THAT’S ENGLISH! MODULE 9 – UNIT 1 TIME GOES BY A) GRAMMAR -
IT’S TIME / IT’S HIGH TIME / IT’S ABOUT TIME
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1535_questionanswer /page42.shtml http://www.grammaring.com/its-high-time http://www.englishgrammar.org/high-time/ - IN TIME / ON TIME http://www.ejerciciodeingles.com/ejercicios-distinguir-on-time-in-time/ http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-16425.php - TIME CLAUSES IN THE PAST http://www.carmenlu.com/third/grammar/timecltheory3.pdf http://www.oocities.org/gwyni_99/grnbefpr.html http://www.oocities.org/gwyni_99/grnbefpr2.html http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~mbibliow/timeclauses2_4.html - WH-EVER WORDS http://www.grammar.cl/Notes/Whoever_Whatever_Whenever.htm http://menuaingles.blogspot.com.es/2011/10/wh-ever-words-whenever-whatever.html - TIME CONNECTORS http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/time-expressions-in-english/ http://isabelcota.blogia.com/2011/090501-2nd-bach.-linking-words-exercises-.php
B) “TIME” VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIONS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c49E-dLNkkE https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/word-street/history-scene-2-language-focus http://www.ielts-exam.net/vocabulary/IELTS_Vocabulary_Expressions_with_time/819/ http://www.cram.com/flashcards/time-expressions-nef-advanced-vocabulary-3465211 http://www.saberingles.com.ar/lists/time.html C) READING COMPREHENSION As Time Flies By Numerous films and science-fiction novels have used time travel to send their characters to the past and the future. The technology to make time travel possible, of course, does not exist. But even if the technology needed to travel through the ages did exist, how would it actually work? That question may not have a simple answer at the moment, but it does raise a lot of interesting points regarding what it means to “travel through time.” For a regular student, one piece of this challenge that is easier to think about is not time at all—it’s space. In 2009, a blogger and scientist who goes by the username “Shechner” wrote a detailed examination of time travel in the film Back to the Future. The hero of that story, Marty McFly, travels from the year 1985 to 1955 by driving a car that has a time travel device built into it. During an experiment at the Twin Pines Mall in Hill Valley, California, Marty videotapes the car as it accelerates to 88 miles per hour. Then it disappears in a burst of smoke and flames. One minute later, the car reappears precisely where it disappeared. It has traveled exactly one minute into the future. The interesting thing that Shechner questioned when dissecting this moment is not whether it’s possible for an automobile to travel one minute into the future or 30 years into the past. His question is about where the vehicle will end up: if you do travel through time, how can you be sure you’ll end up in the exact same place that you left? Minutes in Motion Astronomers have spent centuries charting the stars and tracking the movements of planets across space and time. Hundreds of years of research and observations have given our civilization the very idea of time, in the form of days and years. A single day on Earth can be broken into daytime and nighttime. The passing of day and night is caused by the rotation of the planet. Every 24 hours, the earth makes one complete rotation on its axis. During this rotation, the parts of the earth that face toward the sun are in daytime. The parts of the earth facing away from the sun are in nighttime. Just as the earth is rotating on its axis, it’s also traveling through space. Our planet, along with all the other planets in our solar system, makes an orbit around the sun. The amount of time it takes for the earth to make one complete orbit is about 365 days. The way we measure years is based on how long it takes our planet to make it all the way around the sun. While it’s common to think that time is continuously moving forward, it’s also possible to think time is the result of Earth’s planetary motions. In this way, time is about tracking the position of the earth in space. Back to the Future or Flung Into Space? Drawing on this knowledge about space and time, consider the case
of Marty McFly. In the film Back to the Future, Marty watches the time machine travel one minute into the future and appear in the exact same spot. Taking into account the movements of the earth, this seems impossible. If the planet is always rotating on its axis and at the same time always circling the sun, then the Twin Pines Mall parking lot wouldn’t be in the same place it was just one minute earlier. Just how far does the earth move in a single minute? According to Shechner’s calculations, it moves precisely 1,123.17 miles. This number measures the speed of Earth’s orbit around the sun as well as the speed of Earth’s rotation on its axis. It may not seem like it, but every human being on Earth travels over 1,000 miles per minute through space, just by being on the planet. The only thing that stops us from flying off into the atmosphere is gravity. If a time-traveling car cruises one minute into the future, then it could reappear a thousand miles away on another place on the earth’s surface, a thousand miles away from the earth in space, or a thousand miles deep into the earth’s crust. It’s very unlikely, however, that the car would be fast enough to catch up with the movements of the planet to end up in the exact place where it disappeared. This puzzle isn’t enough to ruin Back to the Future, which is considered by some to be a classic of blockbuster films. And if time travel technology is invented someday, the scientists may rely on a theory of time that doesn’t depend on our current understanding of space. In the meantime, though, all of us on planet Earth will keep moving with Earth, experiencing the passing minutes and changing seasons.
Time for change Past presidents will appear on $1 coin. Just in time for Presidents' Day on February 19, [2007] the U.S. Mint is releasing new $1 coins honoring former U.S. presidents. Beginning February 15, [2007], the mint will circulate the first coin, which depicts George Washington—and that's only the start. The series will honor four different presidents per year in the order in which they served in office. On the reverse side of the coin will be the Statue of Liberty. The next three coins released this year [2007] will feature John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. They will debut, or be introduced, throughout the year. "I believe this program is a great opportunity for educating both children and adults about the history of our country," says lawmaker Michael Castle from Delaware. He helped pass the new coin legislation, or law. With the exception of Grover Cleveland, each president will appear on only one coin. Cleveland was the only president to serve two terms that weren't consecutive, or backto-back. To be depicted on a coin, a president must have been dead for at least two years. Past presidents aren't the first people to be depicted on $1 coins. Female leaders Susan B. Anthony and Sacagawea have appeared on the coins. Anthony dedicated her life to fighting for women's rights in the 1800s. Native American guide Sacagawea led explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their westward journey to find a route to the Pacific Ocean. The idea of rotating coin designs comes from the 50 State Quarters Program. Those quarters began circulating in 1999. The State Quarters Program has been very popular, introducing millions of people to coin collecting. The U.S. Mint hopes the presidential coins will be as successful. “Time for Change� Questions _____ 1. The main idea of this passage is: a. most presidents will appear once on a one-dollar coin. b. four new coins will be introduced this year. c. the U.S. mint has started making presidential one-dollar coins. d. lawmakers are hoping that the presidential coins will educate children and adults. _____ 2. Which detail does not support the main idea? a. Coins will debut throughout the year. b. Michael Castle helped to pass the law. c. Only Cleveland did not serve consecutive terms. d. Presidents are not the only historical people to be depicted on coins.
_____ 3. The author quotes Michael Castle because a. he is a coin expert. b. he helped to pass the law. c. he is from Delaware. d. he is a past President. _____ 4. People that will soon be on the presidential coins are a. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison. b. George Bush, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt. c. John Adams, Calvin Coolidge, Bill Clinton. d. James Madison, Jimmy Carter, Benjamin Franklin. _____ 5. List a detail from the passage that supports the main idea and explain how it supports it. _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________
“Time for Change� Answer Sheet _MI_ 1. The main idea of this passage is: a. most presidents will appear once on a one-dollar coin. b. four new coins will be introduced this year. c. the U.S. mint has started making presidential one-dollar coins. d. lawmakers are hoping that the presidential coins will educate children and adults. _MI_ 2. Which detail does not support the main idea? a. Coins will debut throughout the year. b. Michael Castle helped to pass the law. c. Only Cleveland did not serve consecutive terms. d. Presidents are not the only historical people to be depicted on coins. _TF_ 3. The author quotes Michael Castle because a. he is a coin expert. b. he helped to pass the law. c. he is from Delaware. d. he is a past president.
Cl/Ca 4. People that will soon be on the presidential coins are a. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison. b. George Bush, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt. c. John Adams, Calvin Coolidge, Bill Clinton. d. James Madison, Jimmy Carter, Benjamin Franklin. _MI_ 5. List a detail from the passage that supports the main idea and explain how it supports it. Answers will vary. Students should write out a detail and explain how it relates to the main idea._____________________________________ D) LISTENING COMPREHENSION Fast-paced Life: Rory and Abidemi talk about how life is fast-paced these days end everyone, even children, are very busy. http://elllo.org/english/1351/T1388-AbidemiRory-06-FastLife.htm The perfect schedule: Rory and Abidemi talk about times they have had a good working schedule and the times (hours) that they worked. http://elllo.org/english/1351/T1387-AbidemiRory-05-Schedule.htm E) WRITING Write a story (175 words) about a strange or unusual experience you or another person has had. Include the following information: � When and where it happened: describe the setting. � Who was involved: describe what they did and how they felt. � How it ended. (PAGE 19) F) SPEAKING http://iteslj.org/questions/time.html http://teflpedia.com/Time_conversation_questions http://www.esldiscussions.com/t/time.html