Classroom Content
- We did a listening exercise about idioms and expressions containing the word "heart". For homework, we looked for some expressions the listening exercise left out. For reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=heart
- have a soft heart
- heavy heart
- He left the train platform with a heavy heart, knowing he would probably not see his family again for at least four years.
- win sb. heart
- She was quite skeptical at first, but his sense of humor and witty intellect won her heart over.
- lose one's heart to sb.
- Henry lost his heart to Laura, and was heartbroken when he learned that she was already married.
- Jim's mother lost her heart to Jim's father.
- not have the heart to do sth.
- I didn't have the heart to tell that child that his piano playing was absolutely horrendous.
- heart leaped/sank
- His heart leaped when he heard that he had been accepted to [Swarthmore College].
- When we learned that our food and water supplies had just about been exhausted, our hearts sank.
- from the bottom of my heart
- Everything I've said has been from the bottom of my heart.
- sb. after his/her own heart
- have a change of heart
- "eat your heart out" (said of people who will be jealous or envious)
- He's going to eat his heart out when he finds out that I got promoted instead of him!
- She said she'd go out on a date with me! Eat your heart out, suckers!
- find it in one's heart to ...
- Could you find it in your heart to give her another chance?
- pour out one's heart to sb.
- She was so depressed after a couple of drinks that she poured her out to me, a stranger.
- heart goes out to sb.
- Our hearts go out to the families of all of the victims of the terrible airplane crash.
- know/learn/do sth. by heart
- I've learned this song by heart, so I can sing it for you some day.
- cry one's heart out
- heart to heart
- We had a heart to heart conversation last night, and cleared up a lot of misunderstandings between us.
- have one's heart in one's boots
- put one's heart and soul into sth.
- do sb.'s heart good
- I think a peaceful hike through the woods will do your heart good.
- give my heart to sb.
- heart and hand
- with all one's heart
- It's clear that she applies herself to her work with all of her heart.
- have one's heart in the right place
- Well, sometimes her demeanor is a bit off-putting, but her actions always show that her heart is in the right place.
- whatever your heart desires
- The little boy found himself in an enormous candy shop, and the shopkeeper told him, "You can take whatever your heart desires!" Then he woke up.
- go to sb. heart
- have a heart
- have one's heart in one's mouth
- I had my heart in my mouth when I saw the ghost.
- gets/cuts to the heart of the matter/discussion
- take sth. to heart
- It looks like he really took your suggestions to heart; his teaching has made a marked improvement recently.
- nearly have a heart attack
- My parents nearly had a heart attack when I joked with them that I was pregnant.
- I nearly had a heart attack when the engines cut out and the plane started to drop.
- heart searching
- heartfelt wishes
- Class A had a wonderful barbecue at Yang Mei Zhou (杨梅洲) on Saturday, and Bino and John and a few others tagged along. Some of these words might help in describing our experiences there:
- 3-legged race (n) == 三足赛跑
- barbeque (n, v) == 烧烤
- cauliflower (n) == 花菜
- chili powder (n) == 辣椒粉
- chinese chess (n) == 象棋
- chinese chives (n) == 韭菜
- chop up (v) == 切碎
- cumin powder (n) == 紫运粉
- eggplant (n) == 茄子
- fish ball (n) == 鱼丸
- frisbee (n) == 飞盘
- go-carts (n) == 小型竞赛汽车
- grill (n, v) == 烤架, 烤
- ham sausage (n) == 火腿肠
- MSG (n) == 味精
- lotus root (n) == 藕
- raw/cooked through/burnt (adj) == 生的/煮熟的/烤焦的
- steamed bun (n) == 馒头
- swing (n, v) == 秋千
- vegetable | veggie (n) == 菜
- wedding photo (n) == 婚姻照片
- Class A also did a sentence construction activity, using some of the vocabulary above. Sentences were formed one word at a time by the students in each team, who spoke only on their turns. Punctuation had to be explicitly stated. The class asked questions, and the conglomerate (WordNet:conglomerate) "person" answered. Many funny sentences with horrible grammar resulted:
- (How was the barbecue?) I think that is chicken.
- Chicken of legs is a salty.
- The sunshine is too power and we were get burnt.
- I think it very bad and the chicken is very hard to cook.
- John ate a salty chicken.
- There are so many rubbish threwing on the everywhere.
- I am afraid of getting fat.
- Our will bought some food and gift.
- We play games each other classmates.
- For example we had pass the box one by one, one person sing a song when Bino was punish so he must invited to John to share apple, they enjoy very happy.
- We are going to play cards and Chinese chess with Mitchy other.
- Then we went to river bank to take photos and we went to somewhere swimming.
- I put chicken legs first we dislike vegetables but I like chicken and sausage, I had drinked very much.
- First I think put the chicken onto fire and then put some oil and some salt on it and I ate them up.
- I also ate eggplant, I ate chili, I ate vegetable.
- I played frisbee, and I also played 3-legged race games.
- I played swing with Ada, but she fell down from the swing.
- I played Chinese chess with my classmates, I played games with my teacher named John.
- I think it very interesting.
- The barbeque was delicious.
- On the basis of the games results I think I am cleverer than other classmates.
- (What did you learn?) The barby was very interesting, and very useful, and we enjoy this barbecue very much.
- We learned some experience, from it, for example, we communicate with each other, we learned how to cook and how to play games.
- We cooked many raw food, such as eggplant, leek, chicken legs, and cauliflower and so on, especially Chinese leek, Harry likes chicken legs very much, but he dislike cauliflower.
- At first, we put a net on the fire.
- After that, we put the chicken legs on the it, then use a knife to cut the chicken down, and put some oil on the chicken leg.
- Some minutes, we can smell it taste very good and delicious.
- But we forgot to add some salt on it and the MSG, but we enjoy it very delicious.
- I like the 3-legged race, and other games for example, play frisbee, and swim, and Chinese chess.
- There are many people together to play the game at first, one person threw the frisbee to other person, then the other person get it, then do it again.
- I feel the barbecue is very terrible because it made me feel very sick after ate the food, I think the food was dirty, and the food also not cooked.
- It unhealthy for us.
- At first, we should put some oil, and put some salt, and put some MSG, then bake some minutes.
- I think it very delicious.
- Because we didn't stay with him, we don't know he did what.
- At a playground, I throw a frisbee to another direction, the other would catch the frisbee.
- Yes. We are under the strong sunshine, and the skin was burnt.
- The wind was very heavy, our salt and MSG, chili pepper were blow away.
- Tina's mouth was injury, by the hot chicken leg.
- We need to be polite when asking foreigners for interviews next week in Guilin. We practiced saying a few useful icebreakers (WordNet:icebreaker) that will let the other person know a little bit about us, as well as the intent of our questions.
- Greeting the person
- Hi!
- Hello!
- Excuse me, hi!
- Is the person free?
- Do you have some time right now?
- Do you have a moment?
- Do you have 5 minutes to spare?
- Do you have a few minutes?
- Who am I? Why am I here?
- My name is ...
- I'm a university student.
- I'm from Hunan, and I'm here on a school trip.
- I'm studying English in school.
- We're here to improve practice speaking English with foreigners.
- Asking for the interview
- May I interview you?
- Can I ask you some questions?
- Would it be okay if I interviewed you?
- Would it be okay for me to interview you?
- Would it be okay if I asked you some questions?
- We also came up with a list of questions we can ask foreigners in Guilin. Some questions proposed were inappropriate, and we changed them to be acceptable. Follow-up questions follow the "//" marks. You should be able to think of a lot more too!
- What's your name?
- Where are you from?
- Do you like Chinese food? // Which foods do you like? // Why not?
- How long have you been in Guilin?
- How many countries have you been to? // Which ones?
- Where have you been in Guilin?
- Why did you come to Guilin?
- Are you going to visit the Li River?
- Do you mind if I ask you about your family? Do you mind if I ask you some personal questions?
- ONLY IF THEY DON'T MIND: Are you married?
- ONLY IF THEY DON'T MIND: How many people are there in your family?
- ONLY IF THEY DON'T MIND: What kind of girl or boy do you like best?
- What do you do for a living?
- What is your impression of Guilin?
- What are you hobbies?
- Have you tried Chinese tea? Have you had any Chinese tea? // Which tea? // What did you think?
- Which country do you like best? Which country is your favorite? // Why?
- Who did you come to China with?
- Do you live in Guilin with your family?
- How many places of interest have you visited in China?
- How do you like the weather here? What do you feel about it?
- What are you going to do after you leave Guilin?
- What are some differences between your country and China?
- Do you like music? // What kind of music? // Why?
- Do you like sports? // What kind of sports do you like?
- Do you like pets?
- Do you like travelling? // What made you decide to travel?
- Did you buy some souvenirs in Guilin? // What did you buy?
- What do you think about the China-Taiwan problems?
- Will you go to Beijing for the 2008 Olympic Games?
- Why did you decide to come to China?
- What do you like most about Guilin? What about Guilin do you like best?
- Here are some more generally useful expressions you'll need to use:
- Can you tell me a little bit about ... (yourself/the customs in your country/your travels/where you have been) ?
- I'm sorry, I didn't understand/catch what you just said. Could you repeat that?
- Thank you. Have a good trip. I hope you have a good time in Guilin. It was nice (talking with/meeting) you.
- Thanks all the same. Sorry to bother/trouble you.
Phrases And Sentence Patterns
- ... enough information ...
- There isn't enough information to answer this question definitively.
- Do you think you can get enough information from one book and two websites to write a decent research report?
- I don't have enough information as of now to say whether or not this is a good idea.
- We'll let you know when we feel we have gathered enough information to present to our clients.
- it has got | it's got | it doesn't have ...
- Are you sure you want to buy this ice cream? It's got a lot of fat.
- I like using WikiPedia:Linux. It's got a lot of advantages over Windows in several ways. Most importantly, it's [free].
- We should consider getting whole wheat bread; white bread doesn't have enough nutrition.
- She buys the more expensive cereal because it doesn't have any artificial flavors or colors.
Pronunciation
- accident vs. accent
- chase vs. chess
- let vs. net
- silk vs. sick
- sport vs. support
- vain vs. wane
- Wiki vs. Vicki
- zen vs. then
Usage
- to be supposed to ...
- I am supposed to cook for my parents today.
- It was supposed to be sunny, but it rained.
- What were you supposed to do for homework?
- I was supposed to meet my friend, but it was raining, so I didn't want to go.
- There were supposed to be many foreigners, but I didn't see any!
- I was supposed to speak English, but I didn't want to, so I just spoke Chinese with my friends.
- I was only supposed to answer 5 questions for homework, but I answered 10.
- I was supposed to buy a gift for my gf/bf, but I had no money/cash, so he/she was disappointed.
- The weather was supposed to be sunny, but the weather report was wrong, so I stayed in bed all day.
- I was supposed to water the flowers, but I forgot, so the flowers died.
Vocabulary
- express (v); expression (n) == 词语
- How can I express this feeling in words?
- He expressed his dislike for watching sports on TV.
- Try to express yourself using the words you know.
- Do you understand what this expression means?
- Many expressions involving feeling and emotions contain the word heart.
- What does the expression "A stitch in time saves nine" mean?
- As musicians, we're always trying to find new forms and media of expression.
- assassin (n) == 暗杀者; assassination (n) == 暗杀; assassinate (v);
- Did you know that Guilin is a popular hangout for assassins?
- Recently there was an assassination attempt on the life of the current Taiwanese president.
- They failed to assassinate him, but managed to throw the election into turmoil.