Session 24

 6th March 2023

sunny, cool 

Monday 

BLAZE 

 page 29 ex 3 

1. When does the baby Caspian seal lose its silver-white hair?

Baby Caspian seal loses its hair after two or three weeks from its birth.

2.When do baby Caspian seals spend their time in the south of the sea?

The baby Caspian seals spend most of their time in the south of the sea from May to September.

3. What do they feed on?

They feed on  different species of fish.

4. What problems do they have?

Their problems are pollution and hunting.

ex 4. 

1. This restaurant is more expensive than ours. 

2. My grandparents always go for their holidays in Spain . 

3. A train is not as fast as an airplane . 

4. Petru is travelling on his motorbike around Europe. 

Listening ex 6/ 29 

Page 30 

1. vet 

2. gardener 

3. baker 

4. accountant - contabil 

advertisement / ad = reclama 

 warning = avertisment 

to advertise (ed) = a face reclama 

to warn (ed) = a avertiza 

to look (ed) for = a cauta 

to be interested IN = a fi interesat de ...

storey = etaj 

story = poveste 

poorly-paid = platit prost / insuficient 

well- paid = bine platit 

oxygen tank = tub cu oxigen

to conquer (ed) = a cuceri 

trader = negutator 

Questions from ex 8 / 31 

1. Where did the Mayans live?

They lived in southern Mexico.

2. How did the Mayans build their palaces and temples?

They built their palaces and temples without any metal tools.

3. How many groups of Mayans were there?

There were twenty groups of Mayans.

4.Who kept  these groups safe?

The group leaders kept the members safe.

empire = imperiu 

craftsmen = mestesugari 

disease = boala 

lobster = homar 

pincers = clesti 

mane = coama

snail = melc 

antennae = antene 

camel = camila 

hump= cocoasa 

rooster = cocos

comb = creasta / pieptene 

to last (ed) = a dura 

chores = treburi gospodaresti 

slavery = sclavie 

to manage (ed) = a se descurca sa .../  a administra

to survey (ed) = a interoga / a face un sondaj de opinie 

to mate (ed)  with  ase imperechea cu ...

drone = trantor 

hive = stup 

to go bad = a expira / a se strica 

on a trip = intr-o  calatorie scurta

A STRING OF COINCIDENCES = UN LANT DE COINCIDENTE 

HOMEWORK

- WORDS X 2 

- pages 34, 35 , 36 , 42