Monday, December 6, 2010

Monday, 06 December, 2010: B1 Class

In this lesson, we read a short article about a class trip to the Beamish Open Air Museum in Durham, England.  We talked about some difficult vocabulary, first, and then we found the adjectives in the article.  Here is some of the vocabulary we talked about:

cover (v.) --> to extend over a defined amount of land
hectares --> a way to measure land
coal --> the black rock-like stuff that you can burn to create energy
mining --> taking rocks/minerals/metals out of the ground
coal mining --> taking coal out of the ground
railway --> the railroad
staff --> people who work at a place
vehicles --> cars, trucks, vans, etc
period --> a certain stretch of years
genuine --> real
tram --> like a cross between a bus and a train
typical --> normal, usual
fascinating --> very interesting
title --> a name, like for a story
manor --> a big house
experience --> something that happens to you

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