Question

Warm Up

1) Read the text. Which of these things does the Slow Movement promote?

fast food restaurants

eating with your family •

yoga and tai chi

difficult exams

2) Do you think the Slow Movement is a good idea?

Why/Why not?

SLOW IS BEAUTIFUL

In the modern world, we do everything fast. We do not have time to relax or spend time with our

family and friends. For people in the Slow Movement, this is crazy. They think we need to slow

down and enjoy life.

Slow Food people cook meals at home and eat at the table with their families and not in front of

the TV. The movement started in Italy in 1986, to protest against the first McDonald's restaurant

in Rome

Slow Cities promote quiet lifestyles, Martin, a 19 year old student, is living in London now but he

comes from Ludlow, Britain's first Slow City. He says, Life in is too fast and noisy. I prefer

Ludlow, my hometown - it's quiet, the air is clean and everybody is relaxed

Slow is beautiful and

Many people are taken yoga or taichi Sophie aten Birmingham is long about hes practice 1

practise everyone

school and I go to dasses twice Teenagers lives are crazy nowadays school we run from extra

language

to music lessons and feel tired a lot of

time Yoga relaxes me and gives me la energy

In Slow Schools students have time to think and discuss ideas. Tests and grades are less

important And luckily, the number of these schools is growing fast

Present Simple and Continuous

Read the Present Simple sentences (1-4) from the text. Match them with the uses (a b)

1 We do everything fost

2 They think we need to slow down and enjoy life.

3 I prefer Ludlow

4 I go to classes twice a week.

a a present state, feeling or opinion

B a habit, a regular activity

Read the Present Continuous sentences (1-2) from the text. Match them with the uses (a-b).

1 Martin is living in London

2 Sophie is talking about her yoga practice,

a It's happening right now, at the time of speaking,

b It's happening around now, not just at this moment

a It's happening right now, at the time of speaking.

the of speaking It's happening around now, not just at this moment

Practice

Match the sentences (1-6) with the contexts (a-b)

1 I'm doing homework.

2 I do homework

a I am a hard working student

b lam busy now.

3 I'm not drinking coffee.

4 I don't drink coffee.

a I don't like the taste

b It's part of my new, healthy lifestyle.

5 I'm walking the dog

6 I walk the dog

a I'm in the park with my dog.

b It's my dog so it's my job to walk him.

Complete the dialogue in a bookshop with Present Simple or the Present Continuous

Alex: Hi, Sonia! What Are you doing (you / do) here?

Sonia: I ___________(look) for a vegetarian cookbook

Alex: _________________ (you / often/cook)? At my home, we ________(not cook). Usually,

my mum ____________(buy) ready-made meals in the supermarket or we ___________(order)

pizza

Sonia: Cooking is fun! My gran_________(teach) me to cook. She __________(never eat) fast

food or ready-made meals. This week we _______(try) some vegetarian recipes.

Alex: 1___________- (not eat) vegetables. I _______ (think) they're horrible!

Sonia: They are not! Why don't you have lunch with us? Gran _________(make) roast

vegetables!​

Answer 1

Respuesta:

no soy bilingüe perdón sorry