lunes, 8 de abril de 2013

Ordinary /wɜːdz/



Do you know the meaning of these words?

Look them up in a good monolingual dictionary and then use your grey matter to find out what they have in common.


Please leave your answers in the comment box.




12 comentarios:

José María dijo...

I love this challenge!.
Interesting place!.
I'll visit this city, one day.

Olga dijo...

You can touch the sky, but I´d rather keep my feet on the ground

mercedes dijo...

I'm sorry, but now I don't catch on to the connection between these words. I' m being really thick today...(only today?)

mercedes dijo...

Oh now I see!
I feel giddy. I must sit down.

The teacher. dijo...

Thank you lovely students!!!!
You seem to have found out. I appreciate you are not letting the cat out so more students have the chance to do some research.

I am very proud :)

The teacher. dijo...

by the way .....

did you know what it was about or do you happen to be good at researching?

mercedes dijo...

No,I didn't, but I am used to researching.
And now I should work with the compositions, I don't want my teacher thinks I have thrown in the towel...

Mamen dijo...

In the recent years, iconic and striking buildings with unconventional names have appeared in the city, such as The Gherkin and The Shard. The latest ones are affectionately named The Cheese-grater and The Walkie-talkie, reflecting the slanted shapes of the buildings.

José María dijo...

I've never heard about this. I only knew something about the Eye, madame Tussauds and the tube. However the challenge of the teacher was irresistible.

The teacher. dijo...

So now that you know what they have in common -they are buildings-, what about doing some more research and leaving here:
-the kind of buildings they are.
-the city where they are.
-any link with pictures.
-just more information.

Do you like these kind of edifice?
Have you ever visited one?

Marta dijo...

They are skyscrapers, aren´t they?
I have visited no one in my life but I would like to do it and, with luck (and some money), I´m going to do it soon!!

Eva dijo...

Gherkin was the one that first caught my attention...
I vaguely remember the other buildings