San Jose -- The Holy Grail of Shipwrecks

Each of these lessons are based on a topic such as OUTSIDER art, NFTS or more general like the Ted talk on BLUE ZONES or tips for better PRESENTATIONS. 

In this class we will investigate the world of the metaverse, through a listening, and  a short video from BBC. After using the new vocabulary related to the topic we would debate the idea of the metaverse as a LIKELY \+\ or UNLIKELY \-\ place to be. 

Class duration – Two one and a half hour sessions \ Number of students – 1 – 3 maximum

The majority of corrections are given in real time during the online class with notes taken and written in the CHAT option in microsoft teams, google MEET or skype.


OBJECTIVES - Expand vocabulary related to digital transformation, gain awareness of digital transformation and review and exercise conditional sentences. 

GRAMMAR  - Modal verb functions and sentence structures - Subject + modal + verb infinitive \ without TO\ . 

CONDITIONALS  - 0, 1st, 2nd, 3rd Conditionals - 

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What had been a legend became fact in 2015 when the Galleon San Jose was discovered and examined incovering an Aladdin's cave below the sea. 

San José galleon: Two new shipwrecks found off Colombian coast - BBC News




The fraught battle over the holy grail of shipwrecks

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PHRASAL VERB - when the ship WENT DOWN – sunk

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VOCAB -un naufragio -- a shipwreck, hundida – sunk, powder magazine – polverine, the BOOTY – tesoro, looting – robando, debt – deuda

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The Romans began EXTRACTING mercury from that mine 2000 years ago. 






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