- Idioms: For today's examples & a link to the article discussing their etymology see: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/90347408/Idioms
- Discussion: Christmas in literature, film and song. For more examples of yuletide tunes have a look at this blogpost http://scarybradshaw.blogspot.it/2014/12/scary-bradshaws-musical-advent-calendar.html or go to my spotify playlist spotify:user:11142496185:playlist:7Cbt7FfPwVG11btvZvVlqt
- Writing feedback and register/vocabulary exercise.
Pronunciation
Going Further:
(1) On Kermode & Mayo's Film Review this week listen out for a listener's question regarding watching films on trains (1:27 - 1:29) followed by Mark's review of the documentary Merchants of Doubt in which he uses today's idiom sleight of hand several times.
(2) Throwing Shade is one of the terms used in Paris Is Burning, Jennie Livingstone's documentary on Harlem's drag balls of the late 80's.
(3) If you are interested in idioms and their etymology, have a look at Michael Quinion's book POSH Port Out Starboard Home and Other Language Myths (Penguin 2004) in which he explodes some language myths like posh - which first appeared in Punch Magazine in 1918 and did not refer to cabins on P&O ships travelling from Britain to India. (Sorry Bruce).
(3) If you are interested in idioms and their etymology, have a look at Michael Quinion's book POSH Port Out Starboard Home and Other Language Myths (Penguin 2004) in which he explodes some language myths like posh - which first appeared in Punch Magazine in 1918 and did not refer to cabins on P&O ships travelling from Britain to India. (Sorry Bruce).
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