INTEGRATED SKILLS (List+Wr)

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Questions 1-10  Listen from here

Complete the table below.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

HOLIDAY RENTALS Dates:  10th-22ndJuly
Name of Property	Location	Features	Disadvantage(s)	Booking details
1	• rural • surrounded by 2	• apartment • two bedrooms • open plan	distance from 3	www.4 .com
Kingfisher	• rural • next to the 5  • nice views	• house • three bedrooms • 6  room • living room • kitchen	expensive?	Phone the owner (01752669218)
Sunnybanks	• in a village • next to the 7	• house • has private 8	no 9	Contact the 10

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REPORTED SPEECH:

She said she would never leave her side, ("my love")
She said that standing right beside him was enough

She asked him to count on her if he felt any pain
and asked me to call him, he would run to him again

She said  he could count on her and she could count on him

She said he showed up like she showed up

And added that she would keep showing up for him

So she asked him to take her hands and not to be afraid 
That too should pass, that too shall pass
She said that they would get through it all together

She swore he was safe
That too should pass, that too should pass
And they would get through it all together (…)

So she suggested loving each other

No to the Gas station next to our school

SIGN THE PETITION: CHANGE.ORG

The project calls for the construction of a gas station and convenience store, next to the IES Cantabria Secondary school. Normally, projects such as these provide for a public comment period so that residents and stakeholders can share their concerns and allow for community input to the City Commission, in order to properly address concerns. The concerns of parents arise from several different areas, including safety, health, environmental and traffic.

Safety concerns range from the sales of alcohol and tobacco products at the convenience store, to the accessibility the gas station.

Environmental and health concerns revolve around the impact a gas station has to air quality in close proximity to a school, ground water contamination and the increased risk in childhood cancer and respiratory issues in children who are in close proximity to a gas station, just to name a few.

When it comes to traffic, schools are usually plagued with traffic concerns at drop off and pick up times. IES Cantabria is not exempt from this. The gas station’s location directly next to the school will have traffic implications too.

CONS: Traffic, noise, air/ground pollution, side problems

SIGN THE PETITION: CHANGE.ORG

Mobile phones at school

 

__________________more and more students bring their mobile phones to school.  ____________________that students should carry mobile phones in case of an emergency, ___________________to phones being used at school, particularly in the classroom.

_______________ many students travel to and from school without their parents. _______________ it is important for them to have a mobile phone in case they need help or have an accident on the way to school or home.

_________________ parents who work may need to contact their children.  _________________if a parent has to work late, the student has to be told if arrangements have been made for a relative or neighbour to look after them.

______________, nothing is more disruptive during a lesson than the sound of a mobile phone ringing or playing an annoying tune.  ______________ students who send and receive text messages in class are not paying attention to the lesson.

_________________ I feel that students should be allowed to take mobile phones to school for use in an emergency.  _____________ all phones should certainly be turned off during lessons. 

Firstly,              Furthermore,            Nowadays           Moreover,

While I believe         Therefore,        In conclusion,            On the other hand

I am strongly opposed             However,              For example,

 

        

Mobile phones at school   

 

Nowadays more and more students bring their mobile phones to school. While I believe that students should carry mobile phones in case of an emergency, I am strongly opposed to phones being used at school, particularly in the classroom.

Firstly, many students travel to and from school without their parents. Therefore, it is important for them to have a mobile phone in case they need help or have an accident on the way to school or home.

Furthermore, parents who work may need to contact their children. For example, if a parent has to work late, the student has to be told if arrangements have been made for a relative or neighbour to look after them.

On the other hand, nothing is more disruptive during a lesson than the sound of a mobile phone ringing or playing an annoying tune. Moreover, students who send and receive text messages in class are not paying attention to the lesson.

In conclusion, I feel that students should be allowed to take mobile phones to school for use in an emergency. However, all phones should certainly be turned off during lessons.