PROYECTO: 8. THOSE WERE THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE

ACTIVITY FOR MY CONVERSATION GROUP

You have worked very hard so far. You need a happy end. Listen to the song "Summer of 69" by Bryan Adams.Try to understand the story. There are key words at the end of it. You can ask me any questios about it in class. Then write a composition about "The best days of your life" or just "A happy moment of your life". Give it to me in class and I'll mark them all. You have done a great job in this project. Thanks for beeing so enthusiastic and helpful. I guess we have learnt something together.

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(Depués de pinchar en el enlace, minimizar y así escucháis la canción y véis la letra)

SUMMER OF 69

I got my first real six-string
Bought it at the five-and-dime
Played it till my fingers bled
Was the summer of '69

Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit, Jody got married
Shoulda known, we'd never get far

Oh when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Yeah, I'd always want to be there
Those were the best days of my life

Ain't no use in complainin'
When you got a job to do
Spent my evenings down at the drive-in
And that's when I met you

Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me that you'd wait forever
Oh and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life

Oh yeah
Back in the summer of '69
Ohhh

Man we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever, forever, no

And now the times are changin'
Look at everything that's come and gone
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
Think about you wonder what went wrong

Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me it would last forever
Oh and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life

Oh yeah
Back in the summer of '69
Un-huh
It was the summer of '69, oh yeah
Me and my baby in '69, oh

KEY WORDS
- six-string: guitar
- five-and-dime: shops in America where things are sold from 5 dollars to 10 cents.
- quit: stop
- shoulda known: we should have known
- ain't: there isn't
- complainin': complaining, expressing dissatisfaction
- drive-in: In The United States, cinemas or restaurants you go by car and stay in the car.
- unwind: relax
- nothin': nothing

PROYECTO: 3. THE PAST AND THE PRESENT OF A PERSON'S LIFE

ACTIVITY FOR MY CONVERSATION GROUP
Unit: "LIfe before and life now"
Look at these photos and read the text. Write all the verbs you see and say in which tenses they are in the next class. Then write a similar short biography of a person you love and give it to me in class.

Sergio was born on  March 22nd 2005 in Madrid. He has been a great traveler since he was a baby. He loves travelling. His frst trip abroad was in 2006. His parents took him to Wales and they saw farms and old steam trains. He learnt his first words in English: tractor, sheep, train... The next Summer he travelled to Italy and the family spent a week in a country house in Tuscany. He learnt his first words in Italian: Ciao, gelatto, buon giorno... That year his family moved to a new house in a new neighborhood where there are lots of parks and lots of children. He started school and made many friends. The next Summer, in 2008, Sergio and his family travelled to The Netherlands and he had a fantastic time travelling by tram and visiting Madurodam, a small town made of models. Then he stopped travelling for some time. Something important happened in his life on October 19th 2009: His sister, Lucía, was born. The family continued travelling abroad in Summer 2011. They went to England (Yorkshire and The Lake District) and they enjoyed a lot. They saw lots of animals both in farms and in the fields: sheep, cows, rabbits, geese, squirrels, ducks.

Sergio is in the first year of Primary school this year. He has had very good marks recently. He also takes football classes and his team is the first in the league. He is very happy these days because he is preparing his birthday party for next week. There are going to be games and surprises for him and his friends!