Rika Presentation, Wednesday Homework, Potluck, Study Sheet, Goodbye Ayaka, Can, and Vasily!

It's finally here!  Our long, long, four day weekend!  I'm sure you're going to enjoy having the time off, but don't forget that we'll have a mini-test on Monday.  But no essay this week!  However, there will definitely be one next week.

OK, first of all, we had a beautiful presentation by Rika about Japan and it's food, customs, and clothes.  I hope you were paying attention, because if you ever have to take a bath in Japan, now you know that you have to clean before you get into the bath tub!  I was hoping that Rika would bring some takoyaki...maybe next time!

And because this is an English school, after all, we had to study a bit.  Today we covered three Focus points in Grammar Dimensions: 2, 3, and 4!  That must be a new record! 

 To practice, let's do three little homework exercises: Exercise 3 (p318), Exercise 4 (page 319), and Exercise 5 (page 320).  The best way to memorize these combinations of verbs and prepositions is to read, listen to, write, and say them as often as possible!  We'll check them briefly before the test.  But use the study sheet (posted below) to check yourself.

Although it was not very long, we had a little potluck party at the end of the class.  We enjoyed Arabic coffee and pastries (thanks Lujain and Rawan--oh, and thanks for the marble cake yesterday, too!), Nutella, pumpkin pie, and other goodies.  

And finally we said goodbye to three of our best students.  It won't be the same without them, but we know they have to move on to the next part of their lives and continue their progress at higher levels.  Good luck to all of you and keep in touch.  Come back and say hello when you can!

And finally, here it is, just in case you lose yours or want to study when you don't have your sheet.  Our Week Nine Study Sheet.  Yes, it's longer than last week, but it includes all the preposition clusters that you need to know for the test!  You're welcome!

Grammar Dimensions

Grammar Dimensions Opening Task p314-5

depart from

hope for

at odds with

un/accustomed to

associate with

attracted to

result in

a cluster/to cluster

to jot down

heritage

Grammar Dimensions  Focus 1 p316-7

hostility/ies

differ from

plan on

consist of

call for

hope for

deal with

plan on

object to

count on

dispense with

withdraw from

succeed in

demonstrate against

distinguish between

agree with

Grammar Dimensions p318

consult with

cooperate with

associate with

deal with

join with

side with

unite with

Grammar Dimensions p319

the status quo

the norm

persecution

culture shock

abstain from

desist from

deviate from

dissent from

emerge from

escape from

flee from

migrate from

prevent from

prohibit from

recede from

recoil from

retire from

separate from

shrink from

withdraw from

restrictive/restrict

shellfish

a norm  (from “normal)

an epidemic

Grammar Dimensions  p320-1

wish for

ask for

hope for

thirst for

ache for

long for

yearn for

jeer at

embark on

persist in

persecution

shudder at

rebel at

Raise The Issues

revenue

rehab(ilitation)

compulsive

diversion

(big) bucks

spokesman

a pipe dream

a commission

take a tough stand

prohibition

to undercut

comprehensive

Listening

to trade in

a shot at s.t.

dazed/to daze

“loose change”

a rescue mission

a conversion/ to convert/converted

to stumble

booze

accessibility/to access

a shelter/to shelter

one in five

to be captivated

outpatient

slick

to ante up

“upwards of”

corruption

to shatter/a shattering

“with all respect”

to shuffle the deck.