Prepared grocery store food / Ready meals

I. Watch the video and answer the questions. Check your answers in "comments".




1. How many shoppers took part in the survey?

2. How many of those shoppers buy meals at the prepared food counter?

3. What do these people have turned this food into?

4. What aren't these foods required to have?

5. What did 'secret shoppers' have the food analyzed for?

6. These are some of the things they found out:

- a 170 gram serving of turkey meatloaf has ____________________________

- a cup of orzo salad has ____________________________

- a piece of tilapia has ____________________________

- chicken parmesan has ____________________________

- mashed potatoes have a preservative to ____________________________

7. How much of the food tested was prepared on site?

8. Why is rostisserie chicken a good deal?

9. How much can other items cost?


II. Watch this other video to learn how to make smarter choices for ready meals.



III. Read a magazine article about ready meals.

A for and against essay

Click here to read some instructions on how to write one of these essays.

Here you have a model.

Linking words

Linking words I: examples and exercises.   

Linking words II and the environment.




Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4



Exercise 1
Exercise 2

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Nuevo Horario Biblioteca EOI

NUEVO HORARIO DE PRÉSTAMO DE LA BIBLIOTECA
Curso académico 2016-2017

LUNES De 12:00 a 13:00
MARTES De 11:00 a 12:00 De 20:00 a 21:00
MIÉRCOLES De 18:00 a 19:00
JUEVES De 13:00 a 14:00

IMPORTANTE: Para acceder al sistema de préstamo es imprescindible presentar el carné de biblioteca de esta EOI. Gracias.

NOTA INFORMATIVA: El servicio de préstamo de esta biblioteca es atendido únicamente por profesores de esta EOI.

Future Time Clauses

Click here to review the grammar and do some exercises.

Expressing The Future In Time Clauses de Dr. Shadia Banjar

What makes somebody a risk-taker?

Watch the video and answer the questions. Check your answers in "comments".

1. What is pretty amazing?

2. What aspects do we usually take into account when evaluating somebody’s personality?

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- compassion

- outgoingness

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3. What does she say about why people choose to take risks?

4. According to psychologist and business professor Elke Weber, what can vary widely from one risk category to another?

5. Who tends to take more risks, generally speaking?

6. What kind of risks do they take?

7. What happens when a male adolescent is being watched by women?

8. When do people (especially men) tend to become less risk seeking?

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9. What examples of social risks that women take does she mention? 

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- wearing unconventional clothes

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- expressing unpopular opinions during a business meeting

10. According to another study, what does experiencing discrimination or rejection lead people to?

Pruebas terminales

Click here to read about some specifications and dates for your exams in June and September.

Happy St Patrick's Day

Click here to listen to a text about the holiday. Don't look at the script, click on the activity to see some comprehension questions.

Read a text and watch a video here.

Why do we take risks?

Click here to listen to a conversation about risks. Don't look at the script. Listen to it only twice and take notes. Then listen and read.
Make a note about new words.

The Phantom of the Pop Era

The school is going to organize a trip to Madrid. Click here to see the information and talk to me as soon as possible if you are interested.

Extraordinary Tales by Edgar Allan Poe

Abycine Albacete has been so kind to project three sessions of short films at our Assembly Rom (ground floor).

Click here to get access to some links to the tales.