Unit 1 Crossing borders/listening

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

CALIFORNIA

Unit 1 Lesson 1

Planning

• Introduction
• Codes for Malmberg
•  Listening
  
• Watch a clip about California
  
• Look at some idioms
• Unit 1 - Ex. 1, 2, 3

What will we be doing this year?

Next, I want to go over this coming year with you. I will be using ItsLearning for this, so you can always find all information on this.

Pay attention, please!

candea.itslearning.com

Please, get your books and laptop!

Linking your account

First, let's try and get your online account for Malmberg working.

Please, pay close attention to what to do!

After this, we will go over the book together.

Codes

- Its learning

- Bronnen

-Jaarplanning

Click on the link all right

- Log in with the code below

 271970

Log in lesson up

Watching

Watch the video and answer the questions.

00:21

What is the first and last stop of the family?

00:29

What is another name for the Pacific Highway?

1. doesn't have one
2. highway A2
3. highway 1
4. California highway

02:04

What do the El Camino bells represent?

1. The route the first settlers used
2. California's independence
3. They are just decorations

02:18

How long does it take to get to Santa Cruz?

1. 1.5 hours
2. 2 hours
3. 2.5 hours
4. 3 hours

04:29

How much does it cost to park your car at Pfeiffer beach?

05:31

What can be seen on Piedras Blancas?

06:54

What happens when men go to the bathroom at the Madonna Inn?

1. they have to pay with a dance
2. music starts playing
3. water comes down
4. they can watch a movie

07:34

Which country is heavily represented in Sodang?

08:47

Where are you more likely to see celebrities?

1. Malibu
2. Los Angeles

09:07

What makes the ferris wheel in Santa Monico go round?

09:47

What is the queen Mary?

1. hotel
2. cruise ship
3. game hall
4. sports centre

Idioms

- Get familiar with idioms.

Examples of idioms

A whizz kid is someone who ...

1. is very smart
2. is very active
3. can do things very quickly
4. is very lazy

When you have a heart of gold, you ...

1. are very smart
2. are very kind
3. behave very badly
4. do a lot of things at the same time

When you are nutty as a fruitcake, you are

1. nuts
2. very smart
3. dull
4. chaotic

The state of California
(Ex. 1.a)

What do you think the
gold rush means?
(Ex. 1.b)

a. Sutter and Marshall invited local people to come and dig for gold.

This is false. Sutter and Marshall didn't want people to find out about the gold.

b. Many of the first gold miners came from states close to California.

This is true.

c. The president at the time refused to believe in Californian gold.

This is false. The president confirmed the news that gold had been found in California.

d. Towns that were abandoned by gold miners are called boomtowns.

This is false. Towns that were abandoned by gold miners are called ghost towns.

e. Owners of stores and businesses earned more than most miners.

This is true.

f. It was the Gold Rush that helped California become a state.

This is true.

Exercise 3

a. If you are sitting on a goldmine, you ...

have got something very valuable.

b. If you stake a claim, you ...

show people that you believe something is yours.

c. If you strike gold, you ...

become rich, happy, or successful.

d. A gold digger is a person who ...

is looking for someone rich, so they can live in luxury.

e. If you suffer from gold fever, you are ...

 very excited by the idea of finding gold.

f. If things are like gold dust, they are ...

difficult to get because everyone wants them.