Unit 4. Communicative Activities.

Situation.

Read the text to the situation.

Eva and Mónica know more places and have more and more amazing places in London and friends that will secure miss when they go back home.

On Tuesday, while having drank a coffee at the well-know restaurant, Charlotte Potter, one of the girls' closest friends in London, suggests creating a Instagram account so that they can upload photos and be in touch when go back to Spain.

Eva: Instagram? What is this trendy thing called Instagram that all the cool kids seem to be into? Is it that famous webpage in which people share pictures?

Charlotte:  Yes, that's the one! Instagram is an American photo and video-sharing social networking service.

Mónica: Yes, I know it. Yes, Instagram is a social networking app made for sharing photos and videos from a smartphone. 

Charlotte: It's quite easy; you just enter the webpage and create a new account. Then, you choose a user name and a password and you are ready to upload your photos and have fun! Similar to Facebook or Twitter, everyone who creates an Instagram account has a profile and a news feed. When you post a photo or video on Instagram, it will be displayed on your profile. Other users who follow you will see your posts in their own feed. Likewise, you'll see posts from other users whom you choose to follow.

Eva: Oh, I see! This is like Tuenti in Spain! Does it belong to Google?

Charlotte: No, Instagram belongs to Facebook.

Mónica: Pretty straight forward, right?

Charlotte: It's like a simplified version of Facebook, with an emphasis on mobile use and visual sharing. Just like other social networks, you can interact with other users on Instagram by following them, being followed by them, commenting, liking, tagging, and private messaging. You can even save the photos you see on Instagram.

Eva: Yeah! Great! It sounds really fun and easy to use!

Think about it

Enter the forum and write your classmates and tutor about it.

 Have you got a Instagram, Facebook or Tuenti account? How important is friendship for you? How do you usually keep in touch with your friends? And with those that are far away? Have you connected in the time of confinement by the coronavirus through social networks? How often?

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1.- Reading exercise.

Now it's your turn

Complete the following letter of complaint with the missing words given in the box:

complain / damaged / shipping company / refund / warehouse / goods / checked / shipment

Dear Mr. Johnson,

I´m writing to about a of bathroom showers we received yesterday against our order number: WW-735.

We found that some of them were and they seemed rusty. In addition, the material of some of them was torn, when we the yesterday evening. We informed the that we cannot accept this consignment from you, and the have contacted your insurers.

I am sorry to tell you that we cannot keep those damaged items in our warehouse and so we expect a full from you.

Yours sincerely,

A. Peterson.

Sales manager.

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Now it's your turn

Match each of the following sentences to the correct situation.

We assure you this not happen again

1. Accepting a complaint.
I regret to inform you that we cannot take responsability for this occurrence. 2. Replacement of goods.
We agree that the usual high standards of our products were not met in this instance. 3. A concluding sentence aiming at retaining the goodwill.
We look forward to your continued custom, and to serving you again.

4. Assurance.
We have dispatched the new items. 5. Rejecting responsibility.

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2.- Listening exercise.

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Question

MoneyListen to the audio about Money and answer these questions.

Listening

1) Would he continue to work?

Answers

Yes, he loves his job

No, he would not work

 Only for charity

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Question

What kind of island would he live on?

Answers

Secluded

Desert

Tropical

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Question

Who would go and see him?

Answers

His family

His friends

Nobody

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Question

What would he do?

Answers

Read and study

Fish and swim

All of the above

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Question

Can money make people happy?

Answers

Yes,for sure

No way

No,but it helps

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Translation

Now it's a good moment for come back and read the tapescript.

A Step Ahead

Learn vocabulary from the lesson!
Win the lottery

If you won the lottery, what would you do?

The 'lottery' is a collection of money that someone can win by buying a lottery ticket, in a kind of gambling.  The longer that passes without someone winning the more money you can win.  The money comes from selling lottery tickets.  Notice the following:

  1. I don't know anyone who has won the lottery.
  2. It would be great to win the lottery.
Invest

I would invest my money so that I would never have to work again.

When you 'invest' your money you buy part of a company or a product with the idea that you will make more money when you sell the product or the company is successful. People invest in things like stocks, bonds and property.  Notice the following:

  1. We invested in Starbucks when it was first starting.
  2. He invested his money in many successful companies and now he doesn't have to work.
Tropical island

If I had a million dollars, I would buy a tropical island.

An 'island' is a small piece of land in the ocean, sea or lake that has water on all sides. A 'tropical island' is located in an area of the world that has a tropical or warm climate.  Notice the following:

  1. The cruise ship stopped at a few tropical islands.
  2. We just got back from a vacation to a tropical island.
Secluded

Do you want to be alone on a secluded island?

A 'secluded' place is far away from everywhere else. Notice the following:

  1. Their cabin is in a really secluded area.
  2. He needs a quiet and secluded spot to work or he gets distracted.
Pass the time

How would you pass the time on this island?

How you 'pass the time' is how you spend your time or what you do to keep yourself busy. Notice the following:

  1. How did you pass the time on your vacation?
  2. She likes to pass the time in front of the television.

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3.- Speaking exercise.

Think about it

Think for a while about these questions.

  • Have you got a Instagram, Tuenti or Facebook account? Why?/ Why not? If yes, how often do you use it?
  • What do you think about social Networks? Do you think they are useful? Why/ Why not?
  • Do you think it can be dangerous to share some personal data on the Internet?

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4.- Writing exercise.

Analyze the following structures and try to give an equivalent using a more formal style:

I want my money back.
The items are rubbish.
We won´t buy anything from you again.
You should make it right.
We will sue you.

Translation

Analyze the following structures and try to give an equivalent using a more formal style:

Appendix.- Licences of resources.

Licences of resources used in section "Communicative Activities".
Resource (1)Resource information (1)Resource (2)Resource information (2)
Muñeco construyendo una pirámide.

By: Stoneysteiner.

License: CC by 2.0.

 

From: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stoneysteiner/5713704415

 Pantalla de móvil con diferentes iconos.

By: Gavin Llewellyn.

License: CC by 2.0.

From: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gavinjllewellyn/6235070321/
Cartel de facebook en tonos azul y blanco.

By: Sitmonkeysupreme.

License: CC by-nc 2.0.

From: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sitmonkey/2251266697

 Muñeco junto al logotipo de facebook.

By: Nerds on Call.

License: CC by 2.0.

From: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nerdsoncall/5791977002/
Cristal con la palabra 'Facebook' y palmeras al fondo.

By: Pshab.

License: CC by-nc 2.0.

From: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pshab/498122926/