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LESSON 1 - FAMOUS RECORD HOLDERS

As you may know many people each year try to find their place in the WORLD BOOK OF RECORDS. 

Have you ever heard about it?

1) You are to work on a project to make a "CLASS BOOK OF RECORDS".

α. Do you know any athletes who have won world records? Name some.

b. Have you been to the theatre? Have you seen a theatrical play on TV? If yes, what have you seen / watched?

2) Study the 2 texts in your book and learn the unknown vocabulary in the glossary .

* SWIMMING

Unit 7_Lesson 1_1st text

* THEATRE

Unit 7- Lesson 1_2nd text

* Shows (picture dictionary)

PHOTODENTRO

Here are two extracts from a newspaper article. 

EXTRACT 1

A. Study the text well.

Have ever heard about Ian Thorpe ?

DIGITAL STORY - IAN THORPE

photodentro

Ian the 'Thorpedo'

Ian James Thorpe, nicknamed 'Thorpedo', has been an Olympic Gold Medal swimmer and one of the world's best-ever middle-distance swimmers.

Born October 13, 1982, in Sydney, Australia, Thorpe has completely dominated the 400 meter freestyle event since 1998, winning the event at the 2000  Summer Olympic Games, the 2001 Fukuoka World Championships and again in Athens. He has also won both the 200m and 800m freestyle (for which he holds the world record), and he is one of the fastest 100m freestylers in the world. Thorpe has pushed Australian relay teams to exceptional success, winning 4x100 and 4x200 freestyle relay golds in Sydney. In total, Thorpe has broken 22 world records so far.

Thorpe won the 200 and 400 meter freestyle races at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. He has won five Olympic gold medals, more than any other Australian.

Click here to watch the final   Ian Thorpe wins Men's 400m freestyle final | Sydney 2000 (video 8:33)

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B. Watch the digital story on Ian Thorpe. It's a reading activity in the form of a quiz.

* Digital Story - Ian Thorpe  

Lesson 1 – Reading D  , pupil's book, p.140 _ Appendix II  

HEADLINE NEWS 

Why is Ian Thorpe retiring?

November 21, 2006

Australia's greatest Olympian Ian Thorpe has announced his retirement from competitive swimming.

The five-time Olympic gold medallist, and multiple world record holder, has told the audience at a press conference in Sydney that he is quitting the pool at the age of 24.

He told today of the dizzying heights and setbacks that marked his career as he announced that he is stopping his professional swimming career.

He said swimming was no longer at the top of his priority list, saying there were other things more important in his life.

Thorpe said he made the decision on Sunday shortly after deciding he would not compete at next year's world championships in Melbourne.

"As of 2:53 on Sunday afternoon I decided I would not be swimming the world championships again,'' Thorpe said. "I also made a very difficult decision that day that I am actually going to discontinue my professional swimming career…

From The Sydney morning herald : http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/11/21/1163871376986.html

Latest info:

After his triumph in Athens, Thorpe spent a year away from swimming. He returned to the pool to prepare for the 2006 Commonwealth Games, but he was forced to withdraw from that event because of illness. In November 2006 Thorpe shocked the swimming world by abruptly retiring from the sport at age 24. In February 2011 he announced that he would return to international swimming in preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England, but he failed to qualify for the Australian Olympic team.

source : Britannica 

SELF - ASSESSEMENT ACTIVITY

How much do you remember from the text you've just read? Do the self-assessment activity to find out.

Activity on  IAN THORPE 

ΑΣΚΗΣΗ ΣΤΗΝ e-class

EXTRACT 2

A. Study the text well.

'Phantom of the Opera' success   

After eighteen years the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, 'Phantom of the Opera', has become the longest running show in Broadway history.

Besides being the longest-running show in Broadway history, the 'Phantom of the Opera' is also among the most successful entertainment productions of any kind ever. Across the world, 'Phantom' has made three point two billion dollars. You can compare that to the Hollywood movie, Titanic, which has made less than half of that figure.

'Phantom' originally opened to mixed reviews here, but eighteen years later it is still playing to packed audiences every night.

For Andrew Lloyd Webber, last night's record-breaking performance was a sweet moment.

At a post-show party at the Waldorf Astoria, where the British composer met his guests has said he was really excited by the production's success and noted that 'Phantom' had taken the longest-running Broadway record from 'Cats' - another of his own musicals.

Click here to watch and listen to ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (video)
Δημιουργός: The Phantom of the Opera

For more info visit the site of wikipedia The Phantom of The Opera'   

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B. Digital story  of the passage in the book

After reading the text, click on the digital story to answer some comprehension questions on the text.

SELF - ASSESSEMENT ACTIVITY

How much do you remember from the text you've just read? Do the self-assessment activity to find out.                                       

Activity on 'The Phantom of the opera'

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G R A M M A R

Present Perfect Tense

Let's see how Present Perfect Tense is used and also see the differencies between Present Perfect and Simple Past

A. How about listening to the song of Present Perfect first? I hope you like it.

# Song of the Present Perfect (Learning English Songs - Jes) (2:27)
Δημιουργός: Learning English Songs

Learn the Song of the Present Perfect with another great tune performed by teacher Jes. Watch, sing, enjoy and learn!

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B. Let's see how it is formed and used more explicitely:

* 1. PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE presentation.pdf
USES AND FORMATION RULES OF PRESENT PERFECT

* 2. PRESENT PERFECT VS SIMPLE PAST.pdf
DIFFERENCIES OF THE TWO

* 3. PRESENT PERFECT VS SIMPLE PAST.pdf no2

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Let's watch some videos for further practice on Present Perfect.

*What have you done lately? Present Perfect Tense (5:53)
Δημιουργός: Easy English

Learn how to use the present perfect tense through a short story and pay attention to the time expressions used like ever, never, just, always, already, yet.

* Present Perfect Tense - part 2 (fill the gap) (2:21)
Δημιουργός: Alya Saad

Fill in the gaps with the verbs in the present perfect orally when the video pauses.

* Kids 6, Touchstone 3 : THE PINK PANTHER _ THE PRESENT PERFECT IN ENGLISH (6:16)
Δημιουργός: Êxito idiomas

W O R D W A L L    G A M E S 

GRAMMAR PRACTICE

PLAY THE GAMES AND GET MORE PRACTICE ON THE 2 TENSES SEEN IN THIS UNIT

1) PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS_1    What's the correct choice?

2) PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS_2

3) PRESENT PERFECT - THE RULES _ FILL IN THE GAPS. DRAG AND DROP THE WORDS IN THE GAPS.