PET UNIT 9 Parts of the body idioms •
It cost an arm and a leg : It was very expensive.
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They don’t see eye to eye : They don’t agree with each other
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She’s got a nose for a bargain : She’s very good at finding ......
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I was on my knees by the end of the day : I was very tired
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There's no elbow-room : There isn't enough space
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We did it by the skin of our teeth : We only just succeeded, we almost failed
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He doesn’t have a leg to stand on : There’s no justification for what he did or says
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I really put my foot in it : I said something by mistake that I shouldn’t have said
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She gave him the cold shoulder : She rejected him; she ignored him.
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He’s pulling your leg : He’s pretending something is true when it isn’t, as a joke
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The car is on its last legs : It’s old and will soon be unusable
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He welcomed us with open arms : He was very pleased to accept our help.
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We soon lost heart: We became demotivated
ASKING FOR AND GIVING ADVICE Asking for advice: 1. I've got a bad toothache. What do you suggest? 2. What do you advise me to do? 3. What should I do? 4. What ought I to do? 5. What's your advice? 6. If you were me what would you do?
Giving advice 1. If I were you, I would go to the dentist. 2. Why don't you go to the dentist? 3. You'd better brush your teeth regularly. 4. You ought to/should avoid eating sweets. 5. If you take my advice, you'll go to the dentist. 6. It might be a good idea to brush your teeth on a regular basis. 7. I advise you to brush your teeth on a regular basis. 8. Have you thought about seeing a dentist.
9. Why don't you stop now? 10. How about stopping now? 11. If I were you, I'd stop now. 12. I suggest you stop now 13. You'd (really) better stop right now. 14. I would strongly advise you to stop 15. My advice would be to stop now 16. It might be a good idea to stop 17. You might try stopping
Declining to give advice 1. I don't know what to advise, I'm afraid. 2. I wish I could suggest something, but I can't. 3. I wish I could help.
MONOLOGUE SPEAKING GUIDE SPEAKING TEST
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La prueba de expresión oral (EO) se realiza ante tribunal y en parejas: dos candidatos simultáneamente.
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Se estructura en dos partes: Una parte de exposición y otra de interacción
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Cada candidato escogerá al azar un tema de entre varios facilitados para la parte de exposición y, a continuación, ambos escogerán al azar un tema para la parte de interacción. Los temas se presentan en formato de fichas, en las que tendrán todas las indicaciones e información necesarias para desarrollar la tarea propuesta.
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El tribunal explicará el procedimiento y facilitará un tiempo de preparación (aprox.10 min) para planificar las dos tareas asignadas
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Exposicion: en esta parte el candidato deberá realizar una presentación oral sobre el tema asignado. (3-4 min)
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Interacción: en esta parte, los dos candidatos deberán realizar una tarea conjunta (que habrán preparado individualmente) siguiendo las instrucciones facilitadas a cada uno. (4-5 min). El objetivo principal de esta parte es la comunicación. Se debe conversar con la otra persona
CONSEJOS PRÁCTICOS: Exposición: - No te dirijas al tribunal, sino a la persona que se examina contigo, que será tu destinatario. El tribunal está evaluando, el otro candidato es quien atiende tu presentación. - Respeta el tema asignado para la exposición. - Recuerda que tienes un tiempo limitado de examen y es ahí donde debes demostrar toda tu capacidad de uso del idioma. Interacción: -
Escucha al otro candidato y coopera: esta parte no es un monólogo. Usa adecuadamente el turno de palabra.
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Mantén las funciones básicas de una conversación: Intenta comunicarte como lo harías en tu idioma. Si tu compañero tiene dificultad para expresar una idea, puedes ayudar igual que harías en tu propia lengua.
Realizar intervenciones comprensibles, organizadas, adecuadas y coherentes, a pesar de ir acompañadas de un acento y una entonación inconfundiblemente extranjeros, que estén relacionadas con una variedad de temas conocidos, con un repertorio y control de los recursos lingüísticos aún sencillo pero suficientemente amplio y con cierta corrección y fluidez. Participar en conversaciones relacionadas con temas y aspectos generales, de forma adecuada y coherente, reaccionando y cooperando con cierta fluidez, aunque todavía con pausas para planear el discurso o corregir errores y con cierta cooperación por parte de los interlocutores.
EXPOSCIÓN GUIDE 1)
Divide your monologue in three or four main parts
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Try to grab the attention of the audience. Use rhetorical questions “Are children watching too much tv these days?” Use interesting facts: “According to an article I’ve read recently…” “Did you know that…”
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Introduce your first point
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First of all…
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To begin with…
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You can also describe the topic to begin.
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Enumeration of points
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In addition to that…
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Moreover
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Another example of this is…
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Finally…
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To conclude…
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To sum up…
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Moving to the next point
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This leads to…
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This brings us to…
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Let’s now move on to…
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Going back
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As I mentioned/said earlier…
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As I’ve already said,
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As I pointed out before…
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Stating something as a fact.
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As everyone knows…
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It’s a fact that…
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Everyone knows that…
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There can be no doubt that…
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Giving your opinion
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I think,….. I feel that….As I see it…. From my point of view…
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I’m absolutely convinced that…. I strongly believe that…
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Uncertainty: I’m not sure that… I’m not certain that…
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Reasons: The reason for this is (that)… I base my argument on… I tell you all this because…
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Rephrasing opinions:
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What I meant to say was…
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The basic idea is…
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What I want to say is…
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I mean…
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End of your talk. Conclusion and summing up
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As a final point, I would like to say…
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Last but not least…
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In conclusion we can say that…
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Finally I would like to highlight that…
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Finally I would like to say that…