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8 TEACHING PACK-DEPARTAMENT OF ENGLISHTEACHING PACK

Santi and Dorothy used to live in a small town in Catalo-nia. Dorothys family moved to London some time agoand now they are about to welcome Santi and his motherMarta. Some English men who bought Martas brand inBarcelona suddenly offered her a designer job in London.So now they will go to their relatives house in Englandand get used to a new country.

Dorothy speaks English very uently because she hasbeen living in London for some years, but Santis Englishis terrible. He has never had an interest in the Englishlanguage. He has never been interested in studyinganything. Although they are relatives they have never

been friends, so they have the chance to become closerto each other now that they are going to live under thesame roof in ENGLAND.

Santi is in a desperate situation. He cant buy a sandwichor get to High School because nobody can understandhim, nobody speaks his language. Santi needs his friendsto give him a hand, but who are these friends we aretalking about? Well, there is Dorothy, there is Sergi whowill help from the other side of the computer in Barce-lona and there is a girl who will help him a lot and willprobably become more than a friend, Sue.

SYNOPSIS

Open theatre

A NEW COUNTRY

THEATRETEACHING PACK Demelsa Daz

Departament of English.


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09THE COMPANY

Actors/actresses: Annas VazquezCarolina Meijer

Marcel Clement

Albert Ruiz

Lluis Hortet

Author: Albert PueyoSet design: Magatzem d'ArsCostumes: Anna ToroOriginal music: Ferran GonzalezProduction: Magatzem d'ArsDirector: Albert Pueyo

Santi es un joven que, por cuestiones familiares, se veobligado a irse a vivir a Inglaterra con su madre. Comomuchos de sus compaeros, l tampoco sabe ingls, esuna lengua que no le gusta y a la que nunca prestadoatencin en el colegio, a pesar de la insistencia de susprofesores. De un da para otro aterriza en una nuevaciudad y se tendr que adaptar tanto si quiere como sino. En Londres conocer a unas chicas que le ayudarnen ese proceso tan confuso y complicado para l. Ellas leharn descubrir no slo un nuevo idioma, sino tambinmuchas cosas interesantes de la vida. Montar este es-pectculo ha sido una experiencia realmente divertida,

ya que la frescura de los personajes y la mezcla de idio-mas provoca una espontaneidad para los actores y undinamismo que, junto con el texto, hacen del espectculoun caramelito para todos los chicos y chicas que venganal teatro. Viendo la obra, deja de tener importancia elcambio de idioma. Es un hecho que est llevado de unaforma tan natural que, al nal, se interioriza. La buenainterpretacin de los actores hace que el espectculosea realmente interesante y divertido a la vez.

Albert Pueyo


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10 TEACHING PACK-DEPARTAMENT OF ENGLISH

Santi and Dorothy used to live in a small town in Catalonia. Dorothys family moved to London sometime ago and now they are about to welcome Santi and his mother Marta. Some English men whobought Martas brand in Barcelona suddenly offered her a designer job in London. So now they willgo to their relatives house in England and get used to a new country.

Dorothy speaks English very uently because she has been living in London for some years, butSantis English is terrible. He has never had an interest in the English language. He has never beeninterested in studying anything. Although they are relatives they have never been friends, so they

have the chance to become closer to each other now that they are going to live under the same roofin ENGLAND.

Santi is in a desperate situation. He cant buy a sandwich or get to High School because nobody canunderstand him, nobody speaks his language. Santi needs his friends to give him a hand, but whoare these friends we are talking about? Well, there is Dorothy, there is Sergi who will help from theother side of the computer in Barcelona and there is a girl who will help him a lot and will probablybecome more than a friend, Sue.

Santi He is a catalonian teenager. His mother has been employed to work inEngland. His English level is terrible.

Dorothy She is a catalonian teenager. She and her parents have lived in Englandfor some years. Her English level is First Certicate.

Sergi He is one of Santis Catalonian friends, and tries to help him improve hisEnglish conversation via Internet.

1.Read the Synopsis and The Main Characters and say if these sentences are True or False

a) -Santi is a regular student and he speaks a bit of English.

b) -Santi lives in England because his mother decided to close her factory and start anew life.

c) -Dorothy has been Santis best friend since they were children.

d) -Dorothy is in trouble with English and needs Santis help.

e) -Sergi is a Catalonian boy who tries to help Santi improve his conversation.

f) -Santi and Dorothys mothers are just good friends and live in two different cities.

g) -Santi and Dorothy live in England under the same roof.

h) -The factory which Santis mother used to have was bought by some English men.

SYNOPSIS/THE MAINCHARACTERS


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LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Together with these pages you will nd an interactive CD that can be listened to in anysound system. This CD includes one scene and the songs from the play which will developcomprehension and diction skills.

There is a computer le in the CD (it runs automatically once you insert the CD in theCD/DVD drive or you can run it from the root directory by opening index.htm le whichwill lead you to a web site) where you will nd the transcribed scene and songs, as wellas the karaoke of the songs to be sung in Music or English class.

Finally, in this computer le you will nd as well the scripts and teaching packs of eachplay.

1. Songs from the play:

Read the lyrics and underline the words you dont understand.

Listen and follow the lyrics.

Try to deduce the meaning of the words you dont understand from the context.

Look up the words you still dont understand in the dictionary.

Listen and sing each line from the song.

Sing the whole song.

2. Scene from the play:

Read the whole scene and underline the words you dont understand.

Listen and follow it in the script.

Try to deduce the meaning of the words you dont understand from the context.

Look up the words you still dont understand in the dictionary.

Listen and repeat each line from the script.

Read the whole scene with a partner.

Santi: No,no,no.Football is the best sport in the world. Do you know what Idiscovered the other day?

Dorothy: what?

Santi: That football was invented by English men. If it hadnt been for them, in Spainmen would all be bullghters.

Dorothy: Jajajaja.Ok, now its time to give you your nal mark. (hace de profesora)

Entra la madre.Dorothy: Oh, She is your mother, isnt it Mr.Santi?

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Santi: Yes.

Dorothy: Then would you please sit next to us? I was going to tell Santi the mark hesgot in this course right now.

Madre: Im conviced hes going to pass. You must know he has studied all day and allnight, Mrs. Teacher.

Dorothy: And the nal mark of Mr. Santi Puig is of7,2!

Santi: Yeeeaah!!!! I have passed!! (les da besos a todas) And now I have somethingto do. I must talk to Sue. Thank you you two!

Madre: Santi, wait. Im very proud of you. You remember that I promised you thatif you learned English I would enrol you in the Football school? Look,Ive already paid the registration, you start on Tuesday. Hows that?

Santi: Thank you, mum, youre the best.(se abrazan) But now I must talk to Sue. Idont know if she even wants to look at me.

Dorothy: Come on Santi. Shell undestand it.

Santi: I hope so. Thank you you two(se va)

Madre: (a Dorothy). Is Sue his girlfriend?

Dorothy: Huh?No, no.Well, I dont know. Maybe she is. Im going to do my homeworkwith the computer.

2.Match the words and denitions

SUBJECT place where buses have to stop, to collect people

FACTORY small place where neighbours live

FIRST CERTIFICATE an unpolite person or behavior

TEENAGER young person who is between 13 and 19 years old

NEIGHBOURHOOD place where people go to work

BUS STOP title which is given to people with a good level of English

RUDE each one of the themes into which a school year is divided

VOCABULARY ALL LEVELS


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3.Correct the mistakes

Ive been liveing in Catalonya untill two months ago.

She nish study at 5 oclock.

If she try, he will passes the exam.

Dont distturb me, Im studing.

I think Santi really love her.

At this time tomorrow, Ill be comming to the place I met Sue.

It has stoped rainning.

4. Santis teacher gave this homework to the students, but Santi as usual has problemsto do it. Help Santi ll the gaps:

1. Are there ______ apples in the kitchen?

A) much B) any C) some

2. That is _____ interesting lesson.

A)The B) a C) an

3. I went ______ church last Sunday.

A) at B) in C) to

4. What _____ he like? - He is very friendly.

A) does B) did C) is

5. I ________ a new folder last month.

A) Bought B) have bought C) buyed

6. How ________ money do you have in your pocket?

A) many B) few C) much

7. He came ______ home late last night.

A) - B) at C) to


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8. Jack is a nice boy, and I like _____.

A) - B) him C) his

9. I get up ______ seven oclock every day

A) in B) on C) at

10. I like __________ music.

A) listen B) listen to C) listening to

5. Put the verbs into the correct tenses

Everyday Santi (get up) at half past eight in the morning and (do) some exerci-

ses in the garden. Then he (have) a shower. He (get dressed) and listens to thenews on the radio. Then he (go) downstairs and (make) breakfast. At the moment,Santi (sit) in the kitchen and (drink) a cup of coffee. He (read) amagazine and (think) about his summer holiday. He (want/go) toBarcelona for two weeks with Dorothy, they (learn) a lot of English, but theywill miss their hometown.

6. Put the correct one in each gap

1-Sorry my friend, but thats how it sounds in English. You are (in/ at) England.

2-Its a bit far (of/ from) here (by/ in/ on) foot.

3-Ill be waiting (at/ for/ to) you here tomorrow (on/ in/ at) the same time.

4-I feel sorry (on/ for/ of/ off) you!

5-I usually get up (in/ at/ on) six oclock a.m.

6- (in /on/ at) school, people say Im silly and stucked-up.

7-Have you known Santi (for/during/ since) a long time?

8-Do you go out often (on/at/in) the weekend


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7. Put when or if in each gap.

1. I go home tonight, Ill have a bath.

2. There is a good programme on TV, Ill watch it.

3. Theres nothing in the fridge, well eat out.4. Ill pay you back the money I get my next pay cheque.

5.Well go skiing next winter we have enough money

6. its a nice day tomorrow, well go swimming.

7. Im coming to London tomorrow. Ill phone you I arrive.

8. Were thinking of going to Spain for our holydays we decide to go, Ill let you know.

8.Santi and Dorothy are practising the Irregular Verbs, could you give them a hand?

INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE MEANING

Be

Kept Kept

Fly Flew

Drawn

Fed

Leer

See

Said

Wrote

Catch

Romper

Took

Escuchar

Build

Cut

Sung

Stand

Taught

Perder

Left


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Got

Find

Told

Entender

Win

Pagar

9. There are words in two languages that are similar in appearance and/or pronunciation.Pay attention to these sentences. If you see any false friend, please correct it.

1. Id like to visit the Sahara Dessert.

2. I used to work as a teacher till I retired; actually I teach my grandaugther Gertrudis.

3. She was embarrassed when she started to work for the Company.

4. You are a mess! Please tide your ropes before an hour, if you want to go for a walk.

5. He is smoking all the time, he smokes 30 cigars a day.

6. The Year Notice: The couple is going to get married next month.

7.Im actually a gment of your imagination

10.Translate this colloquial expressions and use ve of them to make ve sentences. Ask

your teacher if they are correct

1. Calm down

2. Take it easy

3. You are at the end of your tether

4. How rude

5. I feel sorry for you

11. Reading2

This is Sergi, Santis friend. They meet in the net and they e-mail each other very often. As you cansee Sergis life is very different from Santis life. Do the exercise below and then have a conversationwith your mates and compare Santi and Sergis live.

Sergi always ________________ (travel) a lot. In fact, he _____ (be) only two years old when he rst_____ (y) to the US. His mother ___ (be) Italian and his father ___ (be) American. Sergi ___ (born) in


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Catalonya, but his parents ________ (meet) in Cologne, Germany after they ________ (live) there forve years. They ______ (meet) one day while Sergis father __________ (read) a book in the libraryand his mother ________ (sit) down beside him. Anyway, Sergi ________ (travel) a lot because hisparents also __________ (travel) a lot.

As a matter of fact, Sergi ____________ (visit) his parents in Figueres at the moment. He _______

(live) in Barcelona now, but ______________ (visit) his parents for the past few weeks. He really_______ (enjoy) living in Barcelona, but he also _______ (love) coming to visit his parents at leastonce a year.

This year he ___________ (y) over 50,000 miles for his job. He _______________ (work) for Jackson& Co. for almost two years now. Hes pretty sure that he ____________ (work) for them next year aswell. His job __________ (require) a lot of travelling. In fact, by the end of this year, he ____________(travel) over 120,000 miles! His next journey _______ (be) to Australia. He really ________ (not like)going to Australia because it is so far. This time he __________ (y) from Paris after a meeting withthe companys French partner. He _______________ (sit) for over 18 hours by the time he ________(arrive)!

12. Writing

Imagine you are travelling all the time, the same as Santis friend. Write an e-mail to your best friendtalking about your last great trip all over the world. To make it easier choose just the seven countriesthat you like the most.

13. NO GAPS!!! Put spaces in the right places, and make sure the punctuation is correct.

Myalarmclockringsathalfpastsevenandigetupveminuteslaterrstigotothebathroomwhereiwashmy-

selfandbrushmyteeththenigotothekitchentohavebreakfastieattoastandjamandidrinkcoldmilkafter-

breakfastigetreadyforschoolileavemyhouseateightoclockandcatchthebusatquarterpastittakestwen-

tyminutestogettoschool.

14. Put the article if needed:

1. ___Silver is highly valued.

2.___Peter came to see me.3.___Space is innite,

4. They play___basketball.

5.___Human beings are intelligent.6.___Blue car is very old.

7. I like ___coffee very much.

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15. To avoid any mistake similar to what Santi has made, try to memorize this vocabulary.Make at least ten sentences with the words you choose. Show them to your teacher.

A cold Pneumonia

Flu AntibioticTemperature Painkiller

Vomit Rest

Diarrhea Leprosy

Tonsillitis Pain

Cancer Exhaustion

Heart attack Blood test

Anaemia Leukaemia

Medicine Syrup

Thermometer

16. Quiz

See if you can nish the following sentences with the correct question tag. The rst ones are relativelyeasy, but then they get more difcult.

1. You dont like me, .......................?2. It isnt raining, ................?

3. Youve done your homework, ................?

4. Im not late, ............?

5. Im not late, ...............?

6. Im invited to your party,...............?

7. You like German food...................?

8. Youll come to my party................?

9. You remembered to feed the cat...............?

10. Lets play tennis...................?

11. There is a problem here......................?

12. He never says a word...............?

13. Nobody came to your party.................?

14. Dont forget..................?

15. You think you are clever...............?

16. So, you think you are clever...................?


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17. Expressions of quantity. Read the following denitions and ll the gaps.

Expressions of quantity

SOME: is generally used in positive sentences.

ANY: is generally used in questions and negatives

MUCH: is generally used in questions and negatives + uncountable nouns

MANY: is generally used in questions and negatives + countable nouns

A LOT OF : is used in positive sentences +countable and uncountable nouns

A FEW: is used with countable nouns

A LITTLE: is used with uncountable nouns

a) Have you got eggs?

b) There are biscuits in the tin.

c) Hes got of money.

d) There arent parks in my town.

e) There is salt, but there isnt pepper.

f) How money can you earn per week?

g) There are parks in London.

h) There is whisky left. Help yourself

18. Test

How ambitious are you?

1. In ten years do you hope to:

a) be married with a family?

b) have an interesting but not very well-paid job?

c) have a well-paid job that isnt very interesting?

2. In twenty years time do you hope to:

a) have enough money to pay your bills?

b) have quite a lot of money?

c) have a lot of money?


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3. Here is a list of ten jobs. Wich would you like to do? Put 1 next to your favourite, 2 nextto your next favourite, etc

nurse builder

accountant journalist

teacher artist

politician enginer

policeman/woman

actor/actress/ pop star

4. Is improving your standart of living importat to you?

5. Do you think people who have money should help people who dont have money?

6. How old do you want to be when you have children?

a)18-22 b)23-26

c)27-30 d)over 30

7. When you are playing a game do you always want to win?

8. Can you tell a white lie?

9. Do you think rich people are happier and more interesting than other people?

10. Do you work hard because you want to be succesfull?

11. If you have a job to do, do you do it inmediatly, or do you wait until the last moment?

12. Do you agree with the philosophy Every man for himself?

13. Do you like hard work?

14. Wich of the following is the most important to you?

Love Happiness Money Health


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1. a) F b) F c) F d) F e) T f) F g) T h) T

2. 1-g 2-e 3-f 4-d 5-b 6-a 7-c3. Ive been living in Catalonia until two months ago.

She nishes her studies at 5 oclock.

If he tries, he will pass the exam.

Dont disturb me, Im studying.

I think Santi really loves her.

Tomorrow at this time, Ill go to the place I met Sue.

It has stopped raining.

4. 1-a 2-c 3-c 4-a 5-a 6-c 7-b 8-b 9-c 10-a

5. Everyday Santi gets up at half past eight in the morning and does some exercises in the garden.Then he has a shower. He gets dressed and listens to the news on the radio. Then he goes downstairsand makes breakfast. At the moment, Santi is sitting in the kitchen and drinking a cup of coffee. Heis reading a magazine and thinking about his summer holiday. He wants to go to Barcelona for twoweeks with Dorothy, they are learning a lot of English, but they will miss their hometown.

6. 1.IN 2.FROM/NO 3.FOR/AT 4.FOR 5.AT 6.AT 7.FOR 8.AT

7. 1. When 2. If 3. If 4. When 5. If 6. If 7. When 8. If

8.INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE MEANING

Be Was/were Been Ser/estar

keep Kept Kept Guardar

Fly Flew Flown Volar

Draw Drew Drawn Dibujar

Feed Fed Fed Alimentar

Read Read Read Leer

See Saw Seen Ver

Say Said Said Decir

Write Wrote Written Escribir

Catch Caught Caught Coger

Break Broke Broken Romper

Take Took Taken Coger/Llevar

Hear Heard Heard Escuchar

Build Built Built Construir

Cut Cut Cut Cortar

Sing Sang Sung Cantar

ANSWERS SECTION


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Stand Stood Stood Permanecer

Teach Taught Taught Ensear

Lose Lost Lost Perder

Leave Left Left Ir

Get Got Got

Find Found Found Encontrar

Tell Told Told Decir

Understand Understood Understood Entender

Win Won Won Ganar

Pay Paid Paid Pagar

9. 1. Dessert 2. Actually 3. Embarrassed 4. Ropes

10. 1. Tranquilo 2. Tmalo con calma 3. Ya no puedes ms 4. Que grosero 5. Das pena

11.Sergi has always travelled a lot. In fact, he was only two years old when he rst ew to the US. Hismother is Italian and his father is American. Sergi was born in Catalonia, but his parents had metin Cologne, Germany after they had been living there for ve years. They met one day while Sergisfather was reading a book in the library and his mother sat down beside him. Anyway, Sergi travelsa lot because his parents also travel a lot.

As a matter of fact, Sergi is visiting his parents in Figueres at the moment. He lives in Barcelona now,

but has been visiting his parents for the past few weeks. He really enjoys living in Barcelona, but healso loves coming to visit his parents at least once a year.

This year he has own over 50,000 miles for his job. He has been working for Jackson & Co. for almosttwo years now. Hes pretty sure that hell be working for them next year as well. His job requires a lotof travelling. In fact, by the end of this year, hell have travelled over 120,000 miles! His next journeywill be to Australia. He really doesnt like going to Australia because it is so far. This time he is goingto y from Paris after a meeting with the companys French partner. Hell have been sitting for over18 hours by the time he arrives!

13.My alarm clocck rings at half past seven and I get up ve minutes later. First I go to the bathroom,where I wash myself and brush my teeth.Then I go to the kitchen to have breakfast. I eat toast and

jam and I drink cold milk. After breakfast I get ready for school, I leave my house at eight oclock andcatch the bus at quarter past, it takes twenty minutes to get to school

14.1. Silver is highly valued.

2. Peter came to see me.

3. Space is innite.

4. They play basketball.

5. Human beings are intelligent.

6.THE Blue car is very old.

7. I like coffee very much.

8.THE coffee I drank was very hot.16.1. You dont like me, do you?

2. It isnt raining, is it?


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3. Youve done your homework, havent you?

4. Im not late, am I?

5. Im invited to your party, arent I?

6. You like German food, dont you?

7. Youll come to my party, wont you?8. You remembered to feed the cat, didnt you?

9. Lets play tennis, shall we?

10. There is a problem here, isnt there?

17. a) any b) some c) a lot of d) many e) some/any f) much g) a lot of h) a little

Test how ambitious are you?

1. a0 b5 c10

2. a0 b5 c10

3. 0 nurse/artist rst

2 builder/policeman/ teacher/journalist

5 engineer/actor/actress/pop star

10 politician/accountant

4. yes 10 no 0

5. yes 0 no 10

6. a) 0 b) 2 c) 5 d) 10

7. yes 10 no 0

8. yes 10 no 0

9. yes 10 no 0

10. yes 10 no 0

11. immediatly 10 last moment 0

12. yes 10 no 0

13. yes 10 no 0

14. yes 10 no15. love 0 happiness 5

money 10 health

Score

0-50: you arent very ambitious!!!! you are happy with a quiet life.

50-100 : you are quite ambitious, but you dont to work too hard.

Over 100 : you are very ambitious, good luck and try to be nice to people......

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