ACTIVITY 25: Your ability to
communicate information, ideas and opinions in spoken English is
tested in Paper 5. Watch the videoclip below and type your personal
comments
as if you were talking to your FCE examiner. You must
describe what is happening in the video (what the people are doing,
where they are, etc). At the bottom, a bilingual glossary will help
you cope with this activity. Finally, check your answers.
In this
Pepsi commercial, things
do not seem to be
very successful for
English soccer player DavidBeckham.
TYPE YOUR COMMENTS HERE: (try to retell this story in about 100 to 150 words)
A USEFUL HELP
TV commercial: a commercially
sponsored ad on television (aviso o comercial de televisión);
features: displays (presenta a un actor en un film);
soccer player: an athlete who plays soccer
(jugador de fútbol); to send off: to send away (expulsar
del campo de juego); pitch: playing field (campo de juego,
cancha); changing rooms: the rooms where players change their
clothes (vestuarios, cambiadores); can: airtight sealed
metal container for food or drink (lata); sending-off:
send-off, expulsion (expulsión); rather disappointed:
somewhat frustrated
(algo desilusionado); turns up: appears (aparece);
drinks it up: drinks to the last drop, drains the can (bebe
hasta la última gota);
soccer shirt: soccer jersey (camiseta de fútbol);
souvenir: trophy, something of sentimental value (trofeo,
recuerdo); takes off: removes clothes (se quita la ropa,
se desviste); willingly: in a willing manner (de buena
gana); hands it to: gives it to (la entrega); wipes
away: cleans (limpia); can rim: top edge of a can (borde
de una lata); reads: has or contains a certain wording
(dice, está inscrito); rival team: competitor team,
contestant, the contestant you hope to defeat (contrincante).
FELICITACIONES !!! Acabas de finalizar la UNIT 1 - LESSON 4
del OM First Certificate Exam. Antes de pasar a la siguiente lección, por favor asegúrate de
repasar todo lo que has aprendido aquí.