Fwd: [eoi-english-2013-ni2b:122] Class summary for March 18th

Thanks, Lorena.

I'll send a link about preparatory, dummy it.

​Some notes and practice on adjectives without nouns:

 Adv - EGC HEW - adjectives without nouns.pdf

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From: Lorena García 
Date: Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 12:14 AM
Subject: [eoi-english-2013-ni2b:122] Class summary for March 18th
To: eoi-english-2013-ni2b@googlegroups.com

Hi guys!

Today we started the lesson of English [better: English lesson] by doing the exercises 1, 2 and 3 of page 49 and we -learn +learnED a lot of new vocabulary about the text of this page:

To entertain /en.təˈteɪn/: to invite someone to your house and give food and drink to them. We entertain a lot of people, mainly business associates of my wife's.

To grab /ɡræb/: to take hold of something or someone suddenly and roughly. A mugger grabbed her handbag as she was walking across the park.

To do sb's head in: to make someone feel confused and unhappy. Getting up at four o'clock every morning was doing my head in. (me pone la cabeza como un bombo)

A fiver /ˈfaɪ.vər/:  five pounds, or a note worth five pounds. Can you change a tenner for two fivers? (¿Puedes cambiarme un billete de 10 libras por dos de 5 libras?)

Rip-off /ˈrɪp.ɒf/: something that is not worth what you pay for it. $300 for that shirt? - That's a complete rip-off. (Un robo, un timo)

Rip sb off: to cheat someone by making them pay too much money for something. Bob's tickets cost much less than ours - I think we've been ripped off.

To be -rip +ripped: ser musculoso.

Patronizing /ˈpæt.rə.naɪ.zɪŋ/ : speaking or behaving towards someone as if they are stupid or not important. It's that patronizing tone of hers that I can't bear. (condescendiente)

How come?: used to ask how or why something has happened. So how come you missed the train? (VERY IMPORTANT, se usa mucho)

I can't help it: no puedo evitarlo

I can't help myself: no puedo evitar ser como soy

Help yourself: to take something for yourself. "Might I have some more bread?" "Please, help yourself!" (Sírvete, coge lo que quieras)

A helping /ˈhel.pɪŋ/: an amount of food given to one person at one time. A small/large helping of pasta. (Una porción, ración)

Barely /ˈbeə.li/ : adverb, by the smallest amount. They have barely enough (= no more than what is needed) to pay the rent this month. (apenas)

Bare /beər/ : without any clothes or not covered by anything. There's no carpet in the room, just bare floorboards.

Barefoot/ˈbeə.fʊt/ : not wearing any shoes or socks. We took off our shoes and socks and walked barefoot along the beach.

Whatsoever /ˌwɒt.səʊˈev.ər/ : used after a negative phrase to add emphasis to the idea that is being expressed. I can honestly say that I have no interest whatsoever in the royal family.

Within /wɪˈðɪn/: inside or not further than an area or period of time. The tickets should reach you within the week (= before the end of this week)

To scroll /skrəʊl/: to move text or other information on a computer screen in order to see a different part of it. Scroll to the end of the document.

To come round: to visit someone in their home. Come round tonight and we'll watch a video.

To thumb online: darle a me gusta o no me gusta en internet, como en facebook.

To throw a party: to have a party. Flavio threw a party for Colin's 50th birthday. (Organizar una fiesta, NUNCA to make a party para ese significado)

In English we can't write an adjective without a noun like "the responsible" (estaría mal), we have to write the noun following this structure: the + adj + noun. So the correct phrase would be "the responsible person". If we write using the structure the + adj (without the noun), we would be speaking about a group of people in general like for example: the Spanish, the rich…

They found it difficult to make friends ("dummy it") instead They found to make friends difficult (gramaticalmente esto está bien pero no lo encontramos así normalmente).

Lanky /ˈlæŋ.ki/: tall and thin and often moving awkwardly as a result. I was your typical lanky teenager. (tirillas)

Misgiving /ˌmɪsˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/: a feeling of doubt or worry about a future event. Many teachers expressed serious misgivings about the new exams.

After that, we played in small groups with some cards with different situations to review the uses of different forms of the verb mind in page 39.

Then we continued by doing the listening exercises 1 and 2 of page 50 of the book. Next day we are going to listen +TO  it again.

That's all for now

See you next Thursday!

Lorena

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