Unit 1: Shakespeare Speaks
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Session 10
Meet Queen Elizabeth, her favourite explorer and 'The Real Housewives Of Shakespeare Speaks' while you learn how to use the phrase the world's mine oyster - and lots more idioms with the word world.
ድምር ነጥቢ ናይዚ ክፍለ-ስራሓት 10
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Activity 2
The world is mine oyster - meaning and use
Let's look at the meaning and modern use of the world's mine oyster.
To do
Listen to this extract from the animation to help you remember what the narrator said, and then do the quiz to check you understood.
ነቲ ድምጺ ብምስማዕ ነቲ ስራሕ ፈጽምዎ
Narrator
In Shakespeare's play, the phrase the world's mine oyster was used as a threat - but today, it has become the world's my oyster - or your oyster - and it describes situations that contain wonderful opportunities. Take US entrepreneur Chris Gardner, who wrote in his autobiography The Pursuit of Happyness:
Clip 1
The world is your oyster. It's up to you to find the pearls.
Narrator
It can describe the opportunities that open up when you take risks, have money or learn new skills.
Clip 2
If you learn foreign languages, the world's your oyster.
Now have a go at this quiz. Look at the transcript if you need extra help.
Lovely pearls
4 Questions
Answer these questions about the world is my oyster to win yourself a lovely pearl!
ሓገዝ
Activity
Answer these questions about the world is my oyster to win yourself a lovely pearl!
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A 'threat' is a suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen.Question 1 of 4
ሓገዝ
Activity
Answer these questions about the world is my oyster to win yourself a lovely pearl!
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If 'the world is your oyster', you feel like you can achieve anything.Question 2 of 4
ሓገዝ
Activity
Answer these questions about the world is my oyster to win yourself a lovely pearl!
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The narrator tells us: "It can describe the opportunities that open up when you take risks, have money or learn new skills."Question 3 of 4
ሓገዝ
Activity
Answer these questions about the world is my oyster to win yourself a lovely pearl!
ኣመት
In modern day grammar, do we use the possessive adjective or possessive pronoun in this sentence?Question 4 of 4
Excellent!Great job!ሕማቕ ዕድል!ዘመዝገብኩምዎ ነጥቢ ...:
How did you do?
2-3 correct - congratulations, you've won a pearl!
0-1 correct - oh dear! Just an oyster for you!
Next
If you learn foreign languages, the world's your oyster, so stick with us and you'll have wonderful opportunities. Go to the next page to learn some more idioms containing world. It will do you the world of good!
Session Vocabulary
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The world's mine oyster
Meaning
Today, the phrase has become the world's my oyster - or your oyster - and it describes situations that contain wonderful opportunities. It can describe the opportunities that open up when you take risks, have money or learn new skills.
Example sentence
If you learn foreign languages, the world's your oyster.____________________
Extra vocabulary
court
(here) the place where a King or Queen and their family and servants are livingreign
the period of time that someone is a king or queento do something behind someone's back
to do something without letting someone knowa pearl of wisdom
a clever saying or a very good piece of adviceto be in a world of your own
to not be aware of what's happening around youwhat a small world!
used to show surprise when you meet someone you know at an unexpected placeto have the best of both worlds
to have the advantages of two different things at the same time
to do someone the world of good
to make someone feel much healthier or happierto not be the end of the world
to not be the worst thing that could happen____________________
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