English Lesson - April 30th
Autor: teacher Jota | Publicado: 2011-04-28T14:40:00-07:00

What are we gonna study? 

 

"   This saturday , yeah saturday again!!!&nbsp; we will&nbsp; review our last class  practicing the new vocabulary we learned with the jokes. Bruna will  choose the subject we will talk about in the beginning of the lesson. We  will also learn some idiomatic expressions very common in English and  Portuguese. During the last 20 minutes of the class the teacher will  check out what Bruna taught to her mother. I see you on saturday!&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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Our lesson will start around 8:30 pm. .&nbsp; Fix Windows
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&nbsp;First Joke - Nothing happens

Dani reads this joke


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A new customer called  Tech Support to ask about&nbsp; instructions from his computer's&nbsp; user's manual. "It says, hit any&nbsp; key and when I do that nothing happens'.

The Tech Support&nbsp; staff member replied, "Can you try again and tell me what happens?"

The customer&nbsp; explained, "I tried but nothing happened".

The Tech Support worker then asked, "What key did you hit?"

After&nbsp; a moment and some&nbsp; clinking sound the customer replied, "Well, first I tried my&nbsp; car key and just now my&nbsp; office key."

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(1) an office that can help you with machines
(2) how to do something
(3) a book that tells you everything about a machine
(4) a letter or number on a computer "keyboard"
(5) a worker
(6) said why or what, in detail
(7) a very short time
(8) the sound of metal hitting metal
(9) a key used to get into a car
(10) a key used to get into an office

Questions to Everyone

1- Did you understand the joke?
2- What is a " tech support "?
3- Do you use to read the user's manual before install a electronic product?
4- What product the customer bought?
5- What kind of key was he supposed to hit?
6- Have you ever installed any product without reading the user's manual?
7- What kind of keys the customer hit ?
8- What does a clinking sound mean?
9- What do you do when you don't understand the user's manual&nbsp; instructions?

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Second Joke

Bruna reads this one
  

 The doctor said to his patient: 'Your health is getting&nbsp; worse because you are so overweight. You are really very fat like teacher J.B. and need to lose&nbsp; at least 20 kilograms.'    The patient replied to the doctor: 'I want to get&nbsp; a second opinion.'   
'Okay', the doctor&nbsp; spoke again, 'you are very&nbsp; ugly too!'      (1)  a sick person who goes to see a doctor 
(2)&nbsp; (we say "good - better - best" and "bad - worse - worst) 
(3)  too heavy or too fat 
(4)  the lowest number, maybe he needs to lose MORE than 20 kilos! 
(5) he wants to go see another doctor 
(6) past of "speak" 
(7)  not good looking    
 Questions to Everyone

1- Do you use to believe in your doctor's prescription ?
2- What is your opinion about your English Teacher ?
3- What does "overweight" mean?
4- How often do you go to the doctor?
5- My opinion is that you are very intelligent. Would you like to know my " second opinion" ?
6- What is the other way of saying " ugly" ?
7- According to the joke vocabulary what does " patient " mean?
8- What is the past of the verb " speak" ?
9- A doctor says that you will be fatter than your teacher in just a week. What do you need to do?
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Third Joke -&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A good dancer - Elias reads


This joke uses misdirection to make us laugh at the end. Pay attention to understand the joke.      

 &nbsp; Raphael took Dany out dancing. Raphael&nbsp; was&nbsp; having a good time when Dany&nbsp; suddenly  said to him, “You could be a good dancer&nbsp; except for two things.”  &nbsp; Raphael eagerly asked, “What are the two things?”  
Dany&nbsp; calmly replied, “Your feet!”     (1)  He brought her to someplace to have fun 
(2)  having fun 
(3)  very quickly, it was not expected 
(4)  other than, besides those two things 
(5) peacefully      
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General Questions:

&nbsp; 1-&nbsp; Are you a good dancer?
&nbsp; 2-&nbsp; What kind of Music do you prefer for dancing?
&nbsp; 3-&nbsp; What do you do when someone is not a good dancer?
&nbsp; 4- Have you ever stepped on someone's toes?
&nbsp; 5- What does the verb ' take sb out ' mean?
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Fourth Joke - Stepping on Pink Cloud - Teacher reads



 Three men died and went to&nbsp; heaven. They had a nice time there,&nbsp; bobbing  around on the clouds, but they eventually&nbsp; got bored of each other and went off&nbsp; on their own  for&nbsp;  a bit. When they joined up again, the first man brought with him  an old, ugly and smelly woman, with a horrible,&nbsp; cackly laugh. The others asked, "What happened?"   He replied, "I&nbsp; stepped on a pink cloud."  They&nbsp; went their separate ways again. The  next time they met up, the  second man&nbsp; was accompanied by a&nbsp; foul,&nbsp; fearsome  woman, who&nbsp; stank so badly  they all&nbsp; gagged.   The others asked,  "What happened?"  The second man replied, "I  stepped  on a pink cloud."  They went their ways again, and the next  time  they  met up, the third man brought with him a beautiful young  woman, so&nbsp; radiant  they all stared. She was like a  goddess! The others asked, "What  happened?"  This time, the woman  replied,  "I stepped on a pink cloud."      (1)  where good people go when they die 
(2)  moving up and down, as in water 
(3)  they became not interested (they "lost" interest) 
(4) alone, each man by himself 
(5) for a short time 
(6) a loud, broken laugh in a high voice 
(7)  walked on 
(8) went by themselves 
(9)  was with her 
(10)  dirty and smelly 
(11)  big, angry and dangerous/! 
(12) smelled VERY bad 
(13)  they choked (they could not breathe) 
(14)  very bright, like a star  



General Questions:

1- Do you believe that when somebody dies , he or she goes to some kind of Heaven?
2- Have you ever bobbed around like these three man? Not on the clouds of course!
3- What do you do when you get bored of somebody?
4- Try to change the sentences below by using a&nbsp; different way:

A- My sister doesn't want&nbsp; to play with me anymore , so she decided&nbsp; to play alone for a while.
B- He died and now he is living in a good and peaceful place.
C- I don't like when you laugh loud.
D- Bruna walked on my toes. It's hurting now.
E- When I saw J.B.'s face in the darkness I got choked.
F- Do you remember that girl who was with me?

5- To step on a pink cloud is a good or bad thing? Explain your oppinion.
6- When Elias married Val. Who stepped on a pink cloud?

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&nbsp;Idiomatic Expressions


1-&nbsp; Out of the blue

** Teacher J.B. decided to travel to U.S.A. after the class.


"Why did he do that?"&nbsp;
&nbsp;"I have no idea. It was completely out of the blue."

In  this expression the word 'blue" has anything with the color or the  feeling but the surprise. We don't know why the teacher took this decision&nbsp; but we are  sure that nobody expected that. It was suddenly. Without a signal or  something like that.
  
In our country, Brazil, we use another expression : "do nada, sem mais nem menos"

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2-&nbsp; Better Late than never

&nbsp; &nbsp; Sorry I was late for the class&nbsp; today; I got stuck in traffic.
&nbsp; "That's okay; better late than never."
 
Nobody likes to get late for a meeting or important  appointment. The  most important thing in this kind of situation is telling the truth and  be present even a little late. Your presence shows that you overcame the  obstacle and really believe the meeting and people are important.  Sometimes I get late but I will be always here, every saturday!

In portuguese we use the same expression that means: Antes tarde do que nunca&nbsp;

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3- Have no idea



"I can't find my anime D.V.Ds.&nbsp;Did you see them Bruna? 
 I have no idea where you put them."
 

When you have no idea, you completely forgot about something. It means  that you tried a lot to remember a name, or place where you put  something...in fact you have no idea.Considering that you really don't know about a subject ...you have no idea, for sure!
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4- All in the same boat


"We can't fight against each other; we need to work together. We're all in the same boat!"  
It's very bad when co-workers that were supposed to work together insist  in working alone. A team just win when the players collaborate for the  group. Everyone must get along well each other. That's not fair when  someone has&nbsp; to go off on his own&nbsp; because his partners don't do their  part .&nbsp; After all they are all  in the same boat.

The expression " same boat" is very common in Brazil.