PRONUNCIATION
Tip n°2 - final /t/ sound + "y" letter
Examples:
What´you gonna do?
Get your ideas here.
"ch" sound.
Deductions in the past:
POSSIBILITIES -->
CERTAINTY -->
REGRETS -->
COULD HAVE / MIGHT HAVE + PARTICIPLE
MUST HAVE + PARTICIPLE
SHOULD HAVE + PARTICIPLE
AF --> The compliment machine.
What was it?
Purpose?
Creators?
A social experiment.
To encourage people.
A Northamerican couple.
CLOCK IN - CLOCK OUT
A clock-in/out time is when employees are given a set time to come to work and a time to leave work. The system is usually implemented using an electronic or digital sign to display work start and end times.
"TURN TO"
Provide an example
Her family lived a long way away, and she had no one to turn to.
What happens with these words in connected speech?
FOR
TO
A
AN
OF
They take schwa /ə /
Is this correct?
I didn´t know what did she want to do.
Provide another example.
I didn´t know what she wanted to do.
"The millennial generation" (Simon Sinek)
Mention the 4 PILLARS
1. Parenting strategies
2. Technology
3. Impatience
4. Corporate
Burn your bridges -
Provide an example
Ruin a relationshiop or contacts. / To do something that cannot be easily undone.
I think you really burned your bridges when you announced you were quitting and proceeded to insult your boss in front of the whole staff.
Collocations with MEET
Meet deadlines - objectives - goals - friends - the needs - the standards/criteria -
When can we omit /h/ sound?
Provide examples.
When it´s preceded by a consonant sound.
When should we use...?
An amount of
A number of
Provide examples.
Uncountable nouns --> It is critical to have an amount of direct information from these people...
Countable nouns --> A number of new films required actors to learn unfamiliar accents.
AF --> What are your summer reads?
Was it an interview or a story?
An interview with the Secretary of Education of USA.
"You scratch my back and I´ll scratch yours"
Provide an example.
Thanks for paying for dinner. I forgot my wallet.
You scratch...
GUFF --> Meaning?
Nonsence
FOOLISH IDEAS
CV (BE and AE) vs RÉSUMÉ
LIE - LIAR - LAY
Curriculum Vitae → UK/kəˌrɪk.jə.ləm ˈviː.taɪ/
Curriculum Vitae → US /kəˈrɪk.jʊ.ləm ˈvɑɪ.ti, ˈvi.taɪ/
/ˈrez.juː.meɪ/
/laɪ/ - /laɪr/ - /lei/
What do these two words have in common?
NEAR
ENTER
That both of them are not followed by "to" preposition.
AF: IUB Thousands of British workers - Trial.
What were companies testing?
4-day workweek model.
"Give color to something"
The defendant even bought used tickets to give color to his story of being at the opera when the murder took place.
Touch base --> Meaning?
To make contact or communication with someone.
Example: "Marie said she will be touching base with town staff to see what additional information might be needed."
Sound in "Do you..."?
Any other example?
/dʒu/
Did you --> /didʒu.../
Would you /wudʒu.../
SAY AND TELL
Differences and similarities?
Say is used to report - Example: She said "I´m ok"
Tell is used to inform/instruct - Example: tell the kids to go to bed.
Say + to + object - Example: "I said that to Marie"
Tell + object - Example: "I told him to send the information about..."
Collocations:
Say --> Goodbye - please, thank you, etc.
Tell --> a story, a lie, an anecdote, the time, how to do something, a secret, etc.
AF --> Give advice and warning.-
Why did Sheldon want to quit his job?
Provide at least 2 reasons.
Issues with a colleague - Dave
Toxic working environment
Inefficient management
Stress
He had the need to set up shop.
"Give someone the runaround"
"Give someone the runaround": This expression describes the act of avoiding or evading the truth by providing vague or inconsistent information.
Example.
Overnight --> Meaning?
Provide an example.
You can stay overnight if you want to. (for or during the night)
(suddenly and unexpectedly)
She became a star overnight.
The book was an overnight success.