ACTIVITY 99: 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.
Amazingly tender in the beginning and with a
striking finale, this VISA commercial
is really funny.
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);
Visa card: a famous credit card (afamada tarjeta de crédito);
at the zoo: at the zoological garden (en el zoo, en el jardín
zoológico);drop: let fall (dejar caer);
monkey pit: the fossa where monkeys live at the zoo (foso de los
simios en un zoo); bends to check: bends his back to see
(se inclina para observar); has fallen: has gone (se ha
caido); climbs up: goes upward with gradual or continuous
progress (se trepa a, sube a);
tree branch: any of the main branches arising from the trunk of a
tree
(rama de un árbol); protection wall: protection barrier
(muro de protección);
surrounds: envelops (rodea);
considerable effort: great effort (gran esfuerzo);
extends his arm: stretches his arm (estira su brazo);
utter amazement: feeling that accompanies something extremely
surprising (absoluto asombro);
scream to celebrate: shout in order to celebrate (chillan
festejando); wallet rescue: the wallet recovery (el
rescate de la billetera); over his shoulder: hanging on his
back (al hombro); glances over: examines hastily (echa
una última mirada); shocked: astonished (desconcertado);
wily monkey: cunning monkey (pícaro mono); swiped:
made off with belongings of others (hurtado).
FELICITACIONES !!! Acabas de finalizar la UNIT 4 - LESSON 16
del OM First Certificate Exam. Antes de pasar a la siguiente lección, por favor asegúrate de
repasar todo lo que has aprendido aquí.