FCE: Expressions with Take

Take!

A. Using the word list below complete the sentences below.

Word List:

advice*
courage *
risk*
pity*
interest*
care*
notice*
offence*
blame
joke*

1. He takes a very keen __interest__ in music and often goes to concerts.

2. Don't say anything negative about her hair; she's very sensitive and might take __courage_ at your remarks.

3. I was walking along a country road in the rain when a driver took ___pity__ on me and stopped to give me a lift.

4. If a team loses, it's normally the manager who takes the ___offence__for the defeat and not the players.

5. Our neighbour has agreed to take __blame_ of the dogs while we're on holiday.

6. The doctor told her to stop smoking, but she didn't take any _advice_ of him. She still smokes 30 a day.

7. Although she really wanted to study archaeology, she took her parents' _notice__ and went to law school.

8. Jamie likes making fun of other people but he can't take a __joke__ himself. he gets so angry.

9. It took a lot of ____care__ to ride his motorbike again after the accident.

10. She was taking a big __risk__ when she changed career, but fortunately everything went well and she really likes her new job.


B. Phrasal Verbs with Take. Complete each of the sentences with the appropriate article.

11. She takes ___after_______ her father; they're both as disorganized as each other.

12. I'd love to take ___up_______ golf, but it's such an expensive sport.

13. We haven't really taken __over from______ the new boss; he's a little too formal for us.

14. Our phonetics teacher, Mrs. Hill, is going to have a baby so Mr. Bennett is taking ___off______ until she comes back.

15. They've taken __on__ another receptionist at work; Alison couldn't manage on her own.

16. I had to stop going to yoga classes; they were taking __up__ too much of my time.

DUE: MAY 21, 2010

The Microwave

FCE: Word Transformation

Transform the word in brackets to fit the space provided.

Perhaps the most (0) useful (use) and convenient of all domestic appliances is the microwave oven. You do not need to be a (1) __SKILLED_ (skill) cook or a (2) TECHNOLOGICAL_ (technology) genius to operate one, and you can produce extremely (3) _TASTEFUL (taste) meals at the touch of a button. Many of us would now feel rather (4) ___HELPER_ (help) and unable to cope without one. The man we have to thank for this modern cooking miracle is (5) __INVENTIVE (invent), Percy LeBaron Spencer, who manufactured the Radar Range oven for industrial use in 1945.

Ten years (6)_LATER (late) the first domestic microwave made its (7) _APPEARENCE__ (appear). This rather bulky contraption needed an (8) _ELECTRICAL (electric) and a plumber to install it. and was the same size as a fridge. At over $1,000 in 1955, it was not immediately (9) _SUCCESSFUL (success). Not until 1967, when the countertop model became (10) __WIDER (wide) available, did sales start to improve.

0. useful

1. SKILLED

2.TECHNOLOGICAL

3. TASTEFUL

4.HELPER

5.INVENTIVE

6. LATER

7.APPEARENCE

8.ELECTRICAL

9. SUCCESSFUL

10.WIDER


DUE: MAY 07, 2010

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Ready for FCE: Unit Four

Unit Four: A Good Story

pg.42:

1/2

pg.43:

3/4

LF1- Practice

pg.44:

Word Formation: 1-4

pg.47:

Vocabulary2- A/B

pg.48:

Reading2- 1-3

pg.49:

LF2- 1-4

pg.50-51:

Practice- 1/2

Writing2- 1/2/3/4

pg.52-3: Review

-all of the items on the pages.

DUE: MAY 21, 2010


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Ready for FCE: Unit Three

Unit Three: A Change for the Better?
pg.26:
Vocabulary (Machines and Devices)- 1/2
Multiple Choice- 1/2 (pgs: 27-28)
pg.29:
LF1- 1-8
A- 1/2/3
B- 1/2
Practice- 1-4
pg.30:
1/2/3
pg.31:
Noticing Language- 1/2
pg.33:
LF2- 1/2/3
pgs.36-37: Review
-all items on both pages.
pgs.38-41: Ready for Reading
-complete the assignment.
DUE: MAY 07, 2010

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Assignment.08: Units 1/2

Linford Christie

Did you always want to be a professional athlete?

I didn't know I was going to be one until quite late on. I only became a professional when I was 25, which is quite unusual. If I'd had known before, I'd have started training earlier. My dad wanted me to be an electrician, but like everyone else I wanted to be a footballer.

1- How do you prepare for an important race?

You certainly have to be in good physical condition. If you train hard, you can be a world-class distance runner, but you have to be born a champion sprinter. I run 105 metres. Most people run 95 metres and then slow down, but that is how you lose a race. My coach always taught me to keep on running through the finish line.

2- How do nerves affect you?

They're something a good sprinter has to learn to live with. Sometimes they start a week before a race: you think about it and your heart goes faster. After a while, you learn to control them and just get a little edgy a couple of hours before the race.

3- Do you run faster if you're angry?

Sprinting is an aggressive sport, but the aggression has to be controlled. Too much anger and you become tense, and that's the worst thing for a runner. Everyone has their own way of preparing themselves mentally for a race, but you can't afford to get too worked up or you'll lose.

4- Has technology made the sport too serious?

I'm not into it myself because you can become too addicted. But it does make it easier to get information. You can consult different web pages to find out about legal herbs and vitamins which will help you run better, or which competitions your colleagues are taking part in and what times they do. But I don't use it as much as some people.

5-Has the Internet changed the nature of sport?

Yes, to a certain extent it has, and I think that sometimes we rely on it too much. I was disqualified for three false starts in the Atlanta Olympics, thanks to a machine which said I'd left the starting blocks too early. Machines have dehumanised sport and taken some of the fun out of it, but having said that, I do think they are very useful.

6- What's your most useful piece of equipment?

Without a doubt it's my start machine, a kind of electronic stopwatch, which I got in 1990 for $1500. It was pricey even then but it was vital for my running career. In the first twelve months I had it, I improved my time over 60m from 6.8 seconds to 6.6. It may not sound very much, but in athletics it can make the difference between a winner and a runner-up.

7- What do you do now that you're retired?

I still train and run a little, but I've been doing other things as well: presenting TV sports programmes, advertising, modelling, as well as running my company Nuff Respect, which helps to market and manage sports people. I always think like a competitor, because it's the only way I can succeed. I have to be on the go all the time; I can't just sit doing nothing.

Part A: Match the interview's questions with Linford Christie's answers.

A. Has the Internet changed the nature of sport?*
B. What makes a winner?
C. What do you do now that you're retired?*
D. What's your most useful piece of equipment?*
E. Has technology made the sport too serious?
F. How do nerves affect you?*
G. Do you run faster if you're angry?*
H. How do you prepare for an important race?*
I. Did you always want to be a professional athlete?*

Part B: Choose the best definition for the informal expressions, in bold, in the text.

1. Edgy

a. faster
b. tired
c. nervous
d. worried

2. to get too worked up

a. to work too hard
b. to do too many things at the same time
c. to get too angry
d. to earn too much money

3. I'm not into it myself

a. I haven't got it.
b. I'm not interested in it.
c. I never use it.
d. I don't worry about it.

4. It was pricey

a. I won it in a competition.
b. it was very useful.
c. I bought it second-hand.
d. it cost a lot of money.

5. to be on the go

a. to be busy
b. to compete in races
c. to leave
d. to be successful

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Assignment.07: Modules 1/2

Word Combo

Choose the correct word from the list to match the words below.

List:

EVENT*

PREMIERE*

PARTY*

JACKET*

STORY

INTERVIEW*

AGENCY*

INDUSTRY*

0. dinner/sports: JACKET

1. fashion/film: INDUSTRY

2. model/news: AGENCY

3. political/birthday: PARTY

4. television/job: INTERVIEW

5. social/sporting: EVENT

6. film/world: PREMIRE

7. news/bedtime: STORY

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Assignment.06: Lyrics Challenge

Ice Ice Baby
Vanilla Ice released this hit single in 1989. He has been credited with introducing Hip Hop music to a wider (read: white) audience and making this type of music more accessible (read: profitable). The song samples from the 1981 Queen/David Bowie single, Under Pressure, and describes a drive-by shooting in south Florida.

Assignment: Your mission, should you choose to take it, will be to decribe the meaning of the lyrics to this song.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8BxbdQqMRE&feature=fvst

Ice Ice Baby (1989-Vanilla Ice)

Yo VIP let's kick it Ice ice baby (x2)
All right stop collaborate and listen Ice is back with my brand new invention
Something grabs a hold of me tightly
Flow like a harpoon daily and nightly
Will it ever stop yo I don't know
Turn off the lights and I'll glow
To the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal
Light up a stage and wax a chump like a candle
Dance go rush to the speaker that booms
I'm killing your brain like a poisonous mushroom
Deadly when I play a dope melody
Anything less than the best is a felony
Love it or leave it you better gain weight
You better hit bull's eye the kid don't play
If there was a problem yo I'll solve it
Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it

CHORUS Ice ice baby vanillla (x4)

Now that the party is jumping
With the bass kicked in and the vegas are pumpin'
Quick to the point to the point no faking
I'm cooking MC's like a pound of bacon
Burning them if you ain't quick and nimble
I go crazy when I hear a cymbal
And a hi-hat with a souped up tempo
I'm on a roll and it's time to go solo
Rollin' in my 5.0 With my rag-top down so my hair can blow
The girlies on standby waving just to say hi
Did you stop no I just drove by
Kept on pursuing to the next stop
I busted a left and I'm heading to the next block
The block was dead Yo so I continued to A1A Beachfront Avenue
Girls were hot wearing less than bikinis
Rockman lovers driving Lamborghinis
Jealous 'cause I'm out getting mine
Shay with a guage and Vanilla with a nine
Reading for the chumps on the wall
The chumps acting ill because they're so full of eight balls
Gunshots rang out like a bell I grabbed my nine all I heard were shells
Falling on the concrete real fast
Jumped in my car slammed on the gas
Bumper to bumper the avenue's packed I'm trying to get away before the jackers jack
Police on the scene you know what I mean
They passed me up confronted all the dope fiends
If there was a problem yo I'll solve it Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it

REPEAT CHORUS

Take heed 'cause I'm a lyrical poet
Miami's on the scene just in case you didn't know it
My town that created all the bass sound
Enough to shake and kick holes in the ground
'Cause my style's like a chemical spill
Feasible rhymes that you can vision and feel
Conducted and formed
This is a hell of a concept
We make it hype and you want to step with this Shay plays on the fade slice like a ninja
Cut like a razor blade so fast other DJs say damn
If my rhyme was a drug I'd sell it by the gram
Keep my composure when it's time to get loose
Magnetized by the mic while I kick my juice
If there was a problem yo I'll solve it Check out the hook while Shay revolves it
Ice ice baby Vanilla Ice ice baby (oh-oh) Vanilla Ice ice baby
Vanilla Ice ice baby Vanilla Ice
Yo man let's get out of here Word to your mother
Ice ice baby too cold Ice ice baby too cold too cold (x2)
Ice ice baby

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Assignment.05: Idioms & Phrasal Verbs

Idioms & Phrasal Verbs

Idiom:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiom

List of Idioms:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:English_idioms

Cliché:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clich%C3%A9

Double Negative:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_negative

Euphemism:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism

Dysphemism:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysphemism

Phrasal Verb:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrasal_verb

Answer the following questions (DO NOT CUT & PASTE ANSWERS).

1. what are the similarities and differences between idioms and phrasal verbs?

the idiom is a word or phrase that has a figurative meaning. the phrasal verb is a combination of verb with preposition or adverb.

2. Approximately, how many idioms are there in the English language?

there are at least 25.000 idioms

3. What is the effect of using a double negative in a sentence or phrase in English?

Double negatives are considered incorrect grammatical.

4. What is a cliché? Give 2 examples of clichés about Chile/Chileans.

Is an expression that has been overused. ...
it's not you, it's me.

5. What is the difference between a euphemism and a dysphemism? List 2 examples of each.

Euphemism is an expression more agressive and dysphemism is an expression more polite like in fun way.

Define the following:

a. no biggie: not something to worry about it

b. nosebleed seat: A seat high in the back of bleachers, stands, or the balcony at a theater.

c. arse end of nowhere/bum fuck nowhere:completely in the middle of nowhere; far away from anywhere.

d. bum chum: A Bum chum is a male boyfriend to another male.

e. bum wrap:

f. built like a brick shithouse: To describe someone who is tall and big built.

g. fuck all: nothing

h. fuck it: Not gonna do something no more cuz your fed up with it.

i. fuck knows: The true usage of the phrase is to claim that you simply 'do not know', however.

j. fuck someone over:

k. fuck this: Used as an expression, usually for losing interest.

l. fuck with: to do anything at all with.

m. fucking hell: somehing to say when you get kicked in the nuts; a general exclamation of surprise.

n. fucked up: something that's messed up, or something that didn't go right.

o. elbow room: barely enough(or not enough)room.

p. five-finger discount: To steal something, usually a small item that can be easily hidden.

q. five will get you ten: As it is I'm going to be in big trouble financially.

r. same difference: the contraction for " same thing: no diference".

s. scared shitless:it's when you scare someone to such an extent, you scare the shit out of them, at times causing them to excrement all over the vicinity.

t. crash and burn: To really screw up one's life by making bad choices often accompanied by substance abuse.

u. cover one's ass (CYA):

v. cut the mustard: Get it up." By extension, perform any challenging act.

w. cut the cheese: To fart. Have you ever noticed a smell at the dinner table, thought someone had farted, and then saw someone cutting a new cheese.

x. pink slip:

y. piece of ass: 1. a hot woman, dressed in a sexy manner
2. hot chick who is ready for sex

z. get you ass in gear: it means to hurry the fuck up, and start moving your ass instead of sittin on it. Often told to lazy slackers sitting around on their fat asses smokin bowls and updating their face book accounts.

Bonus:

That guy doesn't know his ass from his elbow

Answers can be found using List of English Idioms above.

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