ec iii a/v part 3

8/9/2019 EC III A/V Part 3

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Hello Everyone!


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He is a nice dude.

He is a nice dude. =

He is a nice guy.

He is a niceman

.

Dude is slang, soyou shouldn't use it

in a professional

conversation.


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I don't feel so hot.

I don't feel so hot =

I don't feel well =

I feel sick.

You don'tlook so hot!

You don't look so hot! =

You look sick!


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I made a big mistake and I felthumiliated.

Embarrassed and humiliated have thesame meaning, but humiliated isstronger.


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Yuck! This apple is rotten!

Rotten has two different meanings:

This apple is rotten.

Rotten =

I got a rotten grade on mybook report.

Rotten = bad, terrible, etc.


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Nuclear waste is a bigproblem for the environment.

Nuclear waste =

Most nuclear waste comes fromnuclear power plants.

Nuclear power plant =


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The man lost his job because hewas incompetent.

Incompetent = not having thecorrect skills to do something.

Incompetent =

He is too incompetent in French toteach it. = .


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You are fired!

If you are fired from a job, you have lost

your job, usually because you didsomething wrong.

You're

fired!


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She is a perfectionist.

If you are a perfectionist, you are not

happy unless everything you do isperfect.

Perfectionist =


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Question One

Are you a perfectionist?

Write you answer on a piece of paperwith your name and student #.


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There are many bumsin Ueno Park.

Bum is an unkindword for homelesspeople.

It is also used forpeople who areunemployed

(people who don'thave a job) orpeople who arelazy and don'twant to work.


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She can drive because he is sober.

He is drunk.

She is sober. =She has not beendrinking alcohol.


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Someone swiped my walletwhen I was on vacation.

To swipe (verb) = steal

A pickpocketswiped my

wallet when I waswalking in Rome.


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Top Ten Cities for Pickpocketing1.) Barcelona, Spain

2.) Rome, Italy3.) Prague, Czech Republic

4.) Madrid, Spain

5.) Paris, France

6.) Florence, Italy

7.) Buenos Aires, Argentina

8.) Amsterdam, Netherlands

9.) Athens, Greece

10.) Hanoi, Vietnam


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A vandal wrote graffiti on theside of the building.

A vandal is a person who damages private property.

Vandal =


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Question

Do you think graffiti is a crime or is itart?

Crime =

Write you answer on a piece of paperwith your name and student #.


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Enough already!

Enough already! = stop doing that!

Enoughalready!!!

I killi i l f f


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I oppose killing animals for fur.

I oppose killing animals for fur. =

I am against killing animals for fur.

Oppose =


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Question

What do you oppose?

Example:

I oppose eating whales.

Write you answer on a piece of paper

with your name and student #.

There was a big crowd of


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There was a big crowd ofshoppers in Shibuya.

There was a big crowd to watch PresidentObama speak.

A crowd is a large group of people.


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My friend said they saw a UFO,which I think is far-fetched.

Far-fetched = something hard tobelieve or improbable.

Some people believe in theLoch Ness Monster(Nessie), but I think that

story is far-fetched.

Hard to believe =

Improbable =


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OK. Let's watch The Simpsons

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