Lesson #12
1. OK, now we'll be working out our speaking abilities - you know, your passive reading doesn't help a lot in making your articulation natural - so take a timer - read the Opposite Words List distinctively and carefully - then have a drink - for following better pronunciation - some tee, or punch, or juice... - then read it please twice faster! It's really interesting and useful!
News for me:
Graceful - clumsy
grin - frown
disgrace - honor
tardy - early
exhibit - conceal
extinguish - ignite
harsh - mild
dwarf - giant
together - apart
tough - tender
prohibit - allow
raw - cooked
tame - wild
They are known of course - but not so swift in pairs...
2. Beautiful resource for pronunciation improvement: just enter your list of words - till 15 - and listen till you are ...fed up!
It is called Howjsay -
A Free Online Talking Dictionary of English Pronunciation!
I propose: try it with the News for me - or - what is much more better - compose your list of News For You!
3. OK, and now - read please an interesting and informative article from Dictionary.com - not only for the reason that we are learning some language - but the facts mentioned here could be rather interesting and even amusing for you - Good vs Bad - is not so BAD, however!
How did it say? 'He is a big bad wolf in your neighborhood. Not bad meaning bad, but bad meaning good...' - a song of 1890-s, eh?
And what about this 'bad liar' Marquess of Warton (1842)? He was so proud to be a bad liar in his contemporary society... Nowadays he would be ashamed... Saying the expression I mean.. And nothing more!
Ah, I've quite forgotten: about my News!
yikes
stunt
goodie in two shoes
a movie franchise
totally (slang)
you might infer
smidgen
in chastising manner
fickle
pep talks
OK, now let me advise you a pretty good source - for translating - listening - finding synonyms - It's really perfect - in my humble opinion. You won't wander in blind in the huge world of English-speaking Movie- & Slang- Land! It's ReversoContext - here you could find not only words and words combinations - but the whole expressions and collocations as well as slang expressions - all this with sentences-examples in meaningful context! It's a real philological gem! Which will become your best and most beloved among many the others, promise!
In short - let's try to find our news there - your memory would be thankful!
4. And now, my dearest friends - DO YOU Know how to say NO?! Because I Do... I mean I Know... Br-r-r...
And now you know it either... I'm so glad...
5-6 WE HAVE TO DELEGATE AND ELIMINATE - NO TIME'S LEFT... That is - we are short of time. 60 minutes make... 3600 seconds - not more, you know!
