Date:From August Twenty-third (23rd) to September third (3rd)

Purposes:
Participate in conversations with your classmates and your teacher.
Identify and communicate implicit information in texts about general interest topics.


                                       Exercises

1. Listen to the audio file while you read level 1 text:

                           Sleeping In A Taxi – Level 1 (Basic)

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Hotels in New York are expensive. People want to visit New York, but they do not have enough money. One man knows this. He offers cheap accommodation. It costs only 40 dollars a night.

You do not stay in a hotel. You stay in a taxi. There is a bed in the taxi. However, there is no bathroom. You must use a restaurant bathroom.

People like this type of accommodation. The taxi is in the city centre. It is only three stops from Times Square, and only one stop from Grand Central Station. You also have a great view of Manhattan.

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2. Listen to the audio file while you read level 2 text: 

 

                         Sleeping In A Taxi – Level 2 (Intermediate)

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Travelling to New York City can be expensive, but one entrepreneur can cut your accomodation costs dramatically. His customers can sleep in the back of a taxi cab for only 40 dollars a night!

The taxi is in the city centre – only three stops from Times Square and one stop from Grand Central Station. People who try it also have a great view of Manhattan.

The so-called “rolling rooms” already attracted a lot of attention from tourists. There is, however, one little problem. There is no bathroom in the taxi, but the customers can use the bathroom of some restaurants.

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3. Write in you English notebook the following Words Bank and translate into Spanish their corresponding definitions.

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                              True – False Exercise

                 (Solve this exercise in your English Notebook)

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4. write the words "true" or "False" in the parenthesis according to information

   on the readings Sleeping in a taxi level 1 and level 2 ​

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a. The term “rolling-rooms” refers to taxis.              (         )

b. Hotels in New York City are very cheap.                (         )

c. Sleeping three nights on a taxi only costs U$140.      (         )           

d. “Rolling-rooms” have a bed and a bathroom.             (         )

e. Sleeping in a taxi is cheaper than sleeping in a hotel.(         )

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5. Prepare and record a voice note with the right pronunciation of exercise # 4.

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6. Answer the following questions according to the texts “Sleeping In A Taxi 

   Level 1 and level 2. Solve this exercise in your English Notebook)

 

a. What is the main idea on the readings?

b. How much is worth spending a night in a “Rolling-room”?

c. What does the word “accommodation” refer to?

d. Why do some tourists use the “rolling-room” service?

e. What is the most appropriate reading for you, according to your English level?

   Why?

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