- Idioms - their use depends on cultural, regional and social factors and sometimes the power relations between the speakers. Reading: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/22/language-idiom-red-herrings-skeletons. Some of the idioms discussed include: a red herring (a misleading clue), skeletons in the closet (a shameful secret), taking the mick(ey out of someone) (to mock/make fun of), Bob's your uncle (a simple way of achieving a successful result). Some idioms can date quickly e.g. martini yodel (a 1950's expression that means getting so drunk that you end up vomiting).
- Writing Style - participle clauses, register, target reader (adapted from CPE Gold pp. 46 - 47)
Notes
Participle clauses
These can be:
Present (showing) to describe events happening at the same time or in rapid succession.
Past (shown) to describe a condition
Perfect (having shown) to show events separated by a longer time gap or to show cause or reason
Passive (being shown, having been shown)
Homework
Inversion, hardly/no sooner. (p. 48)
There is no lesson next week. See you all again on 7th April.
In the meantime...
Going Further
Why not see a film in English?
Hail Caesar and Brooklyn are currently screening at Nuovo Olimpia.
Watch The Big Short as recommended by Annalaura and then fact check the statistics it quotes with the More or Less podcast. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03kpvk2
If you haven't yet seen Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures (which was discussed in the lesson on participles), I would thoroughly recommend you catch up with it on DVD.
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