Showing posts with label Writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Writing. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

The Good Place- TV series review by Nuria

The Good Place is a Netflix sitcom about afterlife, but it isn´t a black comedy, it is quite light and offers laughs and philosophical lessons.
Eleanor Sellstrop (Kristen Bell), an immoral and selfish woman, died and is sent by mistake to the "Good Place". Her efforts to avoid being caught and to keep her spot in this sort of heaven are the main plot of this sitcom.
To help her in her quest Eleanor counts on Chidi (N.Jackson Harper), her "soulmate". Chidi, a professor of Moral Philosophy, agrees to teach her ethics so that she can become a better person and earn a legitimate spot in the "Good Place".
This unusual premise makes this series unique in today´s TV landscape, because more than just making people laugh it strives to make people think about moral issues. What does it mean to be good? What´s my real motivation to do what I do? Does the end justify the means?
I recommend The Good Place because it is a comedy and provides plenty of laughs and also because Eleanor´s journey holds up a mirror to our lives.
Review by Nuria, (group A) 

Monday, November 13, 2017

Emilie´s letter of complaint

Read Emilie´s letter of complaint to her neighbours (see task in your Student´s book) and listen to her teacher´s corrections (the mistakes are highlighted in yellow):

https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/c2lj61eZYP

Carmen´s letter of complaint

Read Carmen's letter of complaint to a restaurant manager. Try correcting the piece of writing yourself first: use the marking codes to think about what might be wrong (or what's good) about the piece of work. Then when you're ready, go to the original website and click the green buttons in the text for the feedback.

Dear Sir or Madam
  I am writing to complain about the unacceptable treatment that I received in your restaurant last Friday when I was intended WF to have dinner with my husband.
  First of all, we were given a table just in front of the toilets because there was not any other available, although we had booked it in advance. Furthermore, we were forced to leave at 10 p.m because someone else had also booked the same table.
  Secondly, we had to wait for nearly half an hour to be served and after the long waiting WF we were obliged to change our minds and ask for meat because there was no lobster left. In fact, only three out of the seven main courses were available.
  I would also like to point out Gd the incompetence of the service because the waiter spilled the sauce over my husband´s dish even though we had asked him not to do so.
  To make matters worse, Gd there was no response when I asked to meet T/WW the manager of the restaurant so I have been forced to write to make you know about WW these unfortunate incidents.
  I very much hope that in future you will take care of WW these mistakes in order to prevent them /\ and I am afraid to say that I will have no alternative but to put the matter in the hands of my solicitors should not I WO receive compensation within the next few days.

Yours faithfully,
Carmen Pliego