Adjectives Review

• To describe the way a person feels =adjective + ______

• To describe the thing that causes the feeling = adjective + _______

The Olympic Games

• So are you looking forward to the Olympic Games then?• Yeh, I think it’ll be fascinated/ fascinating.• Oh yeh, how come?• Well, so many sports, so many athletes, I’m sure the

organisers will feel exhausted/ exhausting and relieved/ relieving after it all. What about you?

• I’m thrilled/ thrilling that it’s coming to London, but I’m not sure if I can get any time off from work. I’ve asked my boss but he hasn’t got back to me. It’s all a bit awkward/ awkwarding to be honest. But I do think the whole event will be really impressed/ impressive.

• Yeh, but the country will be really embarrassed/ embarrassing if we don’t win any medals right?

The Olympic Games

• So are you looking forward to the Olympic Games then?• Yeh, I think it’ll be fascinating.• Oh yeh, how come?• Well, so many sports, so many athletes, I’m sure the

organisers will feel exhausted and relieved after it all. What about you?

• I’m thrilled that it’s coming to London, but I’m not sure if I can get any time off from work. I’ve asked my boss but he hasn’t got back to me. It’s all a bit awkward to be honest. But I do think the whole event will be really impressive.

• Yeh, but the country will be really embarrassed if we don’t win any medals right?

The official Sponsors of the Olympic Games

Logos Quiz

Which of these brands would be suitable sponsors of the London Olympic Games and why?

Would you say . . . is acceptable?

I reckon . . . is a good choice.

Dju think you’d be happy wiv . . . .?

I’d take . . .cuz . . .

• Can you list five reasons why people are angry about McDonalds being the ‘official’ Olympic sponsor for the 2012 London Games?

How do you think these three women feel about McDonalds being an Olympic sponsor?

Listen and Check

The healthy option = salad

BP = problems Coca Cola = calories and chemicals/ sugar

People have choice

Job creation

British doctorsBiggest McDonalds under construction

Loads of them = 500 Big Macs

Fine-Tuned bodies

McDonalds - Millions of money

Obesity

The Olympics wouldn’t be the Olympics without

McDonalds

Example from the text

The Form

Will be eating

Will be the only restaurateur

Will have been in operation

Will have become

Will + have + past participle

Will + infinitive verb

Will + be + verbing

Answers1. Most people will be eating/ will eat burgers from McDonalds.2. McDonalds will be the only restaurant to sell food in the arena.3. By the end of it, McDonalds will have sponsored the Olympics

for over 30 years4. Alcohol will have become a bigger killer than smoking by 2030.5. 1000 people will be able to fit inside the big McDonalds at one

time.6. Even the athletes will be eating/ will eat food from McDonalds.7. I imagine the organisers will be happy when it’s all over.8. This Olympics will be the greenest Olympics ever.9. A number of people will be holding/ will hold a protest on the

first day of the Olympics.10. By the closing ceremony, the government will have spent 900

million pounds on the Olympic Project.

Write a letter to the London Olympic games, complaining about the choice

of McDonalds as a sponsor.

Writing Tips• Please write between 150-200 words

Include the following things:• State the reason why you are writing.• State the reasons why you are dissatisfied

with the current Olympic sponsor.• State an alternative, and give reasons.• Thank the reader, and say something

positive about the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Start with the phrase:

“To Whom It May Concern”

Homework: Investigate one of the following companies and why they also shouldn’t be Olympic sponsors. Be prepared

to report back to the class next lesson.

• Atos• Disabled People Against Cuts  • BT• Hang Up on the Occupation • Coca Cola• India Resource Centre • G4S• National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns • EDF• Fuel Poverty Action