Pronunciation
ESL 323 Dowling
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⭐THIS CLASS IS COMPLETED! Have a healthy, peaceful and blessed summer!
Homework to complete before MAY 12: (1-4)
1. Complete textbook pages 59, 60, 63 and 64. You will need to use the textbook audio to complete. πAudio for textbookπ
2. After you listen and practice reading page 60, choose which sleep patterns is yours. Send a recording reading the number that you chose. We will also discuss sleep patterns in class zoom, so look up any new words.
3. Complete page 63-64 in your textbook; we will go over answers on zoom.
4. Study and practice -gh pronunication while watching these videos: A. -gh B. -gh C. -gh D. -gh homophones (same sound, different spelling and meaning) and study silent letters in the charts (pictures) below.
5. May 12 is the last opportinity to schedule a personal appointment. (Two spots open.) Please prepare a two paragraph reading, and/or questions you have.
πTo make an appointment with me : add your name and email address.π
HOMEWORK for MAY 7: Watch the 4 videos and Email me your answers:
1 FUNNY VIDEO 1 What is the teacher doing wrong?
2 FUNNY VIDEO 2 What's the Joey doing wrong? Is he speaking French?
3 FUNNY VIDEO 3 What does "Dude" mean each time you hear it? (Give different answers for each time: you should have 16 answers.)
Example
5. Which video did you like the most and why?
πHere is a link to save a recording of your voice.π
πHomework 5/1 (A-E)
Optional: Pracrtice by repeating each minimal pair. A "minimal pair" is 2 words that sound exactly the same except for one sound.
A. Listen to all 5 videos and complete 8 -gh quizzes:
https://www.evaeaston.com/gh-words/
Repeat until you get 100%.
B. Study and practice each of the lists with silent letters:
C. See Part VI page 117 in textbook: Vowels and Consonants. Practice the vowles and consonants that are difficult for you. Use the textbook and Audio for textbook.
D. If you haven't already, please send me a recording of the following sentences. Please read the number (or number and letter) before each sentence #4-17. (There is no 8-10.)
LISTEN AND PRACTICE:
video 1 about end intonation when asking questions.
Video 2: more end intonation when asking questions.
Yes/No questions:
1. Can you help?
2. Can you help me?
3. Can you help me fix this?
4. Can you help me fix this car?
5. Can you help me fix this car now?
6. Can you help me fix this car now or later?
April 23:
1 Intonation Video (easy)
2 Intonation Video (difficult) you may want to slow speed
April 21:
Homework Textbook: 98-102 audio sections: (click here for audio)
B. Pronounce:
Homework April 9-14: Practice the lists below and the tongue twisters in the links A-C.
Record yourself: Select 3 or more tongue twisters from this list or from the links. Repeat the tongue twister QUICKLY 3 times while you record yourself. Email me the recording that you think you have pronounced correctly.
Download a recording app to your phone ( I use easy voice recorder)
OR (This is perhaps easier)
You can record yourself on your computer by using this easy website (click here). Save and email me the file.
1. Red leather, yellow leather.
2. Toy boat, toy boat, toy boat.
3. Shelly sells seashells by the seashore.
4. Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
5. She sees cheese.
6. Betty Botter bought some butter.
A Video with audio tongue twisters.
B Video with audio tongue twisters.
C List of tongue twisters.
D. Here is a song for you: This Land Is Your Land What does it mean?
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Proverbs/ Idioms
1. Live and learn.
2. No man is an island.
3. Better late than never.
From a "belated birthday card: Better late than never.
4. Two heads are better than one.
5. Don't burn your bridges.
6. It takes two to tango.
7. Out of sight, out of mind.
8. Blood is thicker than water.
9. You can't judge a book by its cover.
10. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
Homework: Complete by April 9
1. Study idioms on page 85.
2. Complete pages 85, 86, 87, 88 and 90 #6A.
3. Click on each song to practice listening and learning. Next, email me and answer:
In the email to ddowling@saddleback.edu put:
→ Your full name
→ What is each song about?
→What did you learn?
→ What song did you like the most, and why?
Homework: Complete by April 7.
Listening to songs to help you learn English: Click on each song to practice listening and learning. Next, email me and answer:
In the email to ddowling@saddleback,edu put:
→ Your full name
→ What is each song about?
→What did you learn?
→ What song did you like the most, and why?
SEND TO ddowling@saddleback,edu
Song 1: Lemon Tree by Fool's Garden
IDIOM:
It is what it is. This idiom is used when someone has accepted a situation for the way it is and realizes there is nothing they can do to change it.
Student 1: I prefer to be in the classroom instead of Zoom, but it is what it is.
Student 2: Yep, it is what it is.
1. Homework for April 2: Textbook: 79-81 with audio CD 2, 18-22 (click here for audio)
2. Homework: Listen to these TWO videos below to practice tricky words. Each video has tricky words that are difficult for many people to pronounce correctly. Listen and practice as many times as you need. Next you need to email me:
In the email put:
→ Your full name
→The list of ALL the tricky words (be sure to spell correctly)
→ Was this practice helpful for you? Yes or no, and why/ why not?
IDIOMs: Cooped up, Cabin fever
--I've been hunkering down for two weeks, and I feel cooped up.
I've been hunkering down for two weeks, and I've got cabin fever!
IDIOM: Hunker Down
When I hunker down at home, I watch a lot of movies.
I feel bored at home. Staying home is boring.
Stay healthy. Have peace. And be blessed.
--Prof. Dowling
Day 2: Homework
1. Try youglish to practice pronunciation of this phrase:
"A blessing in disguise"
2. Then practice these Common words: family, vegetable, interesting, comfortable, chocolate, favorite, identify
3. Some tricky words:
echelon chaos schedule mischievous triathlon facade vague vogue colonel antique boutique cognac draft draught drought
4. Read the textbook from the beginning to page 4.
5. Practice pronouncing the reading in textbook ex. 3. page 4.
Here is the audio of your instructor reading the paragraph. Make a recording of yourself.
JANUARY 21
Study Chapter 6 Three ways of pronouncing "-ed" at the end of a word: d, t, id.
(learned, cooked, graduated)
IDIOM to know:
"I heard it through the grapevine."
January 23:
Listen to all of Chapter 6 audio.
Study "Features" on page 5.
Video to help you with "ed" sound at the end of regular verbs. Click here!
Idiom to know:
"Hold your horses.(song)" (Lyrics/words to song)
January 28-30
Notes:
Practice Pronoucing schwa = Ι (video1) (video2)
Recommended for Android: Easy Voice Recorder by Digipom
B. Use Google voice to check your pronunciation. If Google answers, your pronunciation is understood correctly. If not, try again.
Try these questions:
1. What day is today?
2. What is today's date?
3. What is the capitol of California?
4. When was the Declaration of Idependence signed?
5. When did George Washington serve as President?
6. How many community colleges are there in Orange County, California?
7. Who are the current senators of California?
8. When was Donald Trump born?
C. Textbook: Study Vocabulary on page x.
Textbook: pages 8-13. Listen to ALL audio and practice pronunciation in Chapter 2.
D. Review this website and listen to the AMERICAN pronunication of each sound symbol.
February 4: Homophones click here.
Idioms: "That'll be the day!" "When pigs fly." "When hell freezes over." (Each mean the same thing-- that I don't believe something will ever happen."
February 6:
Vocabulary:
Homophone: (here /hear) click here,
homonym: are two words that are spelled the same and sound the same but have different meanings.
rhymn ( see handout) have or end with the same sound sound. Example of words that end with 'Ιd ' sound: red, bed, dead, head, led, said, shed, Ted, wed.
Homework: study vocabulary and handouts. PRACTICE!!
Attention: There is NO class Thursday February 12
February 11-18:
In class:
pages 26-28 (Final Consonant sound)
video 1: (Final "s" sound.)
pages 33-36 (Final "s" sound:
video 2: start at :50 and end at 1:50.
Video 3: PRACTICE "s" sound.
IDIOM:
Homework:
-Listen and practice each videos 1, 2 and 3.
-Use audio to complete pages 39A and 40A.
-Use audio to completes all audio sections on pages 42-46.
--REVIEW:
Review the blog from the beginning and decide what you need to practice more and use your handouts, textbook and links to help you practice:
-common words or tricky words
-sound symbols
-short a or schwa
-"ed" end sound (3 sounds)
-homophones
-homonyms
-words that rhymn
-idioms
February 18
Homework:
Listen and practice Chapter 7 pages 48-51
February 20, 2020
Chapter 7
Review handout on pronunciation stress. Or Click here to review.
Idiom/ Expression:
Practice this sentence:
1. I saw eleven elephants eating dessert in the desert.
2. The teacher has a new t-shirt.
3. Where were you last night?
4. Thirteen out of thirty people like vanilla ice cream the best for dessert.
5. What is your birth date?
When is your birthday?
6. Let's bring a sheet to sit on at the beach.
7. He eats with a fork and knife.
They eat with forks and knives.
8. I like fried rice.
9. Birds fly high in the sky.
10. The singer recorded fourteen records.
March 3
IDIOMS ABOUT BEING NERVOUS:
FUNNY VIDEO 1 What is the teacher doing wrong?
FUNNY VIDEO 2 What's the Joey doing wrong? Is he speaking French?
FUNNY VIDEO 3 What does "Dude" mean each time you hear it? (Give different answers for each time.)
Example
1: "Move over. You are too close."
FUNNY VIDEO 4 What is Ricky confused about? Explain.
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⭐THIS CLASS IS COMPLETED! Have a healthy, peaceful and blessed summer!
Homework 1-3:
1. Review your textbook (especially V-VIII) and blog to prepare any last questions about pronunication. You may also ask questions about pronunciation that are not in the textbook.
2. Please prepare any suggestions to improve this class for future students. This is the first time I have taught this class online, and I want to improve! I will not be insulted if you have negative comments. Most students prefer to be in the classroom, so I cannot change that for the fall. But I want to do my best for online pronuncation class in the fall. So please share what was helpful, and what was not helpful!
3. Also, this is your time to say goodbye to your classmates and me as this is our last class and you may not see others or me for a long time.
Homework to complete before MAY 12: (1-4)
1. Complete textbook pages 59, 60, 63 and 64. You will need to use the textbook audio to complete. πAudio for textbookπ
2. After you listen and practice reading page 60, choose which sleep patterns is yours. Send a recording reading the number that you chose. We will also discuss sleep patterns in class zoom, so look up any new words.
3. Complete page 63-64 in your textbook; we will go over answers on zoom.
4. Study and practice -gh pronunication while watching these videos: A. -gh B. -gh C. -gh D. -gh homophones (same sound, different spelling and meaning) and study silent letters in the charts (pictures) below.
5. May 12 is the last opportinity to schedule a personal appointment. (Two spots open.) Please prepare a two paragraph reading, and/or questions you have.
πTo make an appointment with me : add your name and email address.π
HOMEWORK for MAY 7: Watch the 4 videos and Email me your answers:
1 FUNNY VIDEO 1 What is the teacher doing wrong?
2 FUNNY VIDEO 2 What's the Joey doing wrong? Is he speaking French?
3 FUNNY VIDEO 3 What does "Dude" mean each time you hear it? (Give different answers for each time: you should have 16 answers.)
Example
Video 3
- You are too close to me, move over.
- Be quiet; stop tapping your pencil.
- Look at that beautiful woman!
- Be careful; I'm losing control of holding the sofa.
- Help me!
- through 16?? (send me your answers)
5. Which video did you like the most and why?
πHere is a link to save a recording of your voice.π
πHomework 5/1 (A-E)
Optional: Pracrtice by repeating each minimal pair. A "minimal pair" is 2 words that sound exactly the same except for one sound.
A. Listen to all 5 videos and complete 8 -gh quizzes:
https://www.evaeaston.com/gh-words/
Repeat until you get 100%.
B. Study and practice each of the lists with silent letters:
C. See Part VI page 117 in textbook: Vowels and Consonants. Practice the vowles and consonants that are difficult for you. Use the textbook and Audio for textbook.
D. If you haven't already, please send me a recording of the following sentences. Please read the number (or number and letter) before each sentence #4-17. (There is no 8-10.)
4.I
saw a ship loaded with sheep.
5.
My boss let me come to work late today.
6.
I had a bad headache, so I stayed in bed.
7
The cop wanted a cup of coffee.
11A.
I want to buy a pie.
11B.
Do you have time to count every dime?
11C.
I wore my gold jacket because I was cold.
12.
Some of the students stood in the sun and sung a song.
13A
What thing do you want to sing about?
13B.
Thank you for taking a picture of the tank.
14.
In India, you can buy a cheap jeep for 100 sheep.
15.
At the next light, make a right.
16.
I turn on the outside light at night.
17.
He likes berry smoothies very much.
E. Make an appointment with me for an evaluation. Click here to add your name and email address.
Homework from last week: READ and Practice Textbook Chapter 13: Final Intonation Audio for textbook
video 1 about end intonation when asking questions.
Video 2: more end intonation when asking questions.
Yes/No questions:
1. Can you help?
2. Can you help me?
3. Can you help me fix this?
4. Can you help me fix this car?
5. Can you help me fix this car now?
6. Can you help me fix this car now or later?
April 23:
1 Intonation Video (easy)
2 Intonation Video (difficult) you may want to slow speed
April 21:
Homework Textbook: 98-102 audio sections: (click here for audio)
- have got a date at a quarter to eight; I’ll see you at the gate, so don’t be late.
- I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen.
- If a dog chews shoes, whose shoes does he choose?
- A big black bear sat on a big black rug.
- Four fine fresh fish for you.
- She sees cheese.
- We surely shall see the sun shine soon.
Send your recording if possible.
-------------------------------------------Homework April 9-14: Practice the lists below and the tongue twisters in the links A-C.
Record yourself: Select 3 or more tongue twisters from this list or from the links. Repeat the tongue twister QUICKLY 3 times while you record yourself. Email me the recording that you think you have pronounced correctly.
Download a recording app to your phone ( I use easy voice recorder)
OR (This is perhaps easier)
You can record yourself on your computer by using this easy website (click here). Save and email me the file.
1. Red leather, yellow leather.
2. Toy boat, toy boat, toy boat.
3. Shelly sells seashells by the seashore.
4. Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
5. She sees cheese.
6. Betty Botter bought some butter.
A Video with audio tongue twisters.
B Video with audio tongue twisters.
C List of tongue twisters.
D. Here is a song for you: This Land Is Your Land What does it mean?
----------------------------------------------4/7/2020
Proverbs/ Idioms
1. Live and learn.
2. No man is an island.
3. Better late than never.
4. Two heads are better than one.
5. Don't burn your bridges.
6. It takes two to tango.
7. Out of sight, out of mind.
8. Blood is thicker than water.
9. You can't judge a book by its cover.
10. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
Homework: Complete by April 9
1. Study idioms on page 85.
2. Complete pages 85, 86, 87, 88 and 90 #6A.
3. Click on each song to practice listening and learning. Next, email me and answer:
In the email to ddowling@saddleback.edu put:
→ Your full name
→ What is each song about?
→What did you learn?
→ What song did you like the most, and why?
Song: I'llHave To Say I Love You In A Song by Jim Croce.
Song:
the Candy Man by Sammy Davis Jr.
Diner (a restaurant)
 |
| We ate dinner at a diner. |
dinner (a meal)
 |
| Spaghetti and meatballs for dinner |
dining room
dining room table
****NEXT Lesson: Introduction to tounge twisters**** Tongue twisters are a great way to practice and improve pronunciation and fluency. They can also help to improve accents by using alliteration, which is the repetition of one sound. They're not just for kids, but are also used by actors, politicians, and public speakers who want to sound clear when speaking. |
| A dining room table in the dining room |
Listening to songs to help you learn English: Click on each song to practice listening and learning. Next, email me and answer:
In the email to ddowling@saddleback,edu put:
→ Your full name
→ What is each song about?
→What did you learn?
→ What song did you like the most, and why?
SEND TO ddowling@saddleback,edu
Lemon
Tree by
Fools Garden:
A
man is bored on a rainy Sunday afternoon. He is thinking of someone.
Then he drives around in his car thinking about someone again. All
he can see is a lemon tree. He feels lonely, depressed and tired.
He feels alone in isolation. The tune is upbeat, but the man is sad.
He can't focus on anything but the lemon tree. Lemons are often a
symbol of negative things.
I
Have a Dream
by
Abba
The
singer is experiencing a difficult time at the present, but she
focuses on a positive future. She thinks of the future and wonderful
things to help her deal with the present time like angels and
streams.
The
singer does not say what her reality is. Some people say it is
possible that the song may be referring to life after death in
heaven. It is however you want to interpret it. If the song is
about the future on earth, or the future in heaven, the singer is
hopeful and optimistic.
Tom's
Diner by
Suzanne Vega
This
song is about a woman going to a diner for coffee. She sings about
every one she notices and the actions that they are doing. She is
paying attention to everything around her, but no one pays attention
to her. It is like no one really sees her. The
song mentions reading a newspaper as well as seeing two women, one
who enters the diner and one who stands outside in the rain. The
singer is an observer, not a participant. At
the end of the song bells ring, and she remembers someone's voice.
It is what it is. This idiom is used when someone has accepted a situation for the way it is and realizes there is nothing they can do to change it.
Student 1: I prefer to be in the classroom instead of Zoom, but it is what it is.
Student 2: Yep, it is what it is.
1. Homework for April 2: Textbook: 79-81 with audio CD 2, 18-22 (click here for audio)
2. Homework: Listen to these TWO videos below to practice tricky words. Each video has tricky words that are difficult for many people to pronounce correctly. Listen and practice as many times as you need. Next you need to email me:
In the email put:
→ Your full name
→The list of ALL the tricky words (be sure to spell correctly)
→ Was this practice helpful for you? Yes or no, and why/ why not?
VIDEO A
VIDEO B
Practice these sentences:
Practice these sentences:
Pronunciation (Click here to listen to sentences.)
- You can buy silicone at Home Depot.
- Silicon Valley is near San Francisco.
- The little girl likes to hide things; she is very mischievous.
- I need to buy milk, eggs, bread, etc.
- When you pronounce the words, use clear pronunciation.
- In the report, there was extra information in parentheses.
- The manager asked about my strengths during the interview. I told him I am punctual and organized.
- She asked her husband to buy her jewelry for her birthday.
- The school is closed. Anyway, we continue learning online.10. He is very tall; his height is 6'2”.11. My brother's birthday is on September 6th (sixth).12. We are using a Realtor to help us sell our house.13. Supposedly, the school will open again for summer, but no one is sure.14. Last month was February.15. Please put your microphone on mute if your house is noisy while listening on Zoom meeting. (Click here to listen to sentences.)
--I've been hunkering down for two weeks, and I feel cooped up.
I've been hunkering down for two weeks, and I've got cabin fever!
When I hunker down at home, I watch a lot of movies.
I feel bored at home. Staying home is boring.
Stay healthy. Have peace. And be blessed.
--Prof. Dowling
Day 2: Homework
1. Try youglish to practice pronunciation of this phrase:
"A blessing in disguise"
2. Then practice these Common words: family, vegetable, interesting, comfortable, chocolate, favorite, identify
3. Some tricky words:
echelon chaos schedule mischievous triathlon facade vague vogue colonel antique boutique cognac draft draught drought
4. Read the textbook from the beginning to page 4.
5. Practice pronouncing the reading in textbook ex. 3. page 4.
Here is the audio of your instructor reading the paragraph. Make a recording of yourself.
JANUARY 21
Study Chapter 6 Three ways of pronouncing "-ed" at the end of a word: d, t, id.
(learned, cooked, graduated)
IDIOM to know:
"I heard it through the grapevine."
January 23:
Listen to all of Chapter 6 audio.
Study "Features" on page 5.
Video to help you with "ed" sound at the end of regular verbs. Click here!
Idiom to know:
"Hold your horses.(song)" (Lyrics/words to song)
January 28-30
Notes:
Practice pronouncing 'short a' /Γ¦/ (video)
Listen to words with schwa sound: click here
A. Find an free app to record and listen to yourself reading.Recommended for Android: Easy Voice Recorder by Digipom
B. Use Google voice to check your pronunciation. If Google answers, your pronunciation is understood correctly. If not, try again.
Try these questions:
1. What day is today?
2. What is today's date?
3. What is the capitol of California?
4. When was the Declaration of Idependence signed?
5. When did George Washington serve as President?
6. How many community colleges are there in Orange County, California?
7. Who are the current senators of California?
8. When was Donald Trump born?
C. Textbook: Study Vocabulary on page x.
Textbook: pages 8-13. Listen to ALL audio and practice pronunciation in Chapter 2.
D. Review this website and listen to the AMERICAN pronunication of each sound symbol.
February 4: Homophones click here.
Idioms: "That'll be the day!" "When pigs fly." "When hell freezes over." (Each mean the same thing-- that I don't believe something will ever happen."
February 6:
Vocabulary:
Homophone: (here /hear) click here,
homonym: are two words that are spelled the same and sound the same but have different meanings.
Homonym Examples
- Address - to speak to / location
- Air - oxygen / a lilting tune
- Arm - body part / division of a company
- Band - a musical group / a ring
- Bark - a tree's out layer / the sound a dog makes
- Bat - an implement used to hit a ball / a nocturnal flying mammal
- Bright - very smart or intelligent / filled with light
- Circular - taking the form of a circle / a store advertisement
- Current - up to date / flow of water
- Die - to cease living / a cube marked with numbers one through six
- Express - something done fast / to show your thoughts by using words
- Fair - equitable / beautiful
- Jag - a sharp, jutted object / a crying spree
- Kind - type / caring
- Lie - to recline / to tell a falsehood
- Match - to pair like items / a stick for making a flame
- Mean - average / not nice
- Pole - a person from Poland / a piece of metal that holds a flag
- Pound - unit of weight / to beat
- Quarry - a site for mining stone / to extract or obtain slowly
- Ream - a pile of paper / to juice a citrus fruit
- Ring - a band on a finger / something circular in shape
- Right - correct / direction opposite of left
- Rock - a genre of music / a stone
- Rose - to have gotten up / a flower
- Spring - a season / coiled metal
- Stalk - a part of a plant / to follow or harass someone
- Tender - gentle / offer of money / easily feels pain
- Tire - to grow fatigued / a part of a wheel
- Well - in good health / a source for water in the ground
Homework: study vocabulary and handouts. PRACTICE!!
Attention: There is NO class Thursday February 12
February 11-18:
In class:
pages 26-28 (Final Consonant sound)
video 1: (Final "s" sound.)
pages 33-36 (Final "s" sound:
video 2: start at :50 and end at 1:50.
Video 3: PRACTICE "s" sound.
IDIOM:
Homework:
-Listen and practice each videos 1, 2 and 3.
-Use audio to complete pages 39A and 40A.
-Use audio to completes all audio sections on pages 42-46.
--REVIEW:
Review the blog from the beginning and decide what you need to practice more and use your handouts, textbook and links to help you practice:
-common words or tricky words
-sound symbols
-short a or schwa
-"ed" end sound (3 sounds)
-homophones
-homonyms
-words that rhymn
-idioms
February 18
Homework:
Listen and practice Chapter 7 pages 48-51
February 20, 2020
Chapter 7
Review handout on pronunciation stress. Or Click here to review.
IDIOM: "What goes around, comes around."
Idiom/ Expression:
Practice this sentence:
1. I saw eleven elephants eating dessert in the desert.
2. The teacher has a new t-shirt.
3. Where were you last night?
4. Thirteen out of thirty people like vanilla ice cream the best for dessert.
5. What is your birth date?
When is your birthday?
6. Let's bring a sheet to sit on at the beach.
7. He eats with a fork and knife.
They eat with forks and knives.
8. I like fried rice.
9. Birds fly high in the sky.
10. The singer recorded fourteen records.
March 3
IDIOMS ABOUT BEING NERVOUS:
1. "To Be Afraid of Your Own Shadow"
If you are afraid of your own shadow, then you are scared of almost everything.
e.g. Maria is a very nervous person. In fact, she is afraid of her own shadow!
"To Have Butterflies in Your Stomach"
When you are very nervous or scared about a situation, then we say that we have butterflies in our stomachs.
e.g. I have a job interview in one hour and I have butterflies in my stomach!
"To Break out in a Cold Sweat"
When you get nervous or scared, you often start to sweat.
e.g. In the job interview they asked me some really difficult questions and I broke out into a cold seat.
"The Heebie-Jeebies"
If something makes you scared or nervous, you can say that it gives you the heebie-jeebies.
e.g. I hate walking through the city at night. There are lots of scary people out and they give me the heebie-jeebies.
"To Be a Bundle of Nerves"
When somebody is nervous, tense or worried, you can say that they are a bundle of nerves.
e.g. I just saw Lewis in the street. He was on his way to his CAE speak exam and was a bundle of nerves.
March 5:
Homework:
study handouts, and listen to all audio from chapters 10 and 11.
Review idioms on blog.
Listen to audio and practice connected speach with this video and #2 video.
March 12:
Idioms:
3. I'm saving for a rainy day.
4. I'll be there, rain or shine.
5. Don't rain on my parade.
6. May I have a rain check?
March 5:
Homework:
study handouts, and listen to all audio from chapters 10 and 11.
Review idioms on blog.
Listen to audio and practice connected speach with this video and #2 video.
March 12:
Idioms:
1.
2.
3. I'm saving for a rainy day.
4. I'll be there, rain or shine.
5. Don't rain on my parade.
6. May I have a rain check?
FUNNY VIDEO 2 What's the Joey doing wrong? Is he speaking French?
FUNNY VIDEO 3 What does "Dude" mean each time you hear it? (Give different answers for each time.)
Example
1: "Move over. You are too close."
FUNNY VIDEO 4 What is Ricky confused about? Explain.
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