1. Introductions

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Peter, your teacher online, has asked students to introduce themselves on the digital platform.

Peter, el profesor online, ha pedido a los alumnos que se presenten a sí mismos en la plataforma online.

Pablo has written the following post:

Pablo ha escrito la siguiente entrada:

My name’s Pablo González. I’m 18 years old. I’m from Spain: I’m Spanish.  I live in Seville, in 18 Gran Via Parque Road. I’m a student: I study English. I’m single, I’m not married. My home phone number is 95414752 and my mobile phone number is 656559123.

Beatriz has recorded her presentation. Listen to her introducing hersef:

Beatriz ha grabado su presentación. Escuchala presentándose a sí misma:

 

 
My name’s Beatriz Martín. I’m 23 years old. I’m from Spain: I’m Spanish.  I live in Seville, in 23 Colón Square. I’m a student of Veterinary Studies at the University.  I’m single, I’m not married. My home phone number is 954235694 and my mobile phone number is 654973210.
 

Beatriz and Pablo have introduced themselves using the information that they included in the forms in the section above WHO's WHO?. Use the information you included to record your voices introducing yourself. Then listen and compare with the introductions above.

Beatriz y Pablo se han presentado utilizando la información que incluyeron en las formularios de la sección Who's who?. Utiliza la información que tú incluiste para grabarte a ti mismo presentándote. Luego escúchate y compara con las presentaciones de arriba.

 

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Pregunta Verdadero-Falso

Now it's Peter's turn!

Listen to Peter introducing himself online and decide if the statements below are true or false.

Ahora es el turno de Peter de presentarse a sí mismo. Escucha y decide si la información es verdadera o falsa.

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He's English.

Verdadero Falso

Galway is a city in Ireland.

Verdadero Falso

He's single.

Verdadero Falso

He has two children.

Verdadero Falso

His children are 8, 6 and 4 years old.

Verdadero Falso

His wife is Chinese.

Verdadero Falso

Narumi is an engineer.

Verdadero Falso

You can read Peter's introduction here.

Reflexión

 

Now listen to Beatriz talking about Peter:

Ahora escucha a Beatriz hablando sobre Peter:

 

His name’s Peter.

He’s an English teacher.

He’s my online teacher!

He’s Irish.

He’s 46 years old.

He’s married and he has three children.

His wife’s Japanese. Her name’s Narumi.

He’s a very nice teacher!

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Can you highlight the main differences between Peter's speech (1st person singular) and Beatriz's speech (3rd person singular)?

¿Puedes apuntar las diferencias principales entre la presentación de Peter en primera persona y la de Beatriz hablando de él en tercera persona?