Thursday, 04 November, 2010: A1 Class

At the beginning of class, I tried to check your homework, and discovered that not a single person had done it, which is actually fine, since this term, I'm starting to give you grades, and part of your grade will be a homework grade, so if you don't do your homework, it's actually not my problem; it's yours.

Then, we talked a little about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.  He is a Scottish author who wrote Sherlock Holmes.  Then, we read a part of "Scandal in Bohemia" and talked about some of the vocabulary:

lined with -->  the material on the inside of your jacket, pants, etc (so, we can say "lined with silk", or "lined with faux fur", etc)
flame-coloured --> a very intense red
richness --> having wealth or great possessions; of great value or worth
limbs -->arms and legs
barbaric --> the quality of being a barbarian; not civil
barbarian --> a person who is not civil (remember Marie's story about the Ancient Greeks and how they didn't understand what their enemies were saying because it all sounded like "bar bar bar" to them, so they called them "the people who say 'barbar'", which is how we got out word "barbarian")
barbaric richness --> crudely rich, over-the top, too much
hid --> from "hide, hid, hidden"
over the top --> too much
straighten --> straight (Adj) + en = straighten (V), to make straight
aristocrat --> noble person, like royalty
nod -->  move your head up and down to show assent
identify --> figure out what something is
remark --> say
pace --> walk back and forth as you think about a problem
sprang --> from "spring, sprang, sprung", to jump up quickly
indeed --> certainly, in fact, for certain, definitely
your majesty --> the way to address a king or queen

Double Breasted (1)

Double Breasted (2)

Fur-lined

Collar

Cuffs

Cloak (1)

Cloak (2)

Don't forget your homework!
You don't exactly have any homework, today, but I don want you to take a look at the post titled "Conversation Topics: Clothes and Character", before class on Saturday.