Session 11

 

5th DEcember 2024 

 chilly , cloudy 

Thursday 

Homework - contexts 

to snarl (ed) = a vorbi manios sau agresiv 

sneer= suras dispretuitor

to growl = a marai 

in the least = in nici un chip (-)  

to cluck =  a cloncani 

ramshackle= improvizat 

pinch = stramtoare 

slink- slunk- slunk = a se furisa

nimbly = sprinten 

glee= bucurie/ voiosie

coo= gangurit 

slick = ingenios 

tot = copilas / gagalice

fib = minciuna

trim = aranjament 

trap = lat 

pooh-pooh = dispret

to whizz = a trece in goana 

    It was Christmas Eve. Down in Whoville, the Whos were celebrating by singing and having a feast. The Grinch HATED Christmas. We don't know the reasons but maybe his head wasn't screwed on properly, his shoes were too tight or perhaps his heart was two sizes too small.

     Then, he thought about ruining the Whos' Christmas. At night, he dressed up as Saint Nick and taped an antler to his dog's head to make him look like a reindeer. He crafted a ramshackle sleigh and he sluck into their houses. 

    The Grinch stole all of their food, trimmings and trappings, presents and their Christmas trees. He stuffed them all up the chimneys and took all of them up a mountain to dump them.  He considered that he would hear loud cries. Instead he couldn't believe his ears: the Whos were carolling in spite of not having any presents or Christmas decorations. 

    The Grinch realized that Christmas wasn't all about presents, it was about people bonding together. Understanding that, the Grinch's heart grew twice its size so he could feel the same as the others. It wasn't a wonder that he came back with all the stuff he had stolen. Then, he enjoyed singing with the others and even cut the roast beast. That was the Christmas that changed his view.

2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:

 

When Francis Lee was a boy he 1) ...........wanted..................  (want) to be an astronaut. He

2)  ……was watching........…….(watch) TV one day in 1969 when he 3)   ………saw……………. (see) Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. Since then he 4) ……has always dreamed……….......………  (always/dream) of doing the same. Every night when there is a full moon, he 5)…stares……….……….. (stare) up at it for hours and 6) ……imagines………..........…….  (imagine) himself walking around on it. At the moment, however, he 7)  …is working…………….(work) as a night-watchman at a meat factory. He 8) ………has been doing…………………. (do) the same job since he left school fifteen years ago, but he still hopes that one day his dream 9) ………..will come...........………….. (come) true. He 10) ……has heard…………… (hear) that in the 21^st century they 11)  …..will sell................. (sell) tickets to fly to the moon. For this reason he 12) … has been saving………….............(save) half of his wages every month for the past two years.

 

3. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:

 

Sue Thomas is a fashion designer. She 1) ... has been making....  (make) clothes ever since she 2)  …was……….(be) a young girl. She 3)   …………got………………. (get) her first job in a clothes factory when she was sixteen. She 4) ……was sewing………………  (sew) buttons  onto a shirt  one day when she 5)………had…………..   (have) a brilliant idea for a design. After she 6) ……had spoken…………….  (speak) to her bank manager, she got a loan and she 7)  ……opened……....…….(open) her own little workshop. Now she 8) ……is making……………………. (make) lots of money. Next year she 9) ……is opening…………….. (open) a shop which will sell all her own designs. She 10) …is going to sell……………… (sell) clothes to a lot of famous people, including film stars and singers, and she 11)  ….thinks..................... (think) she will be very rich soon.