O R A L P R A C T I C E Lessons 1 - 25 - Shenker
O R A L P R A C T I C E Lessons 1 - 25 - Shenker
O R A L P R A C T I C E Lessons 1 - 25 - Shenker
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OP 5 - WORDS - Alternate expressions; more countries and nationalities<br />
- Let's practise some "ALTERNATE" expressions… If I say: "Jim's a taxi-driver", you say: "Jim's a cabdriver",<br />
or if I say: "He's from Canada", you say: "He's Canadian". OK?<br />
A "paraphrasing" exercise to review vocabulary.<br />
Jim's a taxi-driver.<br />
He's from Canada.<br />
He's got two children...<br />
a son and a daughter.<br />
His brother's wife…<br />
is from Ireland.<br />
His sister's husband<br />
is from Holland<br />
He's got a mobile phone.<br />
His building has got a lift.<br />
It's near the underground.<br />
39<br />
Jim's a cab-driver. (in FYI L. 5)<br />
He's Canadian.<br />
He's got two kids...<br />
a boy and a girl.<br />
His sister-in-law…<br />
is Irish.<br />
His brother-in-law…<br />
is Dutch.<br />
He's got a cell phone.<br />
His building has got an elevator.<br />
It's near the subway.<br />
- Right. Jim's from Canada, so he's Canadian, and his sister-in-law is from Holland, so she's Dutch.<br />
Now…Let's practise some more nationalities.<br />
Similar exercise in lesson 1. This is not just about words; there's quite a bit of comprehension involved.<br />
My friend Sven is from Norway - from Oslo - so he's…<br />
And his wife Birgit is from Stockholm, in Sweden. She's…<br />
Sven's sister Karla lives in Copenhagen, which is the capital<br />
of…?<br />
And Karla's married to Christian, who is from Copenhagen.<br />
What nationality is he?<br />
Now…<br />
Do you know what the capital of Finland is?<br />
And the capital of Belgium?<br />
Right. Now, AMSTERDAM is a big city in…?<br />
Is it the capital?<br />
LISBON is the capital of…?<br />
ZURICH is the capital of…?<br />
And DUBLIN is the capital of…?<br />
Good. Now…<br />
My friend Patrick is a writer, and he's from Dublin, so he's…<br />
His girlfriend, Ingrid, is from Denmark. She's an artist.<br />
Eva, from Stockholm, is a singer.<br />
Her husband, Martti, is ALSO a singer, but he's from Helsinki, in<br />
Finland.<br />
Manuel and Lola are from Lisbon. They're lawyers.<br />
Maximilian is from Zurich. He's a doctor.<br />
Derek is from Amsterdam. He's also a doctor.<br />
Bernard is a BUREAUCRAT. He's from Brussels.<br />
Sven, from Oslo, is an engineer.<br />
And his sister Karla's husband, Christian, from Copenhagen, is<br />
a dentist.<br />
Norwegian.<br />
Swedish.<br />
Denmark.<br />
He's Danish.<br />
HELSINKI<br />
BRUSSELS<br />
Holland<br />
No, it isn't. THE HAGUE is.<br />
Portugal<br />
Switzerland<br />
Ireland, Eire ( / eErE / )<br />
an Irish writer<br />
She's a Danish artist.<br />
She's a Swedish singer.<br />
He's a Finnish singer.<br />
They're Portuguese lawyers.<br />
He's a Swiss doctor.<br />
He's a Dutch doctor.<br />
He's a Belgian bureaucrat.<br />
He's a Norwegian engineer.<br />
He's a Danish dentist.
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