We can say that names are our first calling cards. When we come across a name or mention it, we make assumptions about the person - physically, socially, mentally speaking. So would you be able to tell us
How you got your name
If you like how your name sounds
If you pronounce words incorrectly
if people mispronounce your name
Why people sometimes forget your name
If you
change your name?
Someone who poked fun at your name?
People sometimes give names of a member of the family - a great grandparent for example - to show respect for that person, in the form of a homage.
Others come up with the weirdest names: a combination of two names, an adaptation of a name in another language
How common is it to have a middle name?
When do people use their full names?
Was there a name you wanted to be called by when you were a child?
Are there any other funny stories concerning names that you might have heard of?
What are the most common female/male names in English?
Definition: A devotee or well-informed person of some activity or subject. When the subject is MOVIES, would you consider yourself one? Which of these comments refer to you?
I'm not a big movie fan
Cinema is like therapy to me, to help me forget about my problems a little bit Lately I haven’t been going to the cinema I don't have the time or the patience to go I hate to wait in long/enormous/never-ending/kilometrical/endless lines
I usually get my tickets online
It’s not a cheap form of entertainment anymore, that's why I don't go so often
Movies are not my specialty! Language note: some other expressions to say that something is not of your interest: my cup of tea my thing my stuff my passion my favorite topic my scene
The central word of this post is AFFORD, which is usually hard to explain in other languages or to give a synonym. Let's use the word then in our discussion here in as many ways as possible. A few days ago US president Barack Obama launched the BRAIN project to discover the mysteries of the human mind. An ambitious project that will probably reveal how we think, how we learn, and how we remember. This will consequently lead to discovering cures for disorder and dementia like Parkinson and to helping research with stem cells. What do you think: Is this a project that they can't afford to implement? How important is it now for our society that is getting older and older? Of course, there are many questions when a project of that magnitude is launched:
Is it technologically and financially viable?
Do laboratories want these people to get cured or is it in their interest to make sure people need to buy the medication?
Will there ever be something like the Bubonic Plague, which destroyed nearly half of the European population during The Middle Ages?
What will
old age
be like with so many people healthy?
What is something everyone would like to do in their old age?
What else will they discover - a cure, a medicine, a vaccine, a new treatment, a therapy, a surgical procedure, a method, a drug
Is it never too late, even for terminal patients?
Do you believe in miracle workers, healers and shamans? What's the difference between to cure and to heal?
Did you know that t
he syrup used in the liquid for Coca-Cola was medicinal?
But, did you know that there are other ways to use the word? Let's take a look
If you don't believe what a person is telling you:
Oh, please! = Come on! I wasn’t born yesterday.
What do you take me for - an idiot?
If you are begging someone, you might say:
Please don’t go! = Please stay
to beg = to implore
I beg your pardon (formal) = excuse me/sorry
What do you call a person who ... keeps calling or trying to talk a partner all the time? CLINGY, STICKY
doesn't accept something inferior and expects the best all the time? DEMANDING a student always asking questions? A PAIN IN THE NECK a person who has emotional or affective deficiencies? NEEDY
a person who demands a lot of our time and attention? A PERSON WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
If you want someone to make themselves at home, you might say:
Please yourself = make yourself happy, do what you want
As you please = as you like = it’s up to you If you please = if you like
When sending a document with an email, you might say:
Please find attached the file
Please find the file attached
When you say goodbye to someone, you might include God in your wish:
See you tomorrow, please God. (if God allows= if God permits = God willing)
This is probably one of the greatest facts about life. Do you agree?
You can’t please everyone = you can’t make everyone happy
Would you do anything to please somebody you love? Here is an opinion:
When you love deeply/intensely/with all your soul/passionately you establish/set limits
Do you know a person that is hard to please? (someone difficult o satisfy)
People don’t say please anymore. Would you agree? They don’t have good manners
Where would you hear or read something like this?
Please call 1-800-257-1234 Now, let's see how the Beatles use the word? Which of the uses above do they use?
Now look at these images. Which do you identify with?
Some things you might say when talking about Routines:
I am always … when I wake up
tired
sleepy
awake
alert
wired (electric)
Routinesare boring, but necessary/essential/important/fundamental/vital. Routines make us more
secure
disciplined
self-confident
Routines give us a comfort zone Routines can help me
improve
get better
better myself
With routines, I can deal better with my schedule
What about you? Is there anything else you would like to say about ROUTINES?
