The Blue Angels are Here

I don't like the noise and I'm always afraid they're going to crash, but they are really amazing to see.  Just in case you missed it -- or you're not in SF -- here's a video I found from 2012.  It's almost 20 minutes so you don't need to watch the whole thing, but do see some of their amazing stunts.

Back to class, last week we studied these idioms & expressions:

• to hit the ceiling
• off track
• times up
• to hang in there
• to fall/fell down on the job
• to call the shots
• to make a good impression
• to get on ___ nerves
• to make a good impression
• a picture's worth a thousand words

And here's the link to this week's other vocabulary.

Finally, for some reason, the word chimney came up in class.

The thing where the smoke comes out is the chimney

That reminded me song about chimneys from Mary Poppins.  Here it is:

Presentations & Pronunciation

This week we started to discuss presentations.  Click here for some vocabulary we talked about.

Ted Talks are a good example of presentations today.  Here is one about learning English.  Check out the visuals and the way he talks to the audience.

Here are some idioms  and expressions we covered this week:

• to be burned out
• to be on edge
• to freak out
• to be pissed off (very informal!  Don't talk this way to your boss.)
• to come across as
• to come across something
• to be a lemon
• to be a freak
• what on earth....?

Finally, here are the words from the pronunciation practice:

distinguish

accurate

reschedule

condescending

accusation

familiarity

distinguish

enunciate

consideration

threatening

proficient

transparencies

doubt

hyphenated

confused

distinct

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Click here to hear them.