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Hi there – how is everyone today? It’s Friday! Yippee! I managed to get lots of work done this week so I’m feeling happy although a bit tired. I’m very glad it’s the weekend.
Well done those of you who did the homework… you’ve all done pretty well. Adriana! You forgot to write your answers! Never mind, have a quick look now and see if you can figure it out before you read the answers below :-)
I was very interested to read about the Moqueca Capixaba – it sounds delicious and not very difficult to cook… a good combination. I also liked hearing about Brazil’s indigenous population. Be careful with how you use this word though – remember it’s an adjective so it needs a noun after it. You’ve written There were between three and five million indigenous but you need to write ‘people’ at the end otherwise it’s an incomplete sentence.
I have always been very interested in the tribal groups in India. The Hindi word for these groups is ‘Adivasi’. There are lots of different tribal groups with a big range of ethnic backgrounds. On the Andaman Islands, which are off the East Coast of India (closer to Thailand, actually) there is one tribe which has always resisted contact with outsiders. I remember watching a film about a group of European (or American?) anthropologists who approached the island and the members of the tribe threw spears and shot arrows at them until they retreated. I don’t blame them. I would like to find out more about the different tribes here – in fact, I think there is a ‘Tribal Museum’ in Delhi… maybe I’ll see if Ed wants to go there this weekend.
You used a really nice phrase in your last post, Adri – ‘a milkshake of cultures’! This isn’t a common expression but I know exactly what you mean and it sounds fine. There were a few sentences that I thought we could have a look at though…
1. Why we women have this attraction and fantasy with fireman?
2. Neither I can understand!
3. I think I would love the Indian food
4. Let’s hear a bossa nova music in the background
5. I promise giving you the recipe very soon
6. Let’s drink Amy and her baby’s health [Thank you! :-)]
Have a look at these sentences for me for homework. I’d like you to correct the mistake and tell me why it’s wrong… Each sentence has just one error in it. Good luck!
Now let’s have a quick look at the homework I set last time on phrasal verbs (part 2!).
To take something up: TYPE 3 - needs an object and separable
To get into: TYPE 2 - needs an object and inseparable
To take something in: TYPE 3 - needs an object and separable
To set off: TYPE 1 - no object and inseparable
To get back: TYPE 1
To go along with: TYPE 4 - - needs an object, is inseparable and has two ‘particles’
To put up: TYPE 3 - needs an object and separable
To get round to: TYPE 4 - needs an object, is inseparable and has two ‘particles’
To come up with: TYPE 4 - - needs an object, is inseparable and has two ‘particles’
To come back: TYPE 1 - no object and inseparable
Anyone get them all right? :-)
Okay, I’m going to love you and leave you now as once again Ed is producing a culinary masterpiece in the kitchen and my tummy is rumbling (it always is these days!)
More on the weekend,
Amy
Of course I won’t go without giving you the vocabulary definitions from the last post!
To turn out: to become apparent in the end or after some time, usually unexpectedly
To be tucked away: to be hidden away from view
A maze: a complicated and confusing arrangement of streets
Cuisine: a style of cooking, normally associated with a particular country
Gravy: a thick sauce
To be paired with: two things put together or combined
Steamed: a way of cooking where food is cooked in the steam of boiling water, without touching the water
Savoury: the opposite of sweet, ‘savoury foods’ are usually salty or spicy
Inseparable: cannot be separated
Just a few words for today…
An anthropologist
To retreat
A culinary masterpiece
… and a few for review
To stick to something
To swap
Whereas
To be treated like a king
Consistently
Definitions for the review words here!
Comments
Dear Amy, As usual, I found your blog interesting and able to teach us grammar and vocabulary in interesting way. Yes, It is Friday and all your are going to enjoy your weekend but I have to wait till Tuesday to enjoy my one day off. Certainly you will bring some more interesting topic after weekend. I have tried to do homework. Corrections: 1. Why we women have this attraction and fantasy towards fireman? (Preposition changed) 2. Neither I can understand nor others. Incomplete sentence using Neither (Either or, neither nor). 3. I think I would be in love the Indian food. (Auxiliary verb added) 4. Let’s hear a bossa nova music on the background. (Preposition changed) 5. I promise to give you the recipe very soon (Verb pattern changed) 6. Let’s drink for Amy and her baby’s health [Thank you! :-)] (Preposition added). Word Meanings: An anthropologist - someone who scientifically studies human beings, their customs, beliefs and relationships. To retreat - to decide not to do something A culinary masterpiece-Cooking extraordinary tasty and good flavoured food
Hello,Amy,I enjoy the way you explain things,and your stories are never boring.It could be interesting to read something about your teaching experience.I guess,language teachers must have plenty of funny stories to tell us about.On the other hand,it could be very serious,teaching jod.I've read somewhere,that there are just a few jobs to add more love to the universe,to the world where we all live - farmers and teachers.What do you think of that?
Hello Amy!!! Yep! I´m fine thanks :-)! And I hope you are fine too. Yippiee!!!Thanks God is Friday!!! Amy I would like to ask you one thing. Here in Brazil, when there´s something or someone who bothers or annoys you, we use to say 'Oh, this situation or person is a stone in my shoe'. Therefore, I´d like to know Amy, if is there any equivalent expression in English? Well, I was writing a comment to Adri today and I wanted to say that the Indigenous people are 'the stone in the politician shoes'. However, instead of writing that I wrote that they are an 'inconvenient matter', because I was afraid of this Brazilian expression traslation sounds a bit odd. I thank you in advance. Ok, it´s time for the homework: An anthropologist: someone who studies scientifically human beings, their customs, beliefs and relatinships; To retreat: to go away from a place or person in order to escape from fighting or danger; A culinary masterpiece: a dish prepared with great skill and care and compared to a art work. To stick to something: to keep doing something; To swap: to exchange one thing for another; Whereas: link word to show contrast= although, but it´s more formal; To be treated like a king: to be treated by people in a very nice way. When everything you need is giving to you; Consistently: without changing, doing something in the same way. I bid you farwell now Amy. See you on the weekend. Untill there... enjoy your Friday meal! Ana Paula XX.
Namasti dear Amy , It 's my first comment for your Blog .I 'm Pary , from Iran . I 'm a working women in IRAN communication company and of course I have a for years old cheeky moneky , like you . All your Blogs are very intresting and exiting . I love your cheeky moneky , too .He looks like dolls , touch the wood :) . I really 've enjoyed , reading all of your entries . You have done some creative job at not putting up the meaning of the bold , phrases in their own , Blogs and also in revising the previous new words . Both of them are good and benefit . And of course you 've done a good job at answering all of comment . In the past I used to putting comments , but these days I obsess myself with taking English course beside of my personal learning English activities and you know , there are always some home works to do , listening exercises , writing articles and etc . Any way , thanks for your interesting Blogs , I 'm been familiar with living in India more and more and I wish some day , I can travel to India ;) .I ' m a little familiar with Yoga and I 'm really interested to know which kind of Asanas you do in your weekly Yoga class . I think you might do most breathing exercises and mabey Shavasan and meditation ( because of your pregnant ) , don't you ? You know , moslems take fast in Ramadan ,and at the moment we are in the middle of Ramadan month .I wonder if the day of Fetr (in the last of Ramadan ) is bank holiday in India or not .You see , when I start writing , I can't stop it . At the end I wish the best for you and your family and for your expecting new baby ( Do you know the gender of the baby , please let the cat out of the bag and say it for us , mabey your virtual friends can help you in finding name for your baby ). Byyye With truckloads of kisses Xxx
Hello Amy! Are you well now? I hope you have a good rest after your hard working this week. Tribal life and culture always hold a great fascination to me. So I'm curious about the 'Tribal Museum' in Delhi. If you and Ed go there, please tell us more about it. Now this is my homework: 1/ This is a direct question so it needs the auxiliary 'do' before the subject 'we'. The answer is 'Why do we women have this attraction and fantasy with firemen? 2/ 'Neither' requires the inversion of the verb so the sentence could have been 'Neither can I understand' (This negative agreement sentence needs to follow another negative sentence but I might not find a previous negative statement in the text so I think 'I cannot understand' works better. Is it right, Amy? Please explain more about this to me) 3/ It could be 'I think I will love the Indian food' because it means thing in the future. 4/'music' is an uncountable noun that doesn't take the article 'a'. the correction is 'Let's hear 'bossa nova' music in the background. 5/ Because of the structure 'to promise to do something' or 'to promise someone that', the sentence could be 'I promise to give you the recipe very soon' or 'I promise you that I will give you the recipe very soon' 6/It should have been use the phrasal verb (Type 2) 'to drink to somebody/something' or 'to drink a toast to someone/sth'. the answer is 'Let's drink (a toast) to Amy and her baby's health. I hope these are ok. I look forward to your answer. Wish you a nice weekend. Bye, Myen.
hi,this is my first time to send a comment for you:)Thanks for the task and new worlds 1)...to fireman / 2)undrestand must be ommited / 3)would must be omitted / 4) / 5)I promise to give you / 6)..her son/doughter good luck
Hello Amy again! I would like to say something about my homework concerning sentence 2. Amy, I'm sorry! I think I was mistaken about my extra question. I said I might not find the previous negative statement in the text, but now I see it that is 'everyone were unable to ...'. So please forget my question. Thank you, Myen.
Dear Amy, Tribal are really innocent people. They are afraid of strangers. Once they move with other people they will ready to do anything for them. There are many non government organizations are working with the welfare of the tribal group. If the outsiders go with them they will not face any resistance. Tamil word for tribal group are Malai vasi, Malai means hill.Adivasi or Malaivasi are vulnerable section of people here. Luckily I had a chance to be with them for fifteen days when I studied my post graduate studies in social work. This was part of our study programme. But that was memorable in my life. We had conducted survey on their health and submitted the data to the organization which worked for their welfare. We stayed the community hall which meant for them. We ate their meals. We joined their dance in the evening. I experience their simple but happy life. Some of them had to walk few kilometers to catch bus even for doing shopping. Their houses were very isolated. They grew plants and trees around their surroundings. There was a greenish everywhere. We can enjoy the beauty of the nature in them
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