D'Amico Shipping B1 Lesson 27

Class

Presentation - Martina

1. Learner Skills - Reflection - What we have learned from our colleagues' presentations

2. Vocabulary Skills - confused words 

The difference between fun and funny

• fun (adjective) If you describe something as a fun thing, you mean that you think it is enjoyable. If you describe someone as a fun person, you mean that you enjoy being with them.[informal] It was a fun evening. What a fun person he is!
• funny (adjective) 1. Someone or something that is funny is amusing and likely to make you smile or laugh. 2. If you describe something as funny, you think it is strange, surprising, or puzzling.

The difference between so many (a lot) and too many (more than can be dealt with)

3. Language Skills - talking about present and past habits

Language skills: expressing habit in the present and past:

Present Habits:

• Present tense + always/usually
• You can also use will for typical behaviour and the present continuous for habits that annoy the speaker
• To be used to doing for something that was strange but is now familiar
• To get used to doing for something that is still strange but becoming easier

Past Habits:

• Would + bare infinitive (action verbs only) to convey a sense of nostalgia
• Used to infinitive (action and state verbs)

Vocabulary 

Whistle (noun and verb)

Fireworks

Security checks/searches e.g. (full) body search, bag search

Lower/drop (ticket) prices

To bet on a game/match

To cause problems (note the collocation)

Going further

Listen to this podcast about Totti's retirement from Inside Europe.
The Final Whistle for Francesco Totti
http://www.dw.com/en/inside-europe-the-final-whistle-for-francesco-totti/av-39080790