Lesson 6 –  Thursday, 19^th March 

Do something that makes you happy and/or that you learn from at some point during the next two weeks and tell us about it in the next lesson.

We played hide-and-seek.

Drawing

Musical statues

Snowdrops

Daffodils

Dandelions

Weeds – to do the weeding

To pull up weeds

What is the trick to living so long and staying so healthy?

To do sit ups

To take early retirement

He was born in 1933

To take out a pension

The fans cheered more here in Sweden than in the Czech Republic

Flower arrangements

Timeless

Elsa Beskow

 

• What’s the weather been like recently, and how has it affected your mood or daily routine? What changes can you see?
• What have you been doing over the past couple of weeks? Anything interesting or unusual?
• Have you tried or learned anything new recently? How did it go?
• Have you used English outside the classroom lately (e.g. watching something, speaking, reading)? Tell us about it!
• What’s been the best and the most challenging part of your last two weeks?

This horse has sentimental value

I will plant daffodils as they are low-maintenance

She had a party when she turned 8.

I turned 50 at the end of the pandemic.

Efva Attling is a famous jewellery  / jewelry designer

She designs bracelets

A children’s story illustrator

I know the poems by heart(from memory)

How long time does it take?

To pedestrianise the streets

Congestion charges

The streets are congested in the morning

A bus lane, cycle lanes

To pay a hefty fine

We were fined in London for stopping in the yellow box

We had a petty argument – over something small

Petty crime – theft, pickpocketing

Have you ever had your pocket picked?

She had her handbag snatched.

Phone snatching is a problem in London.

The toys were sprawled all over the apartment

She lay sprawled on the sofa after the English lesson.

Bustling

Kommun = city/town (council)  local council

To hold local elections

There are very good transport links in Sollentuna

I go to work on public transport.

We was there last year. We were

How long does it take to walk to work?

The street was chock-a-block

Where do you tie up a boat?   At a jetty      Not “yeti”

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