mercoledì 24 luglio 2013

Royal baby: words and numbers





Some vocabulary about BIRTH
Pregnancy
pregnant
pregnancy
A woman becomes pregnant. We say she's pregnant. She's having a baby. We call also call it a pregnancy.
Antenatal
antenatal
She goes to an antenatal clinic for check ups. Antenatal means "before birth", it's also called prenatal.
Labour
labour
Eventually she starts to have the baby. We call this going into labour.
Labour
birth
newborn
When the baby arrives we say the mother has given birth. The baby is called a newborn baby.
Had a baby
baby
We also say the parents have had a baby.
Nursing
milk
breastmilk
Babies drink milk. They can be breast fed.
Bottle fed
bottle
They can be bottle fed.
Change nappy
nappy
Babies have to have their nappy changed.
Registrar
certificate
All babies are registered at birth, and issued with a birth certificate.
Christening
christening
Some babies are christened by their parents. The ceremony is called a christening.
Pram
pram
Babies can't walk so they get pushed in prams.
Pushchair
pushchair
When babies are older they go for walks in pushchairs.



Yesterday, 23rd July 2013 Metro UK published this picture.

 TEACHING TIPS: 1) show your students the picture at the top of the page (William, Kate and the Royal baby)
2) ask them what they think about this event.
3) write all the numbers shown in the picture above on the whiteboard
4) ask your students to read the numbers (sometimes they forget how to pronounce long numbers) what they represent
5) they will come up with different ideas and practice their speaking skills
6) finally, show them the picture and see if they guessed!

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