Gambling/Las Vegas, Nevada

Gambling

revenue

cash cow

prostitution

notable

take advantage of s.o.

1. What are the associated problems with gambling?

2. Can local people benefit from casinos?

3. Why do some people think that casinos are taking advantage of the elderly?

4. What are the news in the papers about gambling addicts?

5. Do the governments take precautions against gambling?

6. What are the speaker's final remarks?

Las Vegas, Nevada

lounge

extravagant

lavish

abound

skimpy

1. What was the population in Nevada in the 50s?

2. How did they attract tourists in the 50s?

3. What are some themes of the hotels there? What specific examples does the speaker give?

4. What attracks people in Nevada other than gambling?

5. Why does Wayne Newton live there?

6. What connects the hotels?

7. What is the caution by the speaker?

Idioms/What is unusual/wrong?

 Idioms

Impressionism/Romance Novels

Realism

Impressionism

 

Edgar Degas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

                           A Sunday on La Grande Jatte

Le Chahut

Jeune Femme Se Poudrant

1. What is impressionism?

2. How was art before impressionism?

3. What were the differences in impressionism?

1. What is neo-impressionism?

2. How was it different from the other styles?

3. What was the purpose of it?

Reflection/Refraction

1. What is reflection/refrection? 

2. What example is given to explain refraction?

Heat Transfer

1. What are the types of heat transfer? Explain each with examples.

Romance Novels

to amuse

suspense

plausible

widower

nanny

dubious

spinster

(to make a) marriage of convenience

feisty

fiery

1. What is a novel?

2. What was the plot of Greek tales?

3. What are the most common plots today? What type of heroes and heroins are depicted?

4. How does the reader know what to expect in some stories?

Newspapers/Chips/Eyesight Test

Student Newspapers

1. Try to get all the topics and issues that can be addressed in a student newspaper.

Potato Chips/Corn Chips

1. How was potato chip invented? When? Where?

2. How did Herman Lay start his business?

3. What was Elmor Doolin's business?

4. What happened in 1961 and 1965?

5. What is the marketshare of Frito-Lay company? What is the annual turnover?

6. Why are potato chips so popular? What are some flavors used in potato chips?

7. What are the types of chips? What can they be made from?

8. What is the caution by the speaker?

9. How much do Canadians spend on chips every year?

Eyesight Test

binary star

Big Dipper/Misar/Alcor

survival of the fittest

1. What is the student going to write about?

2. Describe the test in detail.

3.  In what way is it related to anthropology?

Opossum

to intimidate

trump card

pass out

foul smell

carrion

ETIQUETTE

etiquette

courtship

manner/manners

to tip off

remark

1. Where does the word "etiquette" come from?

2. What does etiquette include?

3. Which behavior is considered to be outdated?

4. What is the point of etiquette?

5. Which behaviors are given as examples to indicate the origin of those behaviors?

6. Try to treat the person on the phone just ..................................................

7. What can cause misunderstandings while corresponding on the internet? What solutions did people find to prevent them?

9. What is the speaker's advice in the end?

Peanuts/Charlie Brown

rerun

wishy-washy

pushy

overbearing

preoccupied

tomboy

(romantic) crush (on someone)

detached

creature comforts

overpower

stuffed toys

identify with

1. When was the character created? Who is the creator?

2. But reruns of Peanuts .....................................

3. What are the characteristics of Charlie Brown?

4. Why is he considered a "looser"?

5. What does the character illustrate?

6. What is one of the solutions people develop against the hardships of life?

7. Why do people find this strip interesting?

8. What are the traits of the characters in the strip?

9. What are the messages given in the strip?

10. What can be the reason for the strip to become so popular throughout the world?

toll house

ruth wakefield

1. Who is a "sweet tooth"?

2. Where does the word "cookie come" from?

3. What is the Italian word for Englishman?

4. What is an oreo made of? Who produced Oreos? When? Why was it designed?

5. How did Mrs. Wakefield invent chocolate chip cookies?

6. How many chocolate chip cookies are consumed by Americans per year?

7. How are soft cookies kept fresh for a long time?

bounty hunter

knocked unconscious

1. When and where  was Harriet Tubman born? What did she use to do in her childhood?

2. Why were slaves not taught to read and write?

3. How did she escape from bounty hunters?

4. How and why was she knocked unconscious? What did she suffer from later?

5. What did she do after escaping to Pennsylvania?

6. What kind of language were using those people who helped black people to freedom? What were the terms they used?

7.  What did the American government do in 1850? What was the goal of this action?

8. What did the slave owners do when they learned about Harriet Tubman?

9. How did she act in the Civil War?

10. Why did black slaves called her Moses?

Complete the sentences

Define the words

 Complete the sentences

The Wooden Bowl

Students A and B

Students C and D

St. Patrick's Day

1. Who is St. Patrick? Is he a real or fictional character?

2. Why was he important for Ireland and Irish people?

3. What is the legend about him? Is it true?

4. Why do people celebrate St. Patrick's Day? How do they celebrate it?

5. What is the color of St. Patrick's Day? Why? 

6. What is a "leprechaun"?

7. Why are rainbows and shamrock associated with St. Patrick's Day? (Also learn the difference between a shamrock and a four-leaf clover.)

8. Why do people wear green on this day?

9. What is the traditional food and drink in Ireland and in the US for this day?

Handshakes

Student A

Student B

student C

Expressions and answers

Student A

Student B

sd

Student A

Student B

Student A

Student B

Collocational responses

Student A

Student B

Describe the objects in one sentence

Student A

Student B