Idioms

Meyerland & CO.
Curso conversacional avançado
de Inglês

April 8th, 2013
Expressions
Here we will work with some expressions.

       Relate the expressions:
__ 1. It's raining cats and dogs!
__ 2. What's cooking?
__ 3. I'm tied up right now.
__ 4. I'll give you a ring tomorrow
__ 5. The English test was a piece of cake!
__ 6. The English test was no picnic!

I'll call you.
It was difficult.
It was easy.
What's new?
It's raining very hard.
I am busy

      Reacting to Information
Ways to say that you're surprise.
Oh. I didn't realize that.
Oh. I didn't know that.
Oh. I wasn't aware of that.



      Fun with idioms
My new co-worker is a real peach.
__ She's the top banana in our company.
__ He's a real ham at office parties.
__ He's a couch potato.
__ She's a smart cookie.
__ He wants to ask for a raise, but he's a chicken.

He's funny.
He's afraid.
She's intelligent.
He's nice.
He's lazy.
She's the boss.

       Homework

Nowadays most people sleep in a ---room which is lit up like a Christmas tree. The alarm clock shows --- ---- bright red. The cell phone is charging. The Computer is running. The DVD clock is flickering 12:00. The answering machine has more lights "R2D2" . Are people so afraid of the dark ---- ---- prefer this many night lights? Each and every energy source takes a small toll on the sleep pattern of people nearby, bombarding them with various forms -- radiation as they sleep.

Answer the questions about the text:

O texto fala de pessoas que adoram luzes no quarto. Porque as luzes? Qual é a suposição que ele faz?
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2. O texto cita um filme. Qual é?
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3. Complete o texto.
4. Faça as relações.