B2.2 Great summary of last class by Daniel / song sent by Eva

Daniel from the Saturday class has made an excellent summary of the last class:

March 23rd, 2014

We started talking about father’s day among all of us, whereas Kate was writing some important sentences which we had known weeks ago and she explained us the meaning of them,  some of these sentences are the following:

•                    Show somebody THE ropes: to explain to someone how to do a job or activity

•                    Pull somebody's leg = Poke fun =make fun of

•                    Be in the same boat: experiencing the same situation or condition

•                    A slave-driver: an employer who demands excessively hard work from his employees

•                    Down-to-earth: sensible; practical; realistic

•                    Awkward: clumsy; inept

•                    Tender loving care(TLC): considerate and solicitous care

When Kate finished it, and the rest of us arrived at classroom, we checked aloud the exercise of continuous forms( page 65).After that, we checked the exercise”A” of vocabulary section (page 66). To finish checking our homework, kate asked to us how many people had done the Reading of page 67, then she linked groups with students who didn’t read it with people who read it. The first kind of people asked  the second the questions of the exercise B and C of Reading section. Otherwise, Kate explained us the meaning of “screw” from the Reading.

•                    To screw has same meaning to cheat, but more vulgar.

•                    “Screw you” means fuck you, but we cann’t use “screw” in the same way as "that fucking book".

Kate remembered a TV program that explained how they dub from the american version to the spanish versión, and why they use sometimes expresions as “¿bromeas?” to means “you’re kidding” and the problem is that the mouth opening is more similar than using other kind of expressions (that would be) more natural amoung spanish speakers. Then Kate wrote on the blackboard some expressions from the Reading.

•                    To be on the payroll: to be on the list of employees who receive their salary.

•                    To get a pay Check(UK)/Cheque(USA): To received your salary.

•                    Let me get this straight: Let me understand

•                    Drift off: Disappear

•                    Shoulders slumped: Disappointed.

•                    Commit to a job: comprometerse

•                    Backing: Support something or somebody

•                    Dull: Bored

Before the break, we did the Listening section of page 66.

After the break, we did in groups of three and we were speaking about exercise A from speaking section from page 68, then Kate told us which of these sentences had been the most impressive for us, and we remarked the third one.

Finally, we did listening exercise from page 69, and Kate told us the meaning of different words:

·         Crèche-childcare: nursering school

·         Food vouchers : food benefit

·         Dismissal: to fire, to sack s/b

·         Quit: To leave voluntarily your current job/company.

·         Collective bargaining: Negotiations between workers and employer

·         Crackdown: Repression.

·         Night shift: Turno de noche.

·         No-frills: no additional things.

Homework:

Ø  Exercise A from page 68

Ø  Vocabulary section from page 71

Ø  Reading from page 72

EEva has sent a song "Numb" because it was a word we learned in class ( without feeling) The lyrics of the song really reflect this meaning because the singer can no longer feel the presence of his girlfriend ..or anything. To see youtube clip and listen  click here.