Session 15

 Reported speech 

The snowman could be the symbol of childhood. The girl keeps him alive by keeping him in a fridge.She revisits him year after year maybe because the snowman is the child part of the adult . He represents imagination , innocence, stories, creativity , playing time. Every year the woman re-lives part of her childhood around Christmas and in the end she is accompanied by her daughter, the chance of being a child together with her . 

Backstreet Boys - All I Have To Give (Official Video)

" I don't know what he does to make you cry,

But I'll be there to make you smile

I don't have a fancy car,

 to get to you I'd walk a thousand miles."

He didn't know what the other one did to make her cry but he would be there to make her smile.

He said that he didn't have a fancy car to get to her but he would walk a thousand miles.

"I don't care if he buys you nice things

Does his gifts come from the heart?

I don't know but if you were my girl

I'd make it so we'd never be apart."

He said he didn't care if he bought nice things but he was wondering if his gifts came from the heart. 

He explained if she had been his girl, he would make it so they would never be apart.

"But my love is all I have to give 

Without you I don't think I can live

I wish I could give the world to you

But love is all I have to give . " 

He said love was all he has to give and without her he didn't think he could live.He wished to give the world to her but love was all he had to give.

" When you talk, does it seem like 

he's not even listening to a word you say?

That's ok, babe, just tell me your problems

I'll try my best to kiss them all away."

He said when she talked that it seemed he was not even listening to a word she said. He comforted her saying to tell him her problems because he would try his best to kiss them all away.

Simply Red - You Make Me Feel Brand New (Official Video)

"My love

I'll never find the words, my love

To tell you how I feel, my love

Mere words could not explain

Precious love

You held my life within your hands

Created everything I am

Taught me how to live again"

badge - insigna 

frying pan = tigaie 

He said that he would never find the words to tell her how he felt.Mere words couldn't explain his precious love . He said she had held his life in her hands and she had created everything he was and she had taught him  how to live again.

Session 14

 Textbook page 42 

escalator = scara rulanta

elevator = lift = lift 

to book (ed) = a rezerva/ a face rezervare 

2/ 42 

• 1. My dad’s worked as a scientist for 20 years.
  My dad started working as a scientist 20 years ago .
• 
  
• 2. I really don’t understand physics. I would like to understand it.
  
  I wish I COULD UNDERSTAND  physics.
• 
  
• 3. I’m quite sure he doesn’t like science.
  He really doesn’t like science, DOES HE  ?
• 
  
• 4. Before Mr O’Brian was our teacher, I didn’t like science much.
  I DIDN'T  like science before Mr O’Brian became our teacher.
• I  HADN'T LIKED science before Mr O’Brian became our teacher.
• 
  
• 5. I always fail biology tests because I don’t understand things.
  If I understood things, I WOULDN'T FAIL  biology tests.
• 
  
• 6. I don’t enjoy science fiction, and Jim doesn’t enjoy science fiction.
  I don’t enjoy science fiction, and NEITHER DOES  Jim.
• 
  

• I don’t enjoy science fiction, and NEITHER DOES  Jim, ....NOR .....Mark .

EITHER ...OR 

NEITHER ....NOR 

• • He’s a bit angry – I think you 'D / HAD better apologise to him.
  • I’m DOING  my homework now, so I’ll talk to you later.
  • If you WORKED harder, you would do better at school.
  • You never MAKE / HAVE  time for your friends.
  • He runs more quickLY  than me.
  • It’s late. We’d better GO  home now.

• TO FANCY = to like 
• to feel like = a avea chef 

to count smb out = a nu pune pe cineva la socoteala 

The beginning of the text is about a woman who found out that she had cancer and she would die in a year. After she had heard that she decided to spend all her left time watching birds. 

to spot (ed) = a zari / a observa 

spotter = observator 

Phoebe was doing something that she enjoyed and that helped her be a survivor.

to borrow (ed) = a lua cu imprumut 

to lend - lent -lent = a da cu imprumut 

Session 13

 Alexandra's suggestions:

~https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/grammar/past-simple-or-past-continuous-tense/teaching-songs-past-simple/6960
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4A5XuMz_Tw

to strum (ed) = a zdrangani /a canta prost / a improviza

~https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/grammar/past-perfect-simple-or-continuous-tense/ride-twenty-one-pilots/92403
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw-0pbY9JeU

~https://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw-0pbY9JeUen.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/grammar/past-simple-tense/i-will-survive/100849
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARt9HV9T0w8

~https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/material-type/activities-songs-and-nursery-rhymes/dancing-queen-abba/49643
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s

~https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/material-type/fun-activities-and-games/song-worksheet-lay-all-your-love-me/29609
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCUL9XwLyPA

Indirect speech 

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech.html

Exercises 

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercise-1.html

A) Change the following sentences from DIRECT to INDIRECT SPEECH:

 

1.      He said, “I will be here at noon.”

He said that he would be here at noon.

2.      Mary said, “The train will probably arrive on time.”

Mary said the train would probably arrive on time.

3.      He said, “I have to finish this report by five o’clock.”

He said he had to finish that report by 5 o'clock.

4.      The doctor said, “Mr. Smith will improve quickly.”

The doctor said Mr. Smith would improve quickly .

5.      William said to me, “I am leaving  in the morning.”

William said to me that he was leaving in the morning . 

6.      The teacher said, “Everyone has to write a composition.”

The teacher said everyone had to write a composition .

7.      John said, “I saw that movie on Wednesday ."

John said that he had seen that movie on Wednesday.

8.      Helen said, “I have read that book.”

Helen said she had read that book.

9.      Mary said to John, “I cannot go to the movie with you.”

MAry said to John that she couldn't go to the movie with him.

10.  John said, “I have finished studying my lesson.”

John said he had finished studying his lesson .

11.  Mary remarked, “John speaks English well.”

Mary remarked John spoke English well. 

12.  William said to me, “I will not see Mr. Jones until Tuesday.”

William said to me that he wouldn't see Mr. Jones until Tuesday . 

13.  Mr. Smith said, “I will refuse their offer.”

Mr. Smith said he would refuse their offer.

14.  John said, “I certainly hope it won’t rain tomorrow.”

John said he certainly hoped it wouldn't rain the following day .

15.  Henry said, “I can meet them later.”

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16.  The boy said, “I am only eight years old.”

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17.  She said to me, “The lights have gone out.”

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18.  The man said, “The telephone is out of order.”

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19.  He said, “I will never speak to her again.”

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20.  I said to the clerk clearly, “I have already paid that bill.”

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