After Speaking - Things We Didn’t Know How To Say At All Or Totally Confidently

motivate - inspire - encourage -

thoughts vs feelings

feelings - intuition - my gut / go with my gut -

a cigarette butt - a butt = the end of a cigarette.

You can’t smoke here! Butt out your cigarette, but don’t throw the butt on the ground!

life - lives

life (n) E.G. It’s important to do in our lives.

live (v) (lihv) E.G. Don’t kill me! I want to live!

live (adj) (liyv) E.G. I prefer live theatre to movies.

alive (adj) = living. E.G. You’re still alive? I thought you were dead!

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I prefer live theatre to movies.

I prefer live theatre more than movies.

convenient (adj) = easy to use / to buy / to do / etc.

comfortable (adj) = feels good.

fast food is an example of comfort food.

comfort food = borscht.

deforestation

soil erosion

red tide

(green) algae (AEL-dgee)

the food chain

a predator

Best Way To Remember Vocabulary

Learn and then use. Be a child.

Other Reading Material

Get ESL readers, which are famous novels written for different levels of English. You can buy them at Chapters.

Read anything that you like. As long as you’re enjoying yourself, you’ll be learning.

CBC News Video Eating insects may be on the menu Link

Pharmacies

London Drugs on Robson or on Granville. = Western medicine.

Whole Foods on Robson or at 8th and Cambie. = natural medicines.

For cold sores, I recommend a remedy called lysine or even better, a product called Super Immune Plus with lysine and olive leaf.

You can probably get lysine at both stores, but you can probably only get Super Immune Plus at Whole Foods.

Steven (STEE-vnn)
Stephen (STEE-vnn)

Stefan (STEH-ff or STEH-fhan)

BBC Video - What Causes a Beer Belly?
https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1yNAeChc5eZ1SuGzLOSYG1Qsq6NGz7U64yxmnAg0w0YM/edit#

• “climate change” is the new name instead of “global warming” because there are different kinds of changes to the climate, not only warming. For example, melting ice, increasing temperatures, rising sea levels, floods, droughts, more rain, stronger storms etc.
• This century has seen the 13 warmest years in history.
• Before humans the temperature was more stable because there was a natural balance. Now with humans, we are releasing more CO2 and the earth can’t absorb it and so the system is out of balance.
• Scientists predictions overall have been correct. There have been some that were incorrect, but the majority have been right.
• Volcanos release some CO2, but much less than humans.
• Water in the air also raises temperatures. There is more water in the air now because the air is warmer.
• Ice reflects sunlight. If there is less ice, the earth absorbs the sunlight and gets warmer.
• In the 1930s the sun was getting brighter and that caused some warming, but since the 1950s, the sun has gotten dimmer / less bright.
• The rate of CO2 released by humans is increasing also.

Extra Past Perfect Practice
https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1hfVSbQMzcLFc97-bKX0WZ07koJcYt51UwjS3dxKm7G4/edit

BBC Video - BBC Pop Up asks Boulder residents what issues matter to them Link

What Do We Know About Boulder?

What Do We Think We Know About Boulder?

What Do We Want To Know About Boulder?

• the population = it’s growing rapidly.
• the climate = flood recovery.
• why is this city so famous that the BBC has made a video about it? = everybody knows that the city is for tree huggers (environmentalists)  and pot smokers (people who smoke marijuana). It’s a green city. Public transportation. Cultural diversity.
• the location = the density.
• the natural resources
• do they produce solar energy?
• the economic level = the city is designed for people who have a lot of money. Want support for workers. A one bedroom apartment is $1600.00 per month. Wealth is a blessing and a curse.
• is it connected to the ocean and if so, how?
• the government and mayor
• when it was established
• the most popular food in the city

What Did You Learn From Writing: 3-2: Task 1 practice?

• How to connect sentences using linking words.
• The main idea is how to describe the process, so you should use the Passive Voice and the Present Simple Tense.
• Use synonyms.
• Singular-Plural.
• Articles.
• Prepositions.

1. Practice.
2. Be a child.

Video - Kid Snippets: Job Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMX-07Lu6zM

Job Interview Language

• Where have you previously worked? / worked previously?
• What salary do you expect?
• Which department do you want to work in?
• Is it a part time or full time job?
• What are the hours?
• experience
• qualifications
• education
• diplomas
• certificates
• ability to work under pressure
• money
• applicant
• skills
• insurance
• requirements
• professional

Imagine that kids are the interviewer (they ask the questions) and the interviewee (they want the job). What would they say?

• What’s your name?
• How old are you?
• Where are you from?
• What would you like to do?
• Do you have chocolate?
• How many friends do you have?

What did the kids actually say in the video?

• Why do I hire you?
• You’re fired.
• I’m just joking.
• Do you have experience with computers?
• How much money do you want?
• Can we change seats?
• Can you use a computer?
• I’m good at pressing the buttons.
• 
  

Writing An Essay

There are four parts to writing an essay:

1. Thinking.

2. Planning and organizing.

3. Writing = say what you want to say.

4. Editing = checking, correcting and improving.

Then there are three parts when you are actually writing your essay:

1. Tell me what you are going to say.

2. Tell me.

3. Tell me what you said.

Additional Reading Practice: Matching Headings
http://www.ielts.org/pdf/115016_Academic_Reading_sample_task_-_Matching_headings__2_.pdf

What people love - and miss - living in the wilderness Link

= living in nature. In other words, not in a city.

Love

• silence
• fresh air
• healthy food
• clean water
• personal communication - no internet etc.
• lost weight
• hasn't needed to see a doctor since moving there
• care about the environment because you see it and see what we are doing to it.

Miss

• noise
• the internet etc.
• education for their children
• conveniences
• showers
• their friends and relatives
• night life
• he can’t meet a woman to save his life. = it’s very difficult to meet women.
• to save (someone’s) life means that it’s difficult / impossible for (someone) to do.

Doesn't Miss

• congestion (n) = crowded; a lot of something such as lots of cars or lots of people. It’s used in the negative.
• all the people

Writing 3-2 Essay Practice Brainstorming Vocabulary

• figure out
• provide
• collect / gather / combine
• transfer
• broadcast / disseminate / share
• analyse (v) / analysis (n)
• meteorological
• forecast / (guess) / predict
• radio
• television
• satellite / radar / buoy

Speaking 3-1 Interview Practice Vocabulary Brainstorming

• get in (car) ≠ get out (car)
• on foot
• crowded (adj) (v) / over crowded (adj) (v) / crowd (n) (v)
• transportation
• pick up ≠ drop off
• traffic / traffic jam traffic accident
• parking
• rainy
• come on time / arrive on time
• drought
• emissions
• ecosystem
• rush hour
• get on (bus, train, plane, boat) ≠ get off (bus, train, plane, boat)
• underground / subway
• drive
• reach
• electric bike / bicycle
• taxi
• bus pass