The Life and Times of Oscar Wilde

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Slang

Let’s get started... Americans use slang all the time. This can make it difficult to understand what people are saying. Have you heard someone say something that doesn't make sense? It's probs slang.

Activity 1

3 minutes

With your partner, write a list of American idioms or slang that you have heard.

Background

Idioms and slang are special words and language used within a culture or group of people. For example, in the United States, there is “California slang” and “New York slang”, and they are very different. If an idiomatic expression or slang becomes popular enough, it may spread across the country or even around the world.

Language changes very quickly now because of TV and the Internet. Old slang may become outdated and be replaced by new words and phrases. When someone uses a new idiom or slang, it can be difficult to understand what they mean. But if it is used by enough people, it may become part of common, everyday conversation.

Discussion 1

In pairs for 5 minutes, ask and answer these questions:

1. In your home country do some groups of people use slang more than others? (An age group? An economic group? A social group?) Do you know something about people just by listening to the way they talk?
2. What is one of the common idioms or slang words used in your native language? What does it mean literally? What does the idiom mean? When do people say it?

Discussion 2

In pairs for 5 minutes, ask and answer these questions:

1. Is there a particular idiom (in English or in your native language) that you like? Is there one that you do not like?
2. In America where do you hear the most slang and idioms used? When is it most difficult for you to understand English? (Conversations, TV shows, news, telephone, business, etc.)

Discussion 3

In pairs for 5 minutes, ask and answer these questions:

1. How do you feel about slang and idioms? Are they good or bad? When is it ok to use slang?
2. Is it appropriate / funny / interesting when someone speaks like a person from a different age or economic group?

Here are some common American expressions. What do they mean? When are they are used?

Thanksgiving Family Role-Play

Ellen's Thanksgiving Plan 1

Until 2:15

Ellen's Thanksgiving Plan 2

A Thanksgiving Miracle (SNL)

The Real History of Thanksgiving

Traditional Thanksgiving Food

Cornbread

Gravy

Green Bean Casserole

Mashed Sweet Potatoes / Yams

Pumpkin Pie

Stuffing

Mashed Potatoes

Turkey

Cornucopia - table decoration

Glazed Carrots

Cranberry Sauce

Corn on the Cob

 

Breadbasket- when all people at the table hold hands and give thanks. Here, the people are praying but not all families pray when they give thanks.

Thanksgiving toast - Everyone holds his/her glass up and someone may say a few words (make a short speech), then people clink their glass together before drinking. 

Football - there is always a football game on Thanksgiving

Black Friday

Usually stores open at Midnight on Thursday. Some families go line up at stores right after dinner. Notorious for injuries and deaths.

1 BACH
Thanksgiving memes 1
Thanksgiving memes 2

2016 November 8th Election Results

Gredos Las Suertes Results

Total valid votes: 462
Percents approximated

DEM      - 341      - 74%
REP       - 42        -  9%
GRN      - 36        -  7%

LIB        - 27        -  6% 
PF          - 15        -  3%
Write-in - 1         -   <1%



1 ESO
DEM - 93
LIB - 5 
GRN - 3 
REP - 10
PF - 9

2 ESO
DEM - 104
LIB - 5
GRN - 3
REP - 12

3 ESO
DEM - 63
LIB - 10
GRN - 1
REP - 9
Beyoncé - 1

4 ESO A
DEM - 18
REP - 3
GRN - 3

1 BACH
DEM - 35
LIB - 1
GRN - 15
REP - 5

2 BACH
DEM - 28
LIB - 6
GRN - 11
REP - 6
PF - 6


Presentation

California Results

California State Measures

2012


2008

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/California-secession-group-to-hold-meet-up-at-10594349.php

Vocal of the Week - High Fashion

Apparel – another word for clothes, clothing and garments
Example: I don't think you're wearing the right apparel for a funeral.

Trendy – an adjective used to describe someone who is very fashionable or stylish. Comparative – trendier, Superlative – trendiest)

Example: Andrew looks so trendy in his light blue shirt and dark jeans!

Must-haves – highly essential clothes that you must have in your wardrobe this season. Clothing must-haves also comprise the essentials of your wardrobe. 

to have a sense of style- to be aware of your own individual fashion preferences and taste

Example: Marco's sense of style is unique. I can’t think of anyone who dresses the way he does!

to strike a pose- to take on a certain position or posture

Example: Sebastian struck a pose in front of the mirror when he was trying on his new suit.

Story Elements

Character

A character is a person, or sometimes even an animal, who takes part in the action of a short story or other literary work.

Setting

The setting of a short story is the time and place in which it happens. Authors often use descriptions of landscape, scenery, buildings, seasons or weather to provide a strong sense of setting.

Plot

A plot is a series of events and character actions that relate to the central conflict.

Conflict

The conflict is a struggle between two people or things in a short story. The main character is usually on one side of the central conflict. 

On the other side, the main character may struggle against another important character (man vs. Man), against the forces of nature (man vs. wild), against society, against an evil force, or even against something inside himself or herself (feelings, emotions, illness).

Pumpkin "Carving" Contest!!

Materials
Orange and black construction paper
Regular white paper for a template and for
Scissors
Glue stick

Instructions
1. Use your regular white paper to create a template of your pumpkin shape and the pumpkin face (or drawing).

2. Use your templates to cut the orange paper and the black paper.

3. Glue your cut paper to your "pumpkin."

4. Achieve glory.

Vocab of the Week - Idioms for Difficult Situations

To hang in there - be patient, carry on, keep trying. "I know you are having a hard time, but hang in there. Exams week is almost over."

To be easier said than done - Not as easy as it appears to be. "We need to get people from both teams to work together." "Easier said than done."

To cut someone some slack - To not judge someone to harshly. "Cut him some slack, he just got back from his honeymoon."

Every cloud has a silver lining - You can find good in every situation. You can also just say "silver lining". "It's be a rough week but the silver lining is that I've shown my bosses how hard I can work."

Pull yourself together - Calm down, clean yourself up, and behave normally. If you see a friend crying and you have to go to class, you might say "Pull yourself together."

Reported Speech Practice

Take notes of what Trump says and change the quotes into reported speech.

Take notes of what the candidates say and change the quotes into reported speech.

Vocab of the Week: Chatting Abbreviations

TTYL - talk to you later

OMW - On my way

LMAO - Laughing my a**(butt) off

YOLO -  You only live once

BRB - Be right back

SMH - Shaking my head.
(You use SMH to react to something that you find so stupid/bad/ridiculous that no words do it justice.)

FYI - For your information
(Information is simply being shared and that no immediate action is required or expected. Can be used to change the subject. HOWEVER, you could get "FYI it's mom's birthday today.")

BTW  - By the way
(Similar to FYI. Also, a way to introduce a new topic or add information. "BTW we have that test on Monday.")

IDK - I don't know

w00t - Whoomp. Hooray! 
(To indicate something good. "w00t, got at A+ on my test")

n00b or noob - newbie
(Someone is a novice at something. Use this when someone does something dumb because he or she has no exeperience.)

Lumbersexuals

From: theatlantic

What's a Lumbersexual?

Meet the Lumbersexual: He's Part Hipster, Part Metrosexual, All Sartorial Man

‘Lumbersexual’ Is The Term For Hot Hipsters Who Look Like Lumberjacks

from: http://elitedaily.com/envision/hipster-men-are-lumbersexuals-photos/849694/

The days of the well-groomed metrosexual man might soon be over as the “lumbersexual” trend takes precedence.

The lumbersexual man is essentially an urban woodsman.

He is brawny, wears expensive flannel, has an impressive beard that is painstakingly unkempt and represents the ultimate sense of manliness.

The look of the lumbersexual man can be described as something similar to a hipster-outdoorsman hybrid.

However, you won’t find him in the forest chopping down trees.

The lumbersexual man traded in his days of tree felling for hitting up hipster bars, and instead of wielding an axe, he now carries around a MacBook Pro.

To see the lumbersexual trend at it’s finest, check out the pictures below.

Weirdest Jobs

10.__________ _________

The job of a ______ ________  starts when everybody else is asleep. They get out wearing their protective outfit in the dark, especially in rainy days, and look for ______ colonies. They select the best ________ and stuff these filthy creatures in cans that are sold fishermen in markets worldwide.

9. ______ _____ ____

____ _____  cannot arrive on store shelves unless it meets a food technologist’s taste. Not only does a ____ ____ _____ smell and taste animal ____, they also chew it to ensure pets eat high-quality food. Though Fido would probably prefer having barbecue leftovers every day.

8. ______ _______  _____

Ever watched the series Bones and those brilliant minds solving complicated murder investigations by comparing soil samples and types of worms and maggots? Ever wondered how they come up with all this information [hint, in real life, they don’t really do it all by themselves]? It is all responsibility of a ____ ____ _____, who not only drags a dead body out of a grave but also removes the maggots attached to its rotten flesh and everything else that could be on interest to scientists.

7. ________ ___________

While there are no good reasons to sleep at work, there are countless advantages of working in your sleep. These __________  ________  take part in sleep studies and research and literally have a dream job.

6. ____  _____  ________

The people who do this must be very brave. They have to dive down in the the water-filled enclosure and clean while Jaws watches.

5. _______ _______

________ _________ have special trainings before being allowed to identify and separate male hatchlings from the females. 

4. __________ _______

Bird, cat and dog corpses on roads are always an eyesore. While many of us try to overpass them, a _______ __________ has to pick them up and put it in their car on a regular basis. The stinky smell of the rotten corpses make this job one of the weirdest. To add to weirdness, some cleaners feed their families on fresh roadkills.

3. _________ _______ _____

A ____ ____  tries to do one thing in a hundred different ways. Though the job sounds quite interesting initially, it could become tough after sometime when you run short of creative ideas. People do not want repetitive cookies and your cookie manufacturer pressures you to come up with something interesting every time, which is not always possible. That is why we occasionally receive unusual messages.

2. ______  _______ 

Gambling is a big business and dices are rolling all around the world. If dice angle is imperfect or the dice has incorrect proportions or if it has slightly distorted centre of mass, dice will favor one outcome, therefore corrupting a game of hazard. Moreover, a company which produced and delivered corrupted dices could be sued right away. For this reason, a _______  ________  has to check every dice very carefully which is indeed a tiring and a time-consuming job. I bet you would not like to do it.

1. ______  _____

Entertainment parks are as good as their most stomach-churning rides. They not only make you lose your mind, but very often your lunch, too. This is why many _______ ________ are hired to clean up most thrilling amusement parks. Real rollercoaster ride of a job.

10 Worm farmer

9 Pet food tester

8 Body farm caretaker

7 Professional Sleeper

6. Shark Tank cleaner

5. Chicken Sexer

4. Roadkill Cleaner

3. Fortune Cookie Writer

2. Dice Inspector 

1. Vomit cleaner

From: https://www.neweurope.eu/article/lg-bets-cloud-computing/

Present Perfect & Present Perfect Continuous

Present Perfect 
has/have + past participle

I've had lots of girlfriends.

PRESENT PERFECT : Unspecified Time Before Now

The exact time is not important. 

You CANNOT use the Present Perfect with specific time expressions such as: yesterday, one year ago, last week, when I was a child, when I lived in Japan, at that moment, that day, one day, etc. 

We CAN use the Present Perfect with unspecific expressions such as: ever, never, once, many times, several times, before, so far, already, yet, etc.

1. Experience

I have been to France 20 times. 

2. Change over time

You have grown since I last saw you. 

3. Accomplishments 

She has won 3 Oscars for best actress.

4. An Uncompleted Action You Are Expecting or VERY, VERY RECENT ACTIONS

The rain hasn't stopped yet. 

Jones hasn't mastered Chinese, but he is very good at it. 

I've just run to the store, I'll be back soon. 

5. Multiple Actions at Different Times

We've had 6 tests so far this year. 

TIME EXPRESSIONS:

Sometimes, we want to limit the time we are looking in for an experience. We can do this with expressions such as: in the last week, in the last year, this week, this month, so far, up to now, etc.

Present Perfect Continuous

has/have + been + present participle

1. Duration from the Past Until Now

We've been talking for the last hour.

2. Recently, Lately

I've been really busy lately. 


ACTIVE & PASSIVE FORMS?

Present Simple VS Present Continuous

Present Simple	Present Continuous
Things which are always true: Water boils at 100 degrees.	Things which are happening at the moment of speaking: The water is boiling now, so you can put in the pasta.
Permanent situations (or nearly permanent; true for a few years at least): Julie lives in London.	Temporary situations: Julie is living in Paris for a few months (usually she lives in London). Situations which are slowly changing: I'm getting better and better at speaking English.
Habits or things we do regularly: I drink coffee every morning.	Temporary or new habits: I'm drinking too much coffee these days because I'm so busy at work. Annoying habits (usually with 'always'): My flatmate is always leaving the kitchen in a mess!
Future events which are part of a timetable: My plane leaves at eight tonight. To talk about the future after certain words ('when' 'until' 'after' 'before' 'as soon as'): I'll call you when I get home.	Definite future plans: I'm meeting John after class today.
To talk about what happens in books, plays and films: At the end of the book, the detective catches the killer.	To talk about people in pictures and photos: In this photo, my mother is walking beside a lake.

Remember:

• We use the present simple with stative verbs. We can't use any continuous tense (including the present continuous tense, of course) with stative verbs

Thanks: http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-simple-or-present-continuous.html !!

Dating - Vocal of the Week September 26th

1. Date 

2. To have a crush (on somebody)

3. To dump somebody

4. Ex

5. To hit on somebody

1. Date (noun) Two people getting together for an activity, usually with the possibility of romance. A date can occur before a couple has entered into an “official relationship,” or after they are officially together. 

Related: to date (someone), to go out with, to be seeing someone

Example 1)

“Yeah, Mike and I went on a date last night. He's cute, but I'm not sure if I want to get involved with him or not.” 

2. To have a crush (on somebody) (phrasal verb) To have a crush on somebody is a great feeling and it means that you’re attracted to somebody and would like them to be more than just your friend. And if somebody has a crush on you, well it’s the same – they like you in a more intimate way.        

Example 1)

“I have the biggest crush on Simon. He’s so cute!”

“Isn’t he dating Jenny Parkes?”

“No, not anymore, apparently they broke up a few weeks ago!” 

“Cool!”

Instead of saying have a crush you can also just say crushing on – it means the same thing but it’s usually used among the younger generation and teenagers.  

     

Example 2)

“Oooh, you’re so crushing on Michael right now!”

“I am not! We’re just friends!” 

“Liar! I can tell you like him.”

“Is it that obvious?”

3. To dump somebody (phrasal verb) If you dump somebody, you’re probably going to break their heart. If you dump your boyfriend or girlfriend it means you stop having a romantic relationship with them for some reason. And if you’re dumped, it means that somebody doesn’t want to date you anymore – don’t worry, there are plenty more fish in the sea! (There are many more great single people out there to date).     

Example 1)

“What’s wrong with Amy? She’s been walking around the campus all day looking sad and like she’s going to start crying anymore.”

“Didn’t you hear? Alex dumped her last night! Just don’t mention his name at all!”

“Wow, I’m surprised. They always looked so happy together!”

Example 2)

“Landon looks so mad! What happened?” 

“He and Samantha broke up.”

“Oh no, who dumped who?”

“I’m not sure, but I have a feeling it was Sam!”

4. Ex (noun) Usually if you hear to a friend referring to their ex, they’re referring to their old boyfriend or girlfriend who they no longer date. But if you put it with another noun for example ‘boss’ ex-boss it means your boss from before. I met my ex-boss in the supermarket the other day and he asked me to come back and work for him. I’m not going to now I’ve found this awesome new job.        

       Example 1)

 “Who was that guy you were talking to before?”

“Oh Cam? He’s my ex!”

“And you’re still friends?” 

“Kind of, we only broke up because he moved to LA.” 

         Example 2)

“My ex always sends me messages on Facebook. I wish she’d stop, it’s really annoying!”

“Tell her, or just delete as your friend!”

From: http://www.fluentu.com/english/blog/american-english-slang-words-esl/

5. To hit on someone (phrasal verb) to flirt with someone, to make a pass (at someone) with the clear intention of having romantic relations with him or her. 

Example 1)

“This guy at the club was totally hitting on me last night. He kept asking me to dance and gave me his number.”

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