4th Year
Natural Disasters San Francisco Earthquake 1906 (U.S.)
http://quake.usgs.gov/info/1906/
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/sfeq.htm
http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/06.html
Mount Saint Helens volcanic eruption 1980 (U.S.)
http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/mshnvm/
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/May18/framework.html
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/img_st_helens.html
The Bam Earthquake of 2003 (Iran)
http://www.farsinet.com/bam/
http://www.ifrc.org/what/disasters/response/iran.asp
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/12/26/iran.quake/
The Tsunami of 2004 (Indian Ocean)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake
The_2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_Tsunami
Global 1
Listening: My Hero
Bob Marley
Pronunciation Practice
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Tourism
Let’s Travel to San Francisco
Global I
6th Year
House and Home II
What kind of house would you like to have?
1) Listen to Mark talking about his Ideal house .
What is the process of buying a house in the States?
2) Listen to Michael talking about the different steps you have to follow to buy a house .
3) Let’s go to a Real Estate Agency. Take virtual tours around the different houses. Which one would you buy?
Extra Practice
Intensive 4
What kind of behavior does he find shocking?
Where do you think the student is from?
Dining Customs
Internet Exercise Question 1
6th Year
1) Look at some different types of houses in England: Types of Houses (Do you remember the American equivalents of some of these terms?) Which ones appeal to you? Why? Discuss these questions with your partner and submit your comments.
2) Listen to Eucharia talk about her new house. What kind of house is it? What things do you find unusual about it?
3) Listen to Lucinda talk about her homelife in New Zealand. Lucinda’s homelife How was your homelife different from hers?
Look at this map of New Zealand and find where her hometown is: Map of New Zealand
Intensive 5
Virtual Tours
