Blog T spe 2020-2021

 

   AS or LIKE? If there is no verb, just a noun , you will use a preposition .  Use like for the meaning similar to , and use as to refer to the role of a person or thing . Compare these examples: You look like your sister. (You look similar to your sister.) It is a comparison. As your sister, I’d like to give you some advice. (This might be said by a woman speaking to her brother; she is his sister, so as , not like , is correct.) You sound like a teacher! (This might be said to a student who is explaining a grammar point to another student. It only makes sense if the person referred to is not really a teacher.) It’s up to her, as the teacher, to design the curriculum. (She is the teacher.)

 

  The Bridge Of Tears Approximately 10 kilometres from Dunfanaghy, there is an attractive little stone bridge, which most people pass over nowadays, without a second thought. But if you look more carefully, and pay attention to the nearby plaque, your curiosity may be raised somewhat. The plaque is written in Irish, and a rough translation into English would be, “Friends and relatives of the person emigrating would come this far. Here they parted. This is the Bridge of Tears”. Long before the building of the railway, or modern roads, this was the most common route leading from this area, to Derry, and hence to the ships which would take them to England, Scotland, Australia and America. The relatives of those emigrating would accompany them along the long walk up towards Muckish Gap, and here their Goodbyes would be said. There was no “See you soon”s or “Catch you later”’s. The departure was treated like a death, for they would never be seen again. Crossing The Bridge had a fi...

                                               Grammar   A) Complete with the correct prepositions… or  nothing … 1)      She was looking _______ the statue. 2)      The man addressed _______them. 3)      These Irish men   wanted to enter _______ the USA. 4)      Nobody   told ______ them it would be so difficult. 5)      They can’t put up_______ racist people. 6)      _____________ the text   we see how difficult their parting was. 7)      Her mum had been living there _____________years. 8)      _____________ line 1 __________line 5 we can see how difficult it ...

a) WITHOUT browsing the web to find the answer, can you guess why this Irish bridge was called the Bridge of Tears? b) You can use the Net to find some precise information about the Great Famine and its consequences.  c) Do you know famous Americans who have Irish roots?