sábado, 18 de junio de 2011

A picture of health

This is the third out of six episodes in the pre-intermediate video course for Básico 2 and Intermediate 1 students.

Today's episode is divided into four sections. Watch each section without reading the subtitles and answer the questions.



Section one (up to Helen: OK.)
How is Helen feeling? Watch the section and tick her symptons.

sneezing - headache - coughing - feeling sick - temperature - sore throat - body aches - shivering

Section two (up to Helen getting back into bed)
Watch the section and tick the things which Helen does after Matt leaves.

sleeps - reads a book - reads a magazine - watches TV - listens to the radio - drinks soft drinks - drinks soup - eats fruit - eats sweets - stays in bed - sits on the bed

Section three (up to Matt: The perfect cold cure.)
Watch the section and choose the correction option to complete the sentences below.

a) Helen's feeling better / worse.
b) Her throat is still sore / better.
c) She's stayed in bed / got up.
d) She's eaten a sandwich / nothing.
e) She's drunk tea / coffee.

Section four (to the end of the episode)
Watch the final section and say whether the statements below are true or false.

a) Helen isn't feeling hungry.
b) Helen wants to go to work tomorrow.
c) Helen doesn't want to see Simon immediately.
d) Simon wants Helen to get ready to go out.
e) Helen feels too ill to go out.
f) Simon agrees to take Jane to see the salsa band.