Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Last Two Classes English

Russian Dolls
 


Let’s get this show on the road:

Let’s begin

What is the golden rule?

Keep your hands to yourself.

My friend Danny failed

kindergarten.

What a coincidence. His name was

Danny too.

1. Igor sculpted a Russian doll: active

voice  S.V.O.

2. The Russian doll was sculpted by

Igor: passive voice   O.V.S.

Look for “by.” That is a hint that

the sentence is passive voice.

Use passive voice for talking, often

to describe bad things such as

accidents. Do not use passive voice

in writing.

Folk art: aboriginal art (colorful)

Moscow is the biggest city in Russia.

Figure: doll, something small and

beautiful

Rubbing alcohol  

Typically: normally, usually, commonly

Individual: single, just one

Figures: dolls

Iconic symbol: powerful image that everyone

knows

Century: 100 years

Russian

culture

 

Commonly: usually, normally

Statue of Liberty

Curl the tongue

Created: made

Linden tree

Dole: get money from the government

objects: stuff or thing, etc.

When it comes to: regarding

b. chambermaid: the person who cleans

the room in a hotel

lacquer

created: made

 

 

Page 106 has a lot of vocabulary.

I will teach some of the vocabulary now.

1.   Article: story in a newspaper or magazine

Enormous: big, large, huge, etc.

Masterpiece: your best one/job

Ordinary: normal, not special

Glimpse: quickly see

Perhaps: maybe

Frame: around the painting

T.G.I.F.   Thank God It's Friday

 

1.   Are you interested in visiting the Louvre?

2.   Some people said Mona Lisa is a man.

10. What kind of art is tacky?  

Ignore: don't pay attention to

Thinker.

We have done this before. We are starting

to do review.

RULES:

Write the first thing you think about under Me.

Do NOT write under Classmate.

Rules:

3. Willy, what is your zodiac?

Glum: sad

I am glum because I don't have money.

I am also a Leo.

If your classmate has the same answer with a sentence, write down their name. If they have a different answer, do NOT write down the name.

The window is transparent.

Morals versus ethics.

Please answer with a sentence to

practice grammar.

 

 

 

Can we use technology to solve our

environmental problems?  

Could you please repeat that?

How do you spell   ?

Faucet  tap     civilization

Emperor

General: lead the army

Device: small machine

Could you please repeat that?

How do you spell     ?

Device: small machine

Plugged in

Unplug the computer

 

There is no plug out

 

Could you please repeat that?

How do you spell   ?

Bad worse worst   Rows

Hang out: spend time

Geeks

Device: small machine

Listening practice:

Could you please repeat that?

How do you spell     ?

bad     worse    worst

video game: computer game    Teenagers: 13 to 19

Rows     were: are

Where did they play Space Invaders?

Now we're thinking about technology.

Huge: enormous, very big

I made the worst game of all time.

All time: ever, forever

Alien: UFO       Flow

Hang out: spend time; go to

Face: portrait

Device: machine

T.G.I.F. Thank God It's Friday

The phone is plugged in.

We don't say plugged out.

We say unplugged.

1.         They used the TV more actively.

2.         The worst video game is ET.

3.         How many rows of aliens were there? Either six or seven.

4.         The teenagers hung out at the mall.

5.         They played space invaders in L.A.

6.         What is the flow? It is when we forget about time because we enjoy what we are doing.  

 

 

 

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Ceramics Taiwan: Class Notes

 


Frida Kahlo / Diego Rivera


Today, we will do more listening. I had tooth pulled, so I am having trouble speaking.

Let us check the homework first. I will look at the new words (vocabulary) now.

Attending: go to or participate

1.     Right now, you are attending English class.  

Conference: big meeting with lots of people

Feature: emphasize; show

For the world: It’s important; necessary; I am excited about it, etc.

Fascinated by: interested in

Frido Kahlo: Mexican painter

Exhibition: exhibit (what you can see in the museum)

Possession: something you own; belongs to you

Folk art: handcraft/handicraft (aboriginal, etc.)

Diego Rivera: is Frida Kahlo’s husband; a lot people say he is the greatest Mexican painter

1     There is a great movie about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, called Frida. It stars the beautiful Mexican actress Salma Hayek.

Synonym: two words with the same meaning

Indicate: tell or show

Increase: more

Decrease: less

Objects: things, stuff

1. Bowl

2. Bull

3. Ball

1. What museum is famous for ceramics?

2. What jewelry do you like to wear?

 

 

 

I don't like to wear jewelry because I don't have any money.

 

 

2.    Do you like gold more than silver?

I like gold more than silver because gold is expensive and beautiful.

Some people believe gold it tacky.

 

3.    Do you have anything made of leather?

Do you have a leather belt?

 

 

She likes gold more than silver because

it is beautiful. But Patrick thinks gold is tacky.

4. What exhibit did you see at a museum?

Freya saw an exhibit about fish at the museum.

 

 

 

 

Handcrafted: handicrafts (aboriginal art)

Ceramic

Ceramics

Vase

Well-known: famous

When he painted, his paintings were

original. Now, many people have copied him.

These four artists are famous.

1.     Yayoi Kusama does psychedelic art and installation art (3D).

The Beatles (Paul McCartney) made psychedelic art famous in 1966 in their songs.

He is a director. He directed The Revenant.

Impact: influence

Graffiti: paint on the walls of buildings,

often illegally (against the law)

What musical instrument does Ma play?

He doesn't play violin. He plays cello.

Why does he like Picasso?

His painting is strange and interesting. It makes me think.  

Astrology as related to personality.

Could you please repeat that?

How do you spell +++++++++?

Ancestors    superstition: we use this to

explain before we had science

Zodiac     astrology