Lesson 4- Tuesday 15th September   

I prefer films with subtitles rather than films dubbed into German

Idioms of the week

get out of hand = a situation that becomes difficult to control
The argument quickly got out of hand.

to back someone up = support someone
Don’t worry, I’ll back you up if they question your decision.

word of mouth = information passed from person to person
The restaurant became popular through word of mouth

• Have you ever discovered a great restaurant or similar business through word of mouth?
• What kinds of products or services become popular through word of mouth?
• Is word of mouth more powerful than advertising?
• Would you be more likely to try a restaurant recommended by a friend or one with thousands of online reviews?
• What kinds of situations or discussions can easily get out of hand?
• Can social media arguments get out of hand more easily than face-to-face arguments? Why?

 

Restaurant recommendations:

Muskot

I buy takeaway food every now and then.  every so often.

Urban Deli – beef tartare  (råbiff)

I gave in to peer pressure

Acaza – Portuguese restaurant

Tbilisi – a Georgian restaurant

Jansson’s temptation

Meatballs for the people

Brisket and friends

 

 

Interview with Rowan Atkinson

• Have you watched any of the series/films he talks about?
• Are you generally a fan of his comedy or other British comedy?
• Is there anything from the interview that surprises you or makes you think?
• Talk about a well-known and popular comedy from your country and that you enjoy (or don’t!)

 

Fawlty Towers

Basil Fawlty always makes me cringe

It was really cringeworthy

It’s so cringe.

Inspector Clouseau

slapstick comedy

Buster Keaton –

The Show that Goes Wrong

a storeroom

a shed

an attic – a loft

a basement – a cellar

a sieve is used to sieve flour

a colander

cutlery (BrE)  – silverware (US)

crockery

a porcelain vase

a (cheese) grater – to grate cheese

a plug and socket

tweezers – to pull out ticks and splinters

to pluck eyebrows

a dustpan and brush

Sthm heats most of its homes using an advanced district heating network that recycles waste energy and uses renewable sources.

This underground pipe network supplies warmth and hot water to about 80% of the city’s buildings

Individual electric heat pumps that draw thermal energy from the air or bedrock

a tile stove