REMEMBER: We have NO class next week (2^nd & 4^th February). We will have regular class on Monday 9^th.

Class: 26^th / 28^th January 2015

Unit 3C: It’s the way you say it

Pages: 34 - 35

Grammar:

Vague language

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/vague-expressions

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1210_how_to_converse/page17.shtml

Euphemisms

http://www.euphemismlist.com/

Adverbs

https://www.tesol-direct.com/guide-to-english-grammar/adverbs

Vocabulary: to grab, to grip, to get a grip on, on the tough side, well-done, medium rare, rare, to come round

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Workbook – pg. 18

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talks

Rose George: Let's talk crap. Seriously.

https://www.ted.com/talks/rose_george_let_s_talk_crap_seriously

Joe Madiath: Better toilets, better life

https://www.ted.com/talks/joe_madiath_better_toilets_better_life

A Fish Called Wanda...Apologize

Apologies (Fish called...)

Class: 19^th / 21^st January 2015

Unit 3B: A happy, healthy life

Pages: 30 - 32

Grammar: Inversion (after negative adverbials)
http://fullspate.digitalcounterrevolution.co.uk/efl-advanced-grammar/
http://www.learn-english-today.com/lessons/lesson_contents/verbs/inversion.html
http://usefulenglish.ru/miscellany/inversion

Vocabulary: wear down, hay fever, decay, to binge (on), crutch, to wrestle, to zip around, comfort food
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comfort_food

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Workbook – pg. 16 ex 3 & 4; pg. 17

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talks

Mick Cornett: How an obese town lost a million pounds

https://www.ted.com/talks/mick_cornett_how_an_obese_town_lost_a_million_pounds

Ben Goldacre: Battling bad science

https://www.ted.com/talks/ben_goldacre_battling_bad_science

Class: 12^th / 14^th January 2015

Unit 3A/B: Being confident / A happy, healthy life

Pages: 28 -30

Grammar: Patterns with it
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/sep/30/10-grammar-rules-you-can-forget
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dummy_pronoun
http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/Post-positive-Adjective.htm

Vocabulary: Magi, Wise men, to wonder, conceited, proud, inwardly, bug, steam, flare, treadmill, to take a turn at,

rumble:

[WITH OBJECT] British informal 

Discover (an illicit activity or its perpetrator):

it wouldn’t need a genius to rumble my little game

 [NO OBJECT] US informal 

Take part in a street fightbetween gangs or large groups:

the five of them rumbled with the men in the other car

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Workbook – pg. 14 & 15; pg. 16 ex. 1 & 2

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talks

Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are
http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are/transcript?language=en

Myriam Sidibe: The simple power of hand-washing
https://www.ted.com/talks/myriam_sidibe_the_simple_power_of_hand_washing/transcript?language=en