In this lesson, we finished lesson 2 from the "Can You Believe It?" book. We reviewed some vocabulary and idioms:
ferry --> a boat that you can drive your car onto in order to cross a large body of water (a lake, river, ocean...)
deck --> the top part of the ferry where people can stand and look out at the views
shocked --> very surprised
cafeteria --> a small restaurant, usually in schools, hospitals, and some office buildings
grab --> take something very quickly
take a bite --> chew off just one piece from some food
without saying a word --> do something and not say anything
seat --> anything you can sit on
take a ferry (bus/train/plane) --> go by ferry (bus/train/plane)
sit down --> sit; be seated
pick up --> lift something off of a surface
walk off --> walk away; go in the opposite direction
go back to (a place) --> return to a place where you were before
take something out (of a place) --> remove
be red in the face --> very embarrassed
We also talked about some pronunciation to watch out for:
Vancouver / Victoria --> make sure to bite your bottom lip when you say the /v/ sound.
picks up / walks off --> try to make it sound like the /s/ at the end of the verb joins the vowel in the beginning of the next word (walk soff / pick sup)
shocked --> pronounce the -ed as though it is a /t/: shockt
embarrassed --> pronounce the -ed as though it is a /t/: embarrasst
We practiced making some sentences with the idioms, and we took a short dictation. In our next lesson, we will review the idioms quickly, and then we will start lesson 3.
Please don't forget to bring your copies of the cartoon stories for the next lesson!
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