ .

The creature came out briefly again and he stomped it 8 _________________ .

Then he told us what it was. it was a centipede – a very 9 _________________ centipede with a venomous bite that can kill a child or an 10 _________________ person. its poison wouldn’t kill a healthy adult, but it’d make them feel 11 _________________ indeed.

i couldn’t sleep well that night. The wind rattled our huts, and i 12 _________________ centipedes everywhere. but, thankfully, i didn’t see 13 _________________ .

centipede – a small, long, thin animal with many legs

Doctor Who: The Doctor’s Regeneration pp. 14–15, cd Track 11

Listen to a dialogue based on the audition script for the 12th Doctor (actors had to perform this dialogue when the creators of the show were choosing the actor to play the 12th Doctor). The Doctor has just regenerated and is talking with his companion about his new body and what has changed.

Decide if the following statements are true (T) or False (F).

T F1 The doctor can no longer hop.

2 The companion thinks that the doctor looks all right.

3 The doctor has a bigger chin now.

4 The companion is of a different height.

5 The companion is wearing perfume.

6 The doctor hasn’t got used to his new identity yet.

Cars or Public Transport? p. 16, cd Track 13

listen to two people talking about cars and about how to improve the transport in their city.

TAsK 1add the missing information to the notes. Use only the information from the recording, not your own knowledge.

1 People need cars in the city for:

_______________________________________________

2 Things other than public transport that could solve problems with traffic jams:

_______________________________________________

3 Ways in which public transport is better than cars:

_______________________________________________

4 The improvement both speakers agreed on:

_______________________________________________

TAsK 2answer the following questions:

1 What is car pooling?

______________________________________________________

2 What system do they have in london?

______________________________________________________________

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sufjan stevens: The Friendly Beasts cd Track 14

guESSing, LiSTEningT

Try to put extracts a–J in the correct places to complete the descriptions of the animals and their actions in the song. Then listen to the song to check your answers.

A all white and red

B around Him stood

C from the rafters* high

D my manger* for His bed

E my wool for His blanket warm

F shaggy and brown

G so that He would not cry

H uphill and down

I was glad to tell

J with curly horn

Jesus our brother, strong and good

Was humbly born in a stable rude

And the friendly beasts* 1 _________________________________

Jesus our brother, strong and good

“i,” said the donkey 2 ________________________________

“i carried His mother 3 ________________________________

i carried His mother to bethlehem town”

“i,” said the cow 4 ________________________________

“i gave Him 5 ________________________________

i gave Him my hay to pillow His head”

“i,” said the sheep 6 ________________________________

“i gave Him 7 _________________________________

He wore my coat on christmas morn*”

“i,” said the dove 8 ________________________________

“i cooed* Him to sleep 9 ________________________________

We cooed Him to sleep, my mate and i”

Thus every beast by some good spell

in the stable dark 10 ________________________________

of the gifts they gave emmanuel*

Glossary *rafters – large pieces of wood that

support a roofmanger – an open box from which cattle

and horses feedbeasts – animalsmorn – morningto coo – to make a soft “coo” soundEmmanuel – refers to Jesus Christ

Tim Minchin: White Wine in the sun cd Track 16

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listen to the song and decide if the following are true (T) or false (F). T F

1 He likes christmas a lot.

2 He’s quite religious.

3 He doesn’t like that christmas is commercial.

4 He’s going to see his relatives.

5 His relatives will be drinking wine.

6 He’s looking forward to going to church because of the music.

7 He’s happy with small presents.

8 He’s going to give his daughter a puppy on her first day of primary school.

9 His daughter has blue eyes.

10 His daughter might be very far from home at christmas in the future.

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SoluTioNS From THe mAgAZiNeTo Believe or not to Believe p. 91 christianity, christian, christian, i, c, b2 Judaism, Jew, Jewish, V, A, d3 islam, muslim, muslim/islamic, ii, d, c4 buddhism, buddhist, buddhist, iV, e, e 5 Hinduism, Hindu, Hindu, iii, b, a

Sun, Sea and Santa pp. 6–71 england, 2 North Korea, 3 Nigeria, 4 New Zealand, 5 Palestine, 6 The united States, 7 belgium, 8 South Africa

Czech Edition: Listening – part Four p. 101b, 2c, 3b, 4b

Slovak Edition: B1: Reading – part 1 p. 1001F, 02g, 03d, 04H, 05A, 06i, 07b

Slovak Edition: B2: Language in use, part one p. 1101b, 02A, 03b, 04c, 05A, 06d, 07c, 08d, 09d, 10c, 11d, 12b, 13c, 14c, 15d, 16b, 17A, 18c, 19d, 20b Shakespeare’s Corner czech edition: p. 11, Slovak edition: p. 17guess the meaning: bvocabulary in a modern Context: 1d, 2b, 3e, 4c, 5A

mind Benders czech edition: p. 11, Slovak edition: p. 17Antonio, 5, blond, 6, tabletisabel, 6, black, 5, XboxJenna, 12, red, 1, skisJose, 14, blond, 2, smartphoneKevin, 12, brown, 4, hamsterKatie, 10, brown, 3, minecraft

Czech Edition: do You know Who? p. 141 important, 2 childish, 3 interesting, 4 certain, 5 best, 6 powerful, stupid

Czech Edition: A danger hidden from Sight p. 171c, 2A, 3b, 4e, 5d

The music of Christmas p. 18A Carol from the new World: 1 drew nigh, 2 enwrapped, 3 a lodge of broken bark, 4 ragged robe, 5 hunter bravesChristmas in the Sun: 1 if, 2 or, 3 from, 4 and, 5 for

Christmas Crackers p. 191 “tree” and “three” sound similar, 2 “mince spy” sounds like “mince pie”, 3 “quack” is the sound that a duck makes and “quacker” sounds similar to a “cracker”, 4 “by icicle” sounds similar to “bicycle”, 5 “eye” sounds the same as the letter “i” (“fish with no “i”s).

SoluTioNS From THe TFAnd now, the good news1c, 2b, 3 none, 4A, 5 none, 6b, 7 none, 8 none, 9A, 10c

Christmas Around the WorldAlice: the uSA, Sally: New Zealand, Tim: the uK / england, michel: belgium

A Tour Through the outback 1 Northern, 2 red rock, 3 wooden, 4 dinner, 5 insect, 6 Aboriginal, 7 boots, 8 dead, 9 large, 10 elderly, 11 very bad, 12 imagined, 13 any more

The doctor’s Regeneration1T, 2F, 3F, 4F, 5T, 6T

Cars or public Transport? TASk 11 carrying the shopping home, taking the kids to school2 bigger roads, tunnels, car pooling3 it’s safer, you can read or chat, it’s less expensive, less polluting4 trolleybusesTASk 21 when more people (for example groups of neighbours) use the same car when they need it2 drivers need to pay if they want to use cars in the city

The Friendly Beasts1b, 2F, 3H, 4A, 5d, 6J, 7e, 8c, 9g, 10i

White Wine in the Sun1T, 2F, 3T, 4T, 5T, 6F, 7T, 8F, 9T, 10T

The huron CarolTASk 1lord in heaven (3), resting shepherds (6), humble stable (9), simple cloth of wool (11), shepherds (13), three wise kings (22), gold, incense and myrrh (22), these christian lands (25), the lord above (26)TASk 2(in order) d, F, b, g, A, e, i, c, H

it’s december1l had, 2T miss, 3l were, 4T remember, 5T hope, is, 6T am, waiting, 7T wish, could be

Prairie Rose Rangers: The Huron Carol cd Track 15

TAsK 1The lyrics written here tell the story of the Nativity (= birth of Jesus) as we know it in europe. read them, then listen to the song and underline the parts of the story that were changed to make it more relevant to the huron people. Note that the first verse is sung in Wyandot (it is not written here).

1 ’Twas in the moon of winter-time2 When all the birds had fled*3 That mighty lord in heaven4 Sent angel choirs instead5 before their light the stars grew dim6 And resting shepherds heard the hymn7 Jesus your King is born, Jesus is born8 in excelsis gloria9 Within a humble stable*

10 The tender* babe was found11 Simple cloth of wool12 enwrapped His beauty round13 but as the shepherds drew nigh14 The angel song rang loud and high15 Jesus your King is born, Jesus is born16 in excelsis gloria17 The earliest moon of wintertime18 is not so round and fair19 As was the ring of glory*20 on the helpless infant there 21 Three wise kings before him knelt22 With gold, incense and myrrh23 Jesus your King is born, Jesus is born24 in excelsis gloria25 children of these christian lands26 Seed* of the lord above27 The Holy child of earth and heaven28 is born today for you29 come kneel before this radiant* boy30 Who brings you beauty, peace and joy31 Jesus your King is born, Jesus is born32 in excelsis gloria

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TAsK 2Next, read the phrases that are actually in the song. With a partner, work out where they should go. Then listen again to check your answers.

A hunter braves

B lodge (= cottage) of broken bark (= the “skin” of a tree)

C the forest free

D gitchi manitou

E chiefs from far

F wandering hunters

G ragged robe (= simple long coat) of rabbit skin

H manitou

I gifts of fox and beaver pelt (= animal skins with fur)

Audrey Hannah: It’s December cd Track 17

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listen to the song and decide which of these things happened last December (l) and which are happening now, this December (T). choose the correct verb form in each case.

l T1 i had / have / have had your love.

2 i missed / am missing / miss you much.

3 You have been / were / are holding me.

4 i remembered / remember all the happy times with you.

5 i hoped / had hoped / hope my gift was / is you.

6 i was / am sitting here and wait / waiting.

7 i wished / wish / could wish that i could / would / will be a shining star.

Glossary*fled – gone, flown awaystable – a house for horses or

cowstender – gentle, delicate

glory – wonderfulness, holinessseed – childrenradiant – shining with light

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