Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Useful Expressions (2): Relationship (DUE on 10/13)

To help you discover more about relationship, our topic of the week, please follow the instructions.
(1) Search the websites below.
  • 20-Minute ESL Lessons - Dating and Marriage
    (http://www.esl-lab.com/vocab/v-love.htm)
  • BBC The English We Speak
    (http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theenglishwespeak/)
  • EZ Slang - Dating and Romance
    (http://www.ezslang.com/friendfinder-1.htm)
  • (Even better ones that you'd like to share with us!)
(2) Select 3-5 idioms/phrases (e.g. blind date) that you find interesting and would like to share with us.
(3) Look them up in search engines, like Google for authentic sentences (namely, sentences used in actual English texts, such as magazine articles and news stories)
(4) Come back here to post a GROUP comment (at least one from each group) that include all your idioms/phrases, together with at least one example sentence for each. (Check the format below.)

Group X
  1. blind date (n phr) - In order to be successfully matched up on a blind date, you have to take steps that will ensure you're only going out with people who actually have potential.
    (From: Cosmopolitan [Online])
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(5) Contact the teacher (at wendychangnchu@gmail.com) if you have questions.

8 comments:

  1. Group sixth

    一.單字片語造句

    1.周年anniversary
    It was the fortieth anniversary of the death of the composer.

    2.穩定下來go steady
    You'll never get Mark to go steady with you.

    3.有好感have a crush on
    I used to have a crush on her myself

    4.體貼Considerate
    We have all wished for men who are more considerate.

    5.一見鍾情love at first sight
    It was love at first sight, and he proposed to me six weeks later.


    二.諺語

    1.Love is blind.
    愛情是盲目的。

    2.Wherever you go, whatever you do, I will be right here waiting for you.
    無論你身在何處,無論你為何忙碌,我都會在此守候。

    3.相愛的心息息相通,無需用言語傾訴。
    The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart.

    4.Take away love, and our earth is a tomb.
    沒有了愛,地球便成了墳墓。

    5.A heart that loves is always young.
    有愛的心永遠年輕。

    三.詞彙
    1.曖昧Ambiguous
    2.冷戰be at war
    3.包容Inclusive
    4.體貼Considerate
    5.寬容Tolerance

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  2. Group one
    Catch sb’s attention
    ex. Janet’s appearance catches peter’s attention
    Cheat on sb
    ex. Jeff’s girlfriend wanted to break up with him because he cheated on her.
    Be tired of…
    ex.Jenny was tired of her boyfriend,so she broke up with him.

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  4. Group second
    一.單字片語造句
    1.honesty N. 誠實
    Honesty is the best policy.
    -誠實為上策。
    2.tolerance N. 包容
    Love is mutual tolerance.
    -愛是互相包容。
    3.honey N. 蜜
    Life is a flower for which love is the honey.
    -生命如花,愛情是蜜。
    4.enternal adj. 永恆的
    Love is something internal;the aspect may change,but not the essence.
    -愛是永恆的,外表可能改變,但本質永遠不變。
    5.smile N. 微笑
    You make my heart smile.
    -我的心因你而笑。
    二.諺語
    1.Your smiling at me is my daiy dose of magic.
    -愛情的熾熱勝過千萬團的火。
    2.I feel at times we have had an gry words but these have been kissed away.
    -我們生氣爭執時,愛的雙唇把他們吻得無影無蹤,我的心也頓覺甜蜜。
    3.Distance makes the hearts grow fonder.
    -距離使兩顆心靠的越近。
    4.But if the while I think on thee,dear friend,all losses arerestored,and sorrows end.
    -只要我一想起妳,親愛的人,所有的失落和遺憾煙消雲散。
    5.If equal affection cannot be,let the more loveing be me.
    -如果沒有相等的愛,那就讓我愛多一些吧。
    三.詞彙
    zest N. 熱情
    loyalty N. 忠誠
    enjoyment N. 喜悅
    observant N. 用心
    excuse N. 寬容

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  5. Group 7

    ※ get married
    EX:He has got married and settled down to a job .

    ※ asked for a divorce
    EX:She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible .

    ※ be out of love with
    EX:I helped her out of love , not out of pity.

    ※ no love lost
    EX:Martha and kelly both want to be elected leader of their class , and there is no love lost between them.

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  6. Group third

    Proverb/Phrase

    1.The beloved one has no pockmarks.
    EX:In spite of Tom's girlfriend is so wicked,but the beloved one has no pockmarks,he still lover her.
    2.Love grows with obstacles.
    EX:I know my father dislike you,but love grows with obstacles,it will be better.
    3.be dead gone in love
    EX:Jane is dead gone in love,so she always look at windows thinking about her mister right.
    4.I need him like I need the air to breathe.
    EX:Mom,you can't stop me loving Frank,I need him like I need the air to breathe,can you understand?
    5.Love will find a way
    EX:Love will find a way,do not give up.


    Word

    1.Perfunctory
    2.Passion
    3.Expectance
    4.Anxiously
    5.Flirt

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  7. 第4組報告:

    一:單字片語造句

    1.sweetheart.(v) 談戀愛
    He is to sweethert the girl.
    他要和這個女孩談戀愛.

    2.fall in love 墜入愛河
    Grovitation is not responsible for people folling in love.
    人們墜入愛河與重力無關.

    3.receive (v) 接受
    Will you receive me as your girlfriend?
    你會接受我做你的女朋友嗎??

    4.proposal 求婚
    One second thought,she rejected his morriage proposal to finish college.
    經過再次考慮,她拒絕了他的求婚,因為她算先完成大學學業.

    5.marriage vow 接婚誓言
    Marriage vow are supposed to bind two people together forever.
    結婚誓言就是將兩人永遠連結在一起.

    二:諺語

    1.The best proof of love is trust.
    愛最好的證明就是新任.

    2.One is easily fooled by that which one love .
    人容易被所愛的人愚弄.

    3.Sweetest joy , the wildest woe is love.
    愛情是最甜蜜的歡樂,最強烈的痛苦.

    4.Love lives,in cottages as well as in courts.
    愛在茅屋,亦在深宮.

    5.If you'd be loved,be worthy to be loved.
    要得到別人的愛,就必須要有值得愛的地方.

    三.詞彙

    1.communicate 溝通
    2.cheat 欺騙
    3.date 約會
    4.swear 發誓
    5.forever 永遠

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  8. Good to see that most of you tried your best to complete the task!
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