ANIA Level C2 Group 8 Lesson 1

Lesson 1
Class
Discussion 
Mind over matter and coping with the January Blues

Reading
http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/jan/18/top-10-tips-for-beating-the-january-blues-nicola-morgan
See also http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/08/false-hope-syndrome-why-we-quit-new-years-resolutions-this-weekend
The science behind Blue Monday http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/blue-monday-the-science-behind-the-most-miserable-day-of-the-year-a6816926.html

[W+(D-d)]xTQ/MxNA 
W is weather, D is debt, d monthly salary, T time since Christmas, Q time since failure of attempt to give something up, M low motivational level and NA the need to take action.  
Vocabulary
to attain = achieve, reach, accomplish 
to drag (someone/something) down = depress
to throw ideas around = brainstorm/discuss
to go through something (usually bad) = experience/endure

Homework

1. Read over the article again and note any new/interesting phrasal verbs, fixed expressions, idioms or collocations.
2. Do the exercises on the handout Language Work (adapted from Gold pp. 130 -131)

Open Cloze

Word Transformation

Sentence Transformation

Expressions and multi-word verbs with come

come up with, come across/over as, come around/round to (an idea, proposal), come down with (an illness), come out in (a rash, spots, hives), come down to, come in for (criticism), come up against, come up for, come out with, come of age, come to life, come to terms, come clean, come to hand, come to rest/to a stop, come to nothing/naught.

Going Further

Sad Songs http://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/jun/10/pinkfloyd.popandrock

and the provocative Julie Burchill http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2000/aug/26/weekend.julieburchill

The Cure "I don't care if Monday's blue..."