Hi, folks!

How was your vacation? I miss you a lot, you know, but I'm sure you're having a great time with Kátia. How was your July vacation? Did you take the trip of your dreams?

I didn't because I didn't have a vacation.

I've taken a lot of exciting trips in my life, and it was hard to choose my best vacation trip ever, but I chose the one I'm going to talk about because it was exciting, adventurous, and challenging, not a regular trip at all!

My husband, my two daughters and I went to Patagônia on our last vacation in January. Our final destination was Ushuaia, but we visited many many beautiful places along the way. Besides Ushuaia, the place I liked the most was Torres del Paine, a park in Chile with an extraordinary scenery and many hiking trails. We went on the shortest one, a seven-hour trail! We camped there and we just loved it!

We drove 18,000 km in one month, traveling a triangle from Brasília to Ushuaia on the Atlantic Coast, and then driving up the Pacific coast to Santiago, from where we headed back.  It was my best vacation trip ever because it was a trip in which I visited many beautiful places I had never heard much about and in which I wore jeans and tennis shoes the whole time. It's rewarding to do something challenging, to take a trip that few people would have the energy to take, especially with two teens.

And you? What is the best vacation trip you've ever taken? It doesn't have to be a trip like mine. Sometimes a trip to Pirinópolis with the right people is better than any fancy trip. Just tell us about it!

Dear students,

Congratulations! You have all passed. I'd like to say that I enjoyed working with you a lot, both for my research and as a teacher this year. You all are fun to work with.

I just hope you keep up with the good homework habits most of you developed so that you will do well in 4B, which isn't easy.

You can count on me for anything you need.

 Have a wonderful winter vacation.

Take care,

Isabela

Folks, here is the answer key:

Unit 6 - Exercise 6

 

Review - Unit 5 and 6

 

A.   1.      scored 2.      root 3.      players 4.      colors / stadium 5.      game

B.   1.      to invite 2.      to make 3.      seeing 4.      to ask 5.      winning 6.      to thank

 

C.   1.      would 2.      didn't use to 3.      used to 4.       would 5.      would 6.      wouldn't

D.   1.      As a result / Consequently 2.      Even so / However 3.      As a result / Consequently 4.      Even so/ However 5.      Also

 

E.   1.      have lost 2.      have you been saving 3.      have taken 4.      have been driving 5.      have known 6.      has been looking

F.   1.      will arrive 2.      X 3.      will always go 4.      will have  and  go 5.      X 6.      will open  and  spend 7.      will turn  and  go

 

G.

 

1.      C

2.      E

3.      A

4.      F

5.      D

6.      B

 

 

 

You have already thought about and read your friends' arguments PRO (in favor) and CONS (against) your opinion regarding the question of whether soccer players make too much money. You've also been taught three different patterns to organize your ideas in an argumentative essay. Here is the link to the complete version of the handout you received:

http://www.buowl.boun.edu.tr/students/types%20of%20essays/ARGUMENTATIVE%20ESSAY.htm

 Before you write your  essay, you are going to write only the introduction. To write an effective introduction, check out the tips in these different websites:

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/intros.htm

http://homeworktips.about.com/od/paperassignments/a/introsentence.htm

http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/eap/essayintrotype.htm

http://www.writingcentre.ubc.ca/workshop/tools/intro_p.htm

First of all, do you know who the 11 best soccer players in the world are?

Check out some fans' opinions:

 http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080409120235AALeZ1W

Now, do you think these players make too much money? Are they worth it?

Check out the sites below to find out how much players like Ronaldo or Beckham make:

http://www.soccer-training-info.com/top_%20professional_soccer_player_salaries.asp

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_average_salary_for_a_professional_soccer_player

Talk with your partner about whether you think they make too much money for what they do or not. Write your answer - yes or no - below, and then write three arguments to support your point of view.