вторник, 26 ноября 2019 г.
воскресенье, 24 ноября 2019 г.
25.11.2019 (525 | 120min)
https://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/gerunds_infinitives_2.htm
(To) Twist someone’s arm
To twist someone’s arm literally means to take a person’s arm and turn it around, which could be really painful if you take it exactly word for word. If your arm has been twisted it means that someone has done a great job of convincing you to do something you might not have wanted to to do.
And if you manage to twist someone else’s arm it means that you’re great at convincing them, and they’ve finally agreed to do something after you’ve been begging them.
Tom: Jake you should really come to the party tonight!
Jake: You know I can’t, I have to hit the books (study).
Tom: C’mon, you have to come! It’s going to be so much fun and there are going to be lots of girls there. Please come?
Jake: Pretty girls? Oh all right, you’ve twisted my arm, I’ll come!
The Culture of the 1950s
During the 1950s, a sense of uniformity pervaded American society. Conformity was common, as young and old alike followed group norms rather than striking out on their own. Though men and women had been forced into new employment patterns during World War II, once the war was over, traditional roles were reaffirmed. Men expected to be the breadwinners; women, even when they worked, assumed their proper place was at home. Sociologist David Riesman observed the importance of peer-group expectations in his influential book, The Lonely Crowd. He called this new society "other-directed," and maintained that such societies lead to stability as well as conformity. Television contributed to the homogenizing trend by providing young and old with a shared experience reflecting accepted social patterns.
But not all Americans conformed to such cultural norms. A number of writers, members of the so-called "beat generation," rebelled against conventional values. Stressing spontaneity and spirituality, they asserted intuition over reason and Eastern mysticism over Western institutionalized religion. The "beats" went out of their way to challenge the patterns of respectability and shock the rest of the culture.
Their literary work displayed their sense of freedom. Jack Kerouac typed his best-selling novel "On the Road" on a 75-meter roll of paper. Lacking accepted punctuation and paragraph structure, the book glorified the possibilities of the free life. Poet Allen Ginsberg gained similar notoriety for his poem "Howl," a scathing critique of modern, mechanized civilization. When police charged that it was obscene and seized the published version, Ginsberg won national acclaim with a successful court challenge.
Tennessee singer Elvis Presley popularized black music in the form of rock and roll, and shocked staid Americans with his ducktail haircut and undulating hips. In addition, Elvis and other rock and roll singers demonstrated that there was a white audience for black music, thus testifying to the increasing integration of American culture. Painters like Jackson Pollock discarded easels and laid out gigantic canvases on the floor, and then applied paint, sand and other materials in wild splashes of color. All of these artists and authors, whatever the medium, provided models for the wider and more deeply felt social revolution of the 1960s.
среда, 20 ноября 2019 г.
20.11.2019 (525)
https://www.englishgrammar.org/grammar-exercise-45/
0.30 - 4.20
https://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/gerunds_infinitives_8.htm
List of Verbs Followed by Gerunds
https://www.learn4good.com/languages/toefl/toefl_stan_test2.htm
https://wordwall.net/resource/681402/dd
0.30 - 4.20
https://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/gerunds_infinitives_8.htm
List of Verbs Followed by Gerunds
- ______________?
- Uh, my name is Andy Sachs. I recently graduated _________ Northwestern University.
- ___________________________?
- Well, I think I could do a good job _____________. And, um… Yeah, I came to New York to be a ______________ and _______________________ everywhere and then finally got a call from Elias-Clarke and met with Sherry up at Human Resources. And, ___________, it’s this or Auto Universe.
- _______________________?
- Uh, no.
- And before today, you__________________________.
- No.
- And you have no style or ______________.
- Well, um, I_____________________________________…
- No, no. _______________________.
- Um, I _______ editor in chief of the Daily Northwestern. I also, um, _________ a national competition for college journalists with my series on the janitors’ union, which exposed the exploitation.
- ____________.
- Yeah. You know, okay. You’re right. __________________. I am not __________ or __________and I don’t know that much about fashion. _____________. I learn fast and I will work very hard.
- I got the exclusive on the Cavalli for Gwyneth… but the problem is, with that huge feathered headdress that she’s wearing… she looks like she’s working the main stage at the Golden Nugget.
- _______________________________.
- Who____________________? Are we doing a before-and-after piece I don’t know about?
https://www.learn4good.com/languages/toefl/toefl_stan_test2.htm
https://wordwall.net/resource/681402/dd
The Culture of the 1950s
During the 1950s, a sense of uniformity pervaded American society. Conformity was common, as young and old alike followed group norms rather than striking out on their own. Though men and women had been forced into new employment patterns during World War II, once the war was over, traditional roles were reaffirmed. Men expected to be the breadwinners; women, even when they worked, assumed their proper place was at home. Sociologist David Riesman observed the importance of peer-group expectations in his influential book, The Lonely Crowd. He called this new society "other-directed," and maintained that such societies lead to stability as well as conformity. Television contributed to the homogenizing trend by providing young and old with a shared experience reflecting accepted social patterns.
But not all Americans conformed to such cultural norms. A number of writers, members of the so-called "beat generation," rebelled against conventional values. Stressing spontaneity and spirituality, they asserted intuition over reason and Eastern mysticism over Western institutionalized religion. The "beats" went out of their way to challenge the patterns of respectability and shock the rest of the culture.
Their literary work displayed their sense of freedom. Jack Kerouac typed his best-selling novel "On the Road" on a 75-meter roll of paper. Lacking accepted punctuation and paragraph structure, the book glorified the possibilities of the free life. Poet Allen Ginsberg gained similar notoriety for his poem "Howl," a scathing critique of modern, mechanized civilization. When police charged that it was obscene and seized the published version, Ginsberg won national acclaim with a successful court challenge.
Tennessee singer Elvis Presley popularized black music in the form of rock and roll, and shocked staid Americans with his ducktail haircut and undulating hips. In addition, Elvis and other rock and roll singers demonstrated that there was a white audience for black music, thus testifying to the increasing integration of American culture. Painters like Jackson Pollock discarded easels and laid out gigantic canvases on the floor, and then applied paint, sand and other materials in wild splashes of color. All of these artists and authors, whatever the medium, provided models for the wider and more deeply felt social revolution of the 1960s.
воскресенье, 10 ноября 2019 г.
11.11.2019
the Flap T:
better
university
hospital
middle
thirty
forty
university
hospital
middle
thirty
forty
Scenario 1) The /t/ is optionally silent when it follows /n/ and precedes a vowel sound, /r/ (including all r-controlled vowels) or a syllabic /l/.
1. center: /ˈsɛnt ɚ/
2. gentle: /ˈʤɛnt l/
3. advantage: /əd ˈvænt ɪʤ/
Scenario 2) In addition to the above instances of omitting the /t/, it is often omitted when it occurs between two consonant sounds (except the consonants specifically mentioned for /t̬/ and glottal stop). This is likely to occur when an -s ending is added to a word.
1. prints: /prɪnts/
2. acts: /ækts/
3. accepts: /ək ˈsɛpts/
During or for?
Compare
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They went at one point in the winter.
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They went from the beginning to the end of the winter.
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She phoned me during the week to tell me that she was getting married. (referring to a point in the week)
We were in the cinema for three and a half hours.
Not: … during three and a half hours.
Our flight to New York was delayed for seven hours.
How to use while
When is used to talk about two things that are happening at the same time. The length of time is not important. Remember that while is used with a subject and a verb (while + subject + verb). For example:
"The phone rang while I was watching TV."- I've been meaning to call you ___ some time.
- He fell asleep ___ the meeting.
- We all stayed inside ___ the storm.
- Someone stole my bag ___ I was riding on the train.
- The dog was barking ___ she was trying to watch TV.
- Please don't smoke ___ I'm eating.
- Bats sleep ___ the day.
- They've been out of the office ___ ages.
- He kept talking to me ___ I was trying to read.
- His mobile-phone rang twice ___ the film.
WATCH THE VIDEO AND INDICATE THE WRONG SENTENCE.
(To) Hit the books
Literally, hit the books means to physically hit, punch or slap your reading books. However, this is a common English idiom among students, especially American college students who have a lot of studying to do. It simply means “to study,” and is a way of telling your friends that you’re going to study. It could be for a final exam, a mid-term test or even an English exam.
“Sorry but I can’t watch the game with you tonight, I have to hit the books. I have a huge exam next week!”
2. (To) Hit the sack
Just like the first idiom, the literal meaning of this would be physically hitting or beating a sack (a large bag usually used for carrying things in bulk such as flour, rice or even soil). But actually to hit the sack means to go to bed, and you’d use this to tell your friends or family that you’re really tired, so you’re going to sleep. Instead of saying hit the sack you can also say hit the hay.
“It’s time for me to hit the sack, I’m so tired.”
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