Curso First Certificate Exam

LOS CURSOS DE INGLES GRATIS PREFERIDOS POR LOS HISPANOHABLANTES

 

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Squeaky wheels

ACTIVITY 51: 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.

Although considerate,
some shop assistants
do not always succeed.

TYPE YOUR COMMENTS HERE:
(try to retell this story in about 150 to 200 words)

 

 

 

A USEFUL HELP

TV commercial: a commercially sponsored ad on television (aviso o comercial de televisión); Caltex: a famous Australian oil company (afamada compañía australiana de petróleo); features: displays (presenta a un actor en un film); pulling: moving something towards you (arrastrando, tirando de); shopping cart: a handcart that holds groceries while shopping (carrito de compras, "changuito"); squeaky wheels: rusty rotating discs (ruedas chirriantes a causa de óxido o poca lubricación); rusty: covered with rust (oxidado, sin lubricación); checkout counter: a counter in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases (caja, mostrador de pagos en un supermercado); shop assistant: salesclerk, an employee in a shop (empleado); screeching sound: a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry (sonido chirriante o chillón); squeaky: irritating (irritante, a causa de poca lubricación); grates on your nerves: irritates you (te eriza los cabellos, "pone los pelos de punta"); aisle: a long narrow passage (pasillo de avión, supermercado, etc.); carton of milk: a carboard container with milk (envase de cartón para leche); considerate: kind (cortés, amable); oil can: a can with a long nozzle to apply oil to machinery (aceitero); to put off: to stop (eliminar); angelical face: candid face (rostro angelical); appreciation smile: a thank-you smile (sonrisa de agradecimiento); old bones: old skeleton (viejos, desgastados huesos); can't believe his ears: competitor team, contestant, the contestant you hope to defeat (no puede creer lo que está escuchando); The squeaky wheel gets the grease (quien no grita nada consigue; si no lloras no mamas).

 

FELICITACIONES !!! Acabas de finalizar la
UNIT 2 - LESSON 8 del OM First Certificate Exam.
Antes de pasar a la siguiente lección, por favor asegúrate de repasar todo lo que has aprendido aquí.

 

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