UNIT 4

celebration

sANDREA

BARZALLO

example

*Future with going to; indirect objects

- Are you going to do anything special for your next birthday

- Are you going to invite your friends over for a party?

- What are you going to give your father for his birthday?

CONVERSATION

MARCO how are you and Viviana going to celebrate New years Eve, Vanessa?

Are you going to go to any parties?

VANESSA No. We going to go out for dinner. Our favorite restaurant as going to serve a special meal,and our friends are going to join us there. But were not going to stay out late.

MARCO so, youre going to be home before midnight, huh?

VANESSA Thats right. Its going to be a quiet elebration.

s+tobe+vin

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*Present continuous for the future;going to

s+tobe+goingto+v

Present continuo-exp. Fut-

goingto

Sirve para predecir

Expresiones vagas

¨VAGUE¨ EXPRESSIONS

A What are you going for new yearsB Im going home. I really want to see my family and everything

Spend time at home

See old friends

Para no numerar cosa

por cosa

* birthdaysBirthday parties in Ecuador are usually

held in an atmosphere of the house the birthday (a), or at another place

designated for that purpose, such as a village hall, which usually include

decorations that are placed balloons and wherein Food and refreshments

are served to the guests.

Christmas

Here in Ecuador it is customary to bring together all members of each

household in the first days of December, preferably weekend to

jointly build the Christmas tree and the birth as it is called here or good crib

too but birth is more common

Time to celebrate