Unit 6

This is what Mr. Button explains about the school camp. (Esto es lo que explica Mr. Button acerca del campamento escolar).

Hi, everybody. Next week is the school camp in Rocky Waters. Rocky Waters is 400 Km away from Thinkerton.(Hola a todos. La semana próxima es el campamento escolar en Rocky Waters. Rocky Waters está  a 400 km de Thinkerton).
It's going to be very exciting! We are going to ride horses, canoe down the river, go on nature walks and sleep under the stars. (¡Va a ser muy emocionante! Vamos a montar a caballo, hacer descensos en canoa por el río, paseos por la naturaleza -o senderismo- y dormiremos bajo las estrellas.)
We are going to learn how to put up a tent and cook outside (Aprenderemos a montar una tienda de campaña y a cocinar al aire libre).
We are going to have a class about how to survive outside and how to make things with wood. The bus is going to leave at half past nine on Monday morning and we are going to spend 5 days there. ( Vamos a aprender a sobrevivir en la naturaleza y a hacer cosas con madera. El autobús saldrá a las nueve y media el Lunes por la mañana y vamos a pasar allí 5 días).



These are the questions about the text:

1. When are the young detectives going to go to school camp? Next week (respuesta corta). They are going to school camp next week (respuesta completa).
2. When are they going to leave? They are going to leave at half  past nine on Monday.
3. How long are they going to stay? They are going to stay five days.
4. How are they going to travel? They are going to travel by bus.
5. What activities are they going to do? They are going to ride horses, canoe down the river, go on nature walks, learn how to put up a tent...


Habrás observado que en este tema estamos hablando del futuro: lo que van a hacer. Hay varias clases de futuro. La que estudiamos en este tema se llama futuro de intención o futuro con "going to". Sirve para expresar lo que vas a hacer o tienes intención de hacer. En español se forma con el verbo ir en presente + infinitivo. En inglés con to be en presente + going to + infinitivo.
Ejemplo:  Yo voy a comer. I am going to eat.
Otros ejemplos sacados del texto:
We are going to ride horses. Nosotros vamos a montar a caballo.
We are going to have a class about how to survive. Nosotros vamos a dar clases de supervivencia.
The bus is going to leave at half past nine. El autobús va a salir a las nueve y media.

Descripción de las imágenes de la pág. 52.

In picture 1 we can see mountains and a blue sky.
In picture 2 there are some tents on the grass under tall trees.
In picture 3 we can see some children riding horses. They are wearing helmets for horse riding.
In picture 4 there are some children in a rowing boat in the river. They are wearing life jackets.

EJERCICIO 1 UNIT 6 

GRAMMAR BOX 6