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EF C1.1 SB6 - Listening: old photographs of famous people and family members, and the relationships between them:
- Anastasia, the daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, with her sisters in 1906
- John F. Kennedy, the US President, with his children John Junior and Caroline in 1963
- Pablo Pucasso, the artist, with his partner Françoise Gilot and thier son Claude in 1952
- Mohandas Ghandi, the statesman, with his wife kasturba in 1915
- Leo Tolstoy, the writer, with his grandchildren Iila and Sonia in 1909
- ALbert Einstein, the scientist, with his sister Maja in 1886
Some interesting language:
- a damning description
- a close relationship
- a controlling partner
- shared beliefs
- waiting list
- deep emotional attachment
- conclusively disproved
- ill-fated family
- strongly opposed
- in the dead of night
- seek refuge
Pronunciation:
- /aiə/ vs. /ɪə/
- /h/ or no /h/ ?
- /ɔ/ vs /əʊ/
Be careful!:
- I didn't understood
- stroke vs heart-attack
- an argue (this is a verb, not a noun)
- the health (for general concepts, we do not usually use 'the')
- use to (past habit) vs usually
- engaged (situation) vs fiancé / fiancée (person)
- I told to my mother
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