Friday, October 2, 2015

Friday's Assignment

Here are your tasks:

1. Watch this video and discuss with a partner what NORAD is all about.
2. Then discuss this article with your partner.
3. Role play with a partner: Getting a Visa to Travel

Here are your tasks for this afternoon:

1. Please complete any incomplete work for the week.
2. Check out this video, and discuss NAFTA with a partner. Does it mean anything to you personally or professionally?
3. Listen blind, then with transcript, to this report. Note five words for which your pronunciation is corrected. Write the before/after pronunciation of each word on your blog.
4. Write a report on our field trip this week.

Yesenia: I have a great idea. Let’s plan a big party for your mother’s 70th birthday. We’ll invite all of your relatives from all over the world. 

Julian: I don’t think very many of them can afford to travel half way around the world for a party. 

Yesenia: I’ve already spoken with your rich brother and he’s already offered to pay for your family’s airfare and hotel. If we plan it, he’ll pay for it. 

Julian: Julio offered to do that? Well, if he’s on board then we can give it a shot. But here’s another hitch. My extended family lives in a lot of different countries and I’m not sure they’ll get visas to visit the U.S., especially on short notice. 

Yesenia: Let’s try, anyway. Your cousins in Canada don’t need a visa because most Canadian citizens don’t need one to cross the border. What about your uncle in Korea? 

Julian: He’s already in the U.S. on an exchange visitor visa until June. He should be able to come. 

Yesenia: What about your aunt in Greece? 

Julian: She won’t need a visa because Greece is one of the countries in the Visa Waiver Program. 

Yesenia: Do you think your nephews in South Africa will want to come? 

Julian: I’m not sure what the visa situation is there. We’ll have to check with the State Department. 

Yesenia: I’ll get on the horn first thing in the morning to see what I can find out. I might email them and ask them to check with the embassy or consulate there to be sure. This party is really shaping up. 

Julian: You seem to have it all under control. 

Yesenia: Haven’t you always said that party planning is my middle name? 

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