He stormed out in a huff

Today we:
Reviewed some heteronyms
Did A12 (common errors)
Did a CAE listening
Learned some vocabulary, p.69#6
Told a short story

HW:
Read meeting notes for next time (meeting#3)
Do A13

Notes:
I started turning red
Nothing happened
We were sitting
He was calling out people's names
It was the most embarrasing thing I've ever experienced

By the way, here's an interesting guide to using, or not using to (most of the time):

For indirect objects:
One-syllable verbs take only the pronoun.
More syllables: to + pronoun.

tell me, show me, bring me, ask me, write me, buy me, send me, ...
explain ... to me, describe ... to me, deliver ... to me, reveal ... to me, ...

But offer me, say ... to me. 

Alternately,
Verbs derived from Latin take to; verbs derived from German don't.
(Also not 100%.)

Vocabulary:

I cajoled him into doing it	Yo le engatusó/convencé para que lo hiciera
I coaxed her into telling me the secret.	Yo le convenció a que me dijera el secreto.
He leapt up with a shout.	Se levantó de un salto con un grito.
I grabbed him by the arm.	Lo agarré por el brazo.
He stormed out in a huff.	Salió furioso en una rabieta.
He just needed a nudge in the right direction.	Sólo necesitaba un empujón en la dirección correcta.
I nudged him under the table.	Le dio un codazo debajo de la mesa.
I elbowed my way through the crowd.	Me abrí paso a codazos entre la multitud.
The cat hissed at me when I tried to pet it.	El gato me silbó cuando traté de acariciarlo.
He hissed, "be quiet!"	-Siseó, "be quiet!"
They dragged me out of the disco at 3am.	Ellos me sacaron de la discoteca a las 3 am.
These meetings always drag on for hours.	Estas reuniones siempre se prolongan durante horas.
Don't drag it out--let's just get it over with.	No lo alargas - Vamos a acabar de una vez.
drag out	alargar

Don't pick your nose in public!

hop	salto
undercover	encubierto
grubby	sucio
shabby	mal estado
booger	moco
snot	los mocos
innocent until proven guilty	su inocencia mientras no se pruebe su culpabilidad
rob the company	robar a la compañía
steal something	robar algo
how do you feel about it?	¿Cómo te sientes al respecto?
trust each other	confiar en los demás
they have to earn our trust	que tienen que ganarse nuestra confianza
spy on someone	espiar a alguien
the baby crawled slowly	el bebé se arrastró lentamente
the spider crawled out	la araña se arrastró hacia fuera
hedge	setos,
hedge your bets	minimizar riesgos
hedge	setos,
hedge has other meanings...	setos,  tiene otros significados ...
chicken wire	alambre de pollo
pebble	guijarro
wind up a clock	darle cuerda un reloj
wind someone up	_ annoy, irritate, upset
bank branch	sucursal bancaria
feel flat	sentir depressed
this soda has gone flat	este refresco se ha perdido los burbujas
he has a plain face	lacking beauty/distinction
	Sólo puedo comer comida simple

Heteronyms

What are heteronyms?
Heteronyms are words that are spelled identically but have different meanings when pronounced differently. For example:
Lead, pronounced LEED, means to guide. However, lead, pronounced LED, means a metallic element.
Compare heteronyms to homographs, homophones, and homonyms.
Homographs are words that are spelled the same but differ in meaning, derivation, or pronunciation. Homophones are words that are pronounced the same but differ in meaning, derivation, or spelling. Homonyms are words that are spelled and pronounced the same but have different meanings. There is overlap among these categories.
Heteronyms are specific types of homographs in which the different pronunciations are associated with different meanings. Many heteronyms are the result of one pronunciation being a verb and another being a noun.


Today's class:
Looked at some common heteronyms
Review--verbs + to + infinitive or +ing with change in meaning, Workbook p.32#2 (this a review of SB p.54, 139)
SB p.64, eccentric behavior #5,6,7,8
Role-play meeting 2: spying on employees


Homework:
Do next page in Common English Mistakes photocopies (A12)
SB p.64 #8: write a paragraph about someone with an unusual habit(s)
SB p.68,69: read story, do #6
Read your notes for meeting 3 (role-play)

Thinking outside the box

Today we:

1. Wore one of Edward de Bono's thinking hats (green, white, yellow, black, red, or blue) while thinking about what to do about Katrina's teenage pregancy. 
2. video explanation
3. Had a company meeting--think "Gattaca"
4. CAE listening:  "Wolf" a ballet with dogs
5. Common English mistakes: A11 (from photocopies)

Homework:
Do A12
read notes for next meeting (based on role A,B, or C)
bring scripts and listening photocopies next time

sink plug/stopper vocabulary

plug	tapón
stopper	tapón
cork	corcho
corkscrew	sacacorchos
screw	atornillar
screw	atornillar
screw it!	fuck it!
screw up	arruinar, meter la pata
discriminate against	discriminar
lead to	llevar a
for profit	con fines de lucro
in addition	además
additionally	además
whether we use it or not	si la usamos o no
we'll be at a disadvantage	vamos a estar en desventaja
important issue	cuestión importante
loss of productivity	pérdida de productividad
where does it end?	¿dónde termina?
where will it stop?	donde va a parar?
genetic testing	las pruebas genéticas
economic problems	problemas económicos
economical car	coche económico
energy crisis	crisis energética
energetic person	persona enérgica
beware the ides of march	Cuídate de los idus de marzo
beware of the big bad wolf	cuidado con el lobo feroz
he was the culprit	él era el culpable
he was the guilty one	él era el culpable
worth it	vale la pena
valuable	valioso
trustworthy	digno de confianza
worthy of trust	digno de confianza
worthwhile	vale la pena
make the wrong decision	tomar una decisión equivocada
ruin your life	arruinar tu vida
united	unido
what's done is done	lo hecho, hecho está
paternity test	prueba de paternidad
leave them out of it	dejar fuera de él
give the child up for adoption	dar al niño en adopción
put the child up for adoption	poner al niño en adopción

Distractions

Today's class:

fluency practice
cognate handout A10
scripts (Gus/Ben, 3 person script)
using e-readers to learn English

HW:
cognate handout A11
read 3 person script

Wed. English class at 9:45 w/Lisa

Sorry everyone, but I am ill, so Lisa will be filling in for me today. Class will start 15 minutes late.

Thanks for you understanding,

Lewis

Pebble Watch

http://kck.st/HumIV5

Don't wake up in a roadside ditch!

Today we:

watched a youtube video
did A9 in the cognates handout
listened to some very interesting presentations (thanks to Pijou, Carles, and Ramon) on:

• how to calcutate the sum of a series
• why banks don't really have your money,
• the diversity of European languages

wrote a definition to the word pimp (chulo), alternate verb form: "pimp your ride"
the verb primp: "quit primping! we're late!"
did a CAE listening about kites

HW:

Angels and Xavi--presentations if possible
add 6 lines to your Ben & Gus script
read the other script (with 3 characters)
do A10 from the cognate handout

Welcome back from Spring Break!

Today we:
Practiced the script from last time (our friends Ben and Gus)
Finished the cognate packet (A8)
Did pages 62 and 63 in the book (SB 6A)--formal/informal comparisons
Please tell me if I left something out...

HW:
add 6 lines to the script
read the new script I gave you today

Next class:
Short presentations: Pijo, Angels, Ramon
CAE listening
Book: finish 6A, start 6B
Script practice
New cognate handout and reference
Phone conversation (from In Company Upper book)

Note: in the beginning, from the beginning, at the beginning vs from the start

What are "droppings"? and other vocabulary

The feces of animals often have special names. For example:

• Non-human animals generally –
  • As bulk material – dung
  • Individually – droppings
• Cattle –
  • Bulk material – cow dung
  • Individual droppings – cow pats, meadow muffins etc.
• Deer (and formerly other quarry animals) – fewmets.
• Wild carnivores – scat.
• Otter – spraint.
• Birds (individual) – droppings (also include urine as white crystals of uric acid).
• Bats (large accumulations) – guano.
• Herbivorous insects, such as caterpillars and leaf beetles – frass.
• Earthworms – worm castings (feces extruded at ground surface).
• Feces when used as fertilizer (usually mixed with animal bedding and urine) – manure.
• Horses – horse manure, roadapple

pet peeves	cosas que me molestan
leftovers	sobras
brain	cerebro
droppings	excrementos
generosity	generosidad

widow (woman)
widower (man)

7/3 Audio Notes Gabriel, Andreu

Notebook 2 p. 11
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Nukemap, an atom bomb simulator

Nuclear warheads are terrifying weapons due to their mind-blowing destructive power. As we saw a few weeks ago, they come in two main versions: (1) fission bombs (i.e., they break heavy nucleus--uranium 235 or plutonium 239--to get their energy from) and (2) fusion bombs (i.e., they fuse lightweight atoms--deuterium or tritium--to get their energy from). To depict the devastating effects of these weapons of mass destruction Alex Wellerstein has created the Nukemap simulator. I recommend playing with it--it is a google maps application with a simple graph extension; really easy to use--to get the scale of the destruction. First select Barcelona as the wasted city, and choose "Little Boy" as the bomb. You can see the effects of the bomb that blow up Hiroshima over Barcelona (it had "only" 16 kt of TNT). This is the typical fission bomb. We can go much further; we can obliterate, not only the city of Barcelona, but everything near it. To do so choose Barcelona again and "W-59 Minuteman I". This is the typical fusion bomb (in fact it is not much of a challenge for a weapon of its kind, that is, just 1 mt of TNT). See the difference among them? Now imagine having, not a mere W-59, but the fearsome 100 mt Zar Bomba.

Notice that this simulator does not has fallout effects into account so, real destruction would be even bigger.

Everything is bigger in Texas

Today:
Presentation by Gabriel
Cognate handouts
Talking about the past with the help of a sketch

HW:
finish cognate photocopies
Harper's index:  choose 4 or 5 statistics and interpret them

Audio Notes 29/2

Notebook 1 p. 157
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Motivation

don't freak out on me

lighthearted              alegre/despreocupado

choir	coro
game highlights	destacado de los partidos
touchdown	touchdown
arms race	carrera de armamentos
unscented lotion	loción sin aroma
due date	fecha de vencimiento
freak out	asuste
genre	género
gender	género
a cue	una señal
wait in line	esperar en la cola
wait in the cue	esperar en la cola
kick a habit	dejar un hábito
crave	desear
craving	antojo
the root of the problem	la raíz del problema
gossip	cotilleos

Homework from book

Complete reading and exercises p.62,63

The rise and fall of empires

Today we:
watched and talked about the two videos from our NY Times article
listened to Ramon's presentation on the most popular sport in Texas
invented a definition
discussed some differences between cultures and expecially reactions to passionate/inspirational speeches

Presentations: Pijou, Angels

A5 Starter Notebook pp. 99~100
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