Thursday, February 21st

A. San Francisco, oh San Francisco...

What would you do in San Francisco? Tons of things to do and all of them are equally fun and entertaining.  Your job is to choose 3 top attractions in San Francisco based on the list displayed in the following page and locate them in the map of San Franciso in the Blog: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g60713-Activities-San_Francisco_California.html

Now the fun begins:
1. You are staying at a hotel located in Fisherman's Wharf, on Larking Street right next to Ghirardelli Square (hint: North of San Francisco).
2. How do you get to your 3 attractions from your hotel?  Provide a lot of details as if you were giving them to someone looking to follow the same itinerary.

Vocabulary to keep in mind when giving and asking for directions:

How do I get to …?

What's the best way to …?

Where is …?

Go straight on (until you come to …).

Turn around./Go back.

Turn left/right (into …-street).

Make a left/right (on....street)

Go along …

Cross …

Go Across

You will pass...

You will see a....on the left/right

Take the first/second road on the left/right

It's on the left/right.

straight on

opposite to

near 

next to

between

at the end (of)

on/at the corner

behind 

in front of

(just) around the corner

traffic lights

intersection, junction

B. Thinking about moving to the US Doctor? Think again...
A very interesting article about the tough and long process immigrant doctors have to undergo to practice medicine in the US.  This article has tons and tons of great vocabulary.  Please click on the link and answer the questions below:

Link to the audio file: http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=172108835&m=172130755

Link to the transcript: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=172108835

Questions

1. What is the pay difference between doctors in the US and Western Europe according to the economist interviewed (Dean Baker)?
2. What was the experience of Dr Wilandy from Canada when he tried to get his license in CA?
3. What's the reason why the requirements are so stringent according to the president of the Medical State Board, Dr Chaudhry?
4. What percentage of the doctors in the US are foreigners? Does Dean Baker, the economist, think we need more foreign doctors? Why?
5. What is Dean Baker's idea to simplify the licensing process for foreign doctors?
6. According to Dean Baker, what is the main advantage of having a large flow of foreign doctors coming to the US to practice medicine?