Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Peruvian Opera

 

1. I would like to watch the Miami Vice again.

2. I saw the Scorsese film about Oklahoma recently. Killers of the Flower Moon.  

3. The best movie I have ever seen in Casablanca.

4. Pretty Woman was really boring.

5. I have streamed a couple of movies recently.

6. I don’t know. The question doesn’t make sense.

 

 

How about a? = do you want to

I can’t stand = I hate

No offense but (excuse) = do not get angry

Please think about what genre.

Cursor.

1. Usually, a movie review is someone writing a story in the newspaper or magazine to explain if the movie is good or sucks.

Recommend means suggest

Siblings are brothers and sisters.

It’s one of the weirdest movies …  Strange

Lots of violent things happen and they’re all totally terrified. Confusing.

2. It’s about a Peruvian opera singer.

3. A chef that/who can’t find work. The movie makes you think about some of the difficulties women have in their careers. She has to be a crossdresser to find a job as a chef.

5. The movie’s opening scene is really amazing.

It’s about this camel who greets tourists at the Great Wall of China.  

6. The movie is about a doctor in San Francisco.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Listening Practice.

Could you please repeat that?

How do you spell     ?

Described

Matt is a boy’s name

Genre

 

 

 

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Last Week Notes: A Time to Write

 

 

The university needs one essay (story

or writing project) every semester. The

story is ten percent of your grade. We

actually give the essay to the university.

They will have a look to see that you

did a good job. First, we need ten

answers. Then we can make a story.

 

Nag

 

 

 

I am not really an organized. I am not fussy.

So this is torture.

Pronunciation: American accent is “curl the

tongue”

I want the next slide.

Should / ought

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I want to take the ten sentences to make

two paragraphs.

Please indent each paragraph. Please

double space.

 

       

 

        The classmate I talked to was Gigi

 

Lin. Gigi worked at McDonald’s. Her

 

favorite foreign, restaurant is Thai Town,

 

because she likes sour and spicy food.

 

She normally orders shrimp cakes and

 

drinks a lot of whiskey there.

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

 

        My classmate’s name in Matt. He has

 

never worked in a restaurant, but he

 

dreams of getting, a job at McDonald’s.

 

He likes to eat at McDonald’s the most

 

because it is delicious. He ordered a Big

 

Mac burger.

 

Nancy is playing hooky.

Mandy is playing hooky.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match the verbs when you write.

1. Have you ever been to Thailand?   P.P.

Yes, I have been to Thailand.

 

Ever is only in the question, not answer.

 

2. Where do you live?    Present tense

I live in Iceland.

 

If you start a paragraph in the past tense,

 

all of the paragraph is past tense.

 

 

        I will go to Canada during the winter holiday.  (Future tense.

 

I am going to change my daughter into a Canadian high school

 

for grade 12. The reason for that is she is going to go to

 

university in Vancouver. ALWAYS WHEN YOU WRITE,

 

EXPLAIN.

 

If you start writing a paragraph in future tense,

all of the paragraph is future tense.

Double space

 

 

 

 

 

        Shakespeare was born April 23, 1564. He

 

grew up in Stratford.  He moved to London around 1590

 

when he was still a young man. He wrote poems and later

 

great plays.

 

        I spoke to Angel Wu in English class today.  Angel

 

used to work at Starbucks in Nantou. She liked the job

 

because she could drink coffee for free. Angel’s

 

favorite foreign restaurant is Mint because she loves

 

cheesy pasta and there is a variety of seafood, for

 

example, squid and clams. She normally orders the

 

classic spaghetti (Bolognese) with meatballs. She

 

also likes the Irish coffee – coffee and whiskey.

 

        BLAH BLAH

 

        My partner’s name is Sara Chiang. She

 

worked at Subway restaurant as the big

 

boss. Her favorite, foreign restaurant is called

 

Table Joe. She likes to order Chicken

 

Caesar Salad.