11 jan vwo2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Today's programme: Checking exercises 3 and 4, Stone 7, US events. 

Today's programme: 

• Rules
• How was your holiday?
• Planning upcoming weeks
• Recap chapters 1 and 2

Chapter 3. All about heroes!!

• Vocab
• Stones about admiring people, asking and telling what you or someone else was doing, talking about feelings

Check 3 and 4. Theme words

to rescue                                                                         to admire

to stand up for                                                                to get in trouble

extraordinary                                                                  to safeguard

to support                                                                       determined

safe                                                                                 heroic

heroine                                                                           peril

legendary                                                                       courageous

incredible                                                                       fearless

Talking about heroes

Who--> idol/ hero/superhero

Why -> because or as he/she

Mention the skill(s)/ qualities or the action(s) you admire. These can also be special powers. 

different ways of saying that you look up to someone

To look up to someone

To admire someone

to be a fan of his/hers/yours/theirs

call someone "great", "my hero/idol/
(favourite) superhero"

thinking/ calling someone "amazing" or "great

decribing heroes

Usually what makes someone a hero or an idol is because they posses skills or do things that others find remarkable. Hence when describing people you look up to, you often positive adjectives (think of the previous chapter)

great, extraordinary, athletic, fearless, strong, powerful, incredible, positive, outstanding, amazing, beautiful.

Do

Exercise 9

Exercise 10 --> homework

00:15

What does overturn mean?

1. uitschakelen
2. kantelen (veranderen)
3. opnieuw doen
4. inhalen

00:45

Why does the presenter refer to the capitol as the centre of democracy?

01:00-01:20

Election had been rigged = Bij de verkiezingen heeft een systematische manipulatie van het stemproces of het tellen van de stemmen plaatsgevonden om zo een andere uitkomst te krijgen

02:32

What do you think 'siege' means? (answer in Dutch)

03:05

Why is this incident regarded as an attack on democracy?

04:04

What does 'certify' and 'confirm' mean?

05:08

Why was the reaction of Trump viewed as "too little, too late"?