Watch these two videos which are very inspiring to me. I would like you to discuss their main ideas and tell me what you think about them.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
DISCUSS!
Watch these two videos which are very inspiring to me. I would like you to discuss their main ideas and tell me what you think about them.
More slang!
In this words game, expressions in good English are mixed up with
popular or slang ones. Match the two
columns and find out what they mean and the meaning they can have in your
language!
a bible puncher a
clerk
rich to
give the sack
pencil pusher a
very small person
to make a bad mistake to
drop brick
a disc jockey a
mental defective
a mo-mo a
priest
a half pint full
of beans
a hospital a
speed cop
to dismiss a
radio announcer
a Chicago overcoat a
detective
a policeman riding a motorcycle an
ill-paid work
an unpleasant person a
butcher shop
a dick a
coffin
a coffee and a cake job a blue jacket
a sailor a
pain in the neck
Happy times!
Find out
how to be happy!
Are you
happy? If you aren’t, you need to move near friends who are. A new study shows
that happiness is infectious and can flow through social groups. And the closer
you are to someone happy, the happier you’ll be. The study was carried out by
Harvard Medical School. The researchers discovered that a person’s happiness is
dependent on the happiness of those around them. They collected data on 5,000 adults
between 1971 and 2003. Participants were asked to identify their relatives,
close friends, place of residence and place of work. They were also asked
questions about whether they enjoyed life, and whether they felt hopeful about
the future. The results were interesting. The researchers found that those who
had happy partners had 8% higher chance of being happy too. And for those with
happy children, this increases to 14%. And finally, those with a happy friend
who lives less than half a kilometer away are 42% more likely to be happy.
“most important from our perspective is the recognition that people are in
social networks, and that the health and well-being of one person affects the
health and well being of others”, one of the researchers explained. It makes
sense that if people around you are happy, that might have an impact on your
own happiness. So, in conclusion, the best thing is to have a happy friend who
lives less than a kilometer away from you. Do you have one?
1) What makes you happy? Make a list.
2) Explain what the connection between happiness and friendship is.
3) How happy do you feel today?
4) When was the last time you were unhappy?
5) Why is it important to be happy?
Describing an object
Rearrange
the following expressions under these headings.
Colours, shapes, age, sight-related,
touch- related, sound- related, taste-related, time, qualities, sizes.
It’s black, It’s shiny it’s
triangular it’s brand new It’s bright blue
it’s slippery. it’s
round It’s bright it isn’t very old it’s big
It’s all white it’s really
sticky It’s quite heavy It’s
lovely and sweet it’s square-
shaped it’s
second-hand It’s
fluorescent green
it’s circular at the top It’s
delicious and spicy It’s a horrible pink colour It’s really loud
It’s ugly it’s yearly It’s pretty poor
it’s huge it’s enormous it’s smooth to the touch It’s a bit
noisy It isn’t very
good it’s monthly it’s long
and thin it isn’t very thick
It’s beautiful it’s quite small it’s big it’s twice a week
It’s lovely and soft It’s really juicy It isn’t exactly light
It’s horrible and bitter It’s really
quiet
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