Lesson 28. Special Abilities

Learning ObjectivesAfter this lesson, students will be able to:

• Describe ones talent or ability.• Use can and can’t to talk about abilities.• Explore the life of Salvador Dali.• Talk about basic survival skills.• Practice pronunciation of /S/ and /T/ sounds.

Learning Objectives 2

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Warm Up 3

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Do you have any talents or abilities in any of the following?

music sports arts computer

Can and Be able to 4

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Find out how many people …

_____ Can wake up in the morning without an alarm._____ Can whistle a song._____ Can eat a lot without gaining weight._____ Can save money._____ Can name five vegetables in five seconds._____ Can say good bye in five languages._____ Can remember their best friend’s birthday._____ Can type without looking at their fingers._____ Can say the alphabet backwards._____ Can remember what they ate for lunch yesterday.

We use “can” and “be able to” when we express about our power or skill to do something.

Reading Exercise 5

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Salvador Dali was born in 1904 in Figueres, Cataluna, Spain. Totranscend his paralyzing shyness, his uncle told him to become anactor and pretend he was an extrovert. In 1931, Dali painted thework that become most celebrated, “la Persistencia dela Memoria”(Persistence of Memory). The theme of the painting was his rejectionof the belief that time is rigid. As an artist, Salvador Dali was notlimited to a particular style or media.

The body of his work , from early impressionist paintings through his transitional surrealist woks,and into his classical period, reveals a constantly growing and evolving artist. Dali worked in allmedia, leaving behind a wealth of oils, watercolors, drawings, graphics and sculptures, films,photographs, performance pieces, jewels, and objects of all descriptions. As important, he left forposterity the permission to explore all aspects of one’s life and to give them artistic expression. In1988, Dali suffered from a heart attack, and after many years of suffering, he dies the followingyear at the age of 84.

Reading Comprehension 6

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Answer the following questions.

1. Who was Salvador Dali2. What’s Salvador Dali’s most celebrated painting?3. What is his painting all about?4. What did he reject in his art works?5. what did Salvador Dali leave behind?6. What did Salvador Dali suffered from?7. What age did he die?

Vocabulary Build Up 7

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1. I can make ………. (something).2. I can use ………. (a machine or program).3. I can play ………. (a sport).4. I can do ………. (something).5. I can speak ……….. (a language).6. I can swim / run / cycle ………. (a distance).7. I can cook ………. (a dish).8. I can draw ………. (something).9. I can play ………. (a musical instrument).10.I can ride/drive ………. (a vehicle, an animal).

We use the past tense to express the ability we can do in the past.• I could run very

fast when I was 25 years old.

• I was able to sing beautifully when I was at school.

Discussion Points 8

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Building a Fire

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Creating Potable Water

Foraging for Food Tying Knots

Making a Weapon Building a Shelter Giving First Aid Fishing and Trapping

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Learning Objectives 9

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1. play / Can / piano. / you / the / ?2. talent / singing. / I / in / no / have3. able / write / I / with / hands / both / am / to / hands.4. cook / hundred / for / She / people. / a / can5. play / can’t / John / golf.6. said / He / couldn't / to / drive / work / he7. home / finish / Do / think / you / can / it?8. work / go / I / sick / because / can’t / to / am / I / today

9. Tom / horse. / and / Sarah / can / ride / a10. bake / you / cake / cheese / Can / a /?

Speaking Drill 10

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1. What do you think is your special ability?2. Do you know anyone who has a special ability?3. Do you consider yourself a creative person?4. What skills would you like to learn? Why?5. How can people learn new skills?6. Do you think English is an important skill? Why?7. What kind of skills and abilities are useful these days?8. Is there any skill or ability that you could do before but not anymore?9. Do you want to have skills in arts?10. Do you think acting is a skill?

Express Yourself

Pronunciation Drill 11

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