Viva Mexico for ESL

I.             ROOT “PHOTO”  Light

1.     Photography 攝影；攝影業；照片

2. photon光子，光量子

3. photogenic上鏡的，上相的

II.          Idioms

1.     “Bend over backwards” 竭力，盡力

I've been bending over backwards trying to help you and this is all the thanks I get!

 我一直在盡力幫助你，沒想到這就是你對我的謝意！

2.     “It takes two to tango” 兩個人才跳得成探戈；雙方都有責任；一個巴掌拍不

She may want to argue, but it takes two to tango.  她可能想要爭吵，可那也得我願意

III.       Reading 1:  Cinco De Mayo (5^th of May)

Vocabulary:

1.     Spanish西班牙的

2.    Mexican來自墨西哥的；墨西哥的

3.    Culture文化

4.    Independence（國家的）獨立 Mexico gained its independence from Spain in l821. 墨西哥於1821年脫離西班牙獨立。

5.    Capture俘虜；俘獲

6.    Village村莊；村子

7.    Freedom自由；不受限制；自主

8.    Civil War內戰

9.    Celebration慶祝活動；慶祝會

Watch the Video on how to count to ten in Spanish and write:

Reading 2: Travel in Mexico Read the passages and choose the correct options according to the readings. 

Vocabulary: Write a short sentence in English

1.     Fascinating 極有趣的；吸引人的________________________________________

2.    Affordable 付得起的；買得起的_______________________________________

3.    Option 選擇，選項；選擇權___________________________________________

4.    Beach Resort 海灘渡假勝地 _________________________________________

5.    Definitely 肯定，當然，毫無疑問______________________________________

6.    Mayan  形容词_____________________________________________________

Temple 廟宇，寺院；神殿________

Reading 3: The Mexican Hat Dance

Vocabulary:

1.     Folk dance民間舞蹈

2.    Accepts同意

3.    Brim帽檐

4.    Chorus副歌，合唱部分；合唱曲

5.      Link 聯結

Grammar: Rewrite the

sentences.

1.     went fiest a Mexico a Wednesday to I a

2.    taught teacher to how us Hat Mexican Dance 

3.    know we only sing chorus the to how the  

4.    think culture I interesting Mexican is  

5.     studies friend my Chinese dance folk 

 Grammar:  Introduction, Run on Sentences,