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The Neighborhood
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The Crash
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Thailand and America
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Easter Sunday
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Classroom Technology
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The Prank
Views #395 | Intermediate 4 -
Video Games
Views #394 | Intermediate 4 -
April Fools Day
Views #393 | Intermediate 4 -
Artist Inspiration
Views #392 | Intermediate 4 -
Starter Kit
Views #391 | Intermediate 4 -
Paint Basics
Views #390 | Intermediate 4 -
The History of the Tie
Views #389 | Intermediate 4 -
Routine
Views #388 | high Beginner 3 -
Valentine's Day
Views #387 | Intermediate 4 -
Hotel Life
Views #386 | Intermediate 4 -
New Job
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Cards
Views #384 | Intermediate 4 -
Batteries
Views #383 | Intermediate 4 -
The Table
Views #382 | Intermediate 4 -
Cold Weather Life
Views #381 | Intermediate 4 -
Dogs
Views #380 | Intermediate 4 -
University Life
Views #359 | Intermediate 4 -
Dorm Life
Views #358 | Intermediate 4 -
Life History
Views #376 | Intermediate 4 -
Food
Views #375 | High Beginner 3 -
The Parcel
Views #374 | High Beginner 3 -
Train Ride
Views #373 | High Beginner 3 -
Knitting
Views #372 | High Beginner 3 -
Being a Grandmother
Views #371 | High Beginner 3 -
Ageing
Views #370 | High Beginner 3 -
Glasses
Views #368 | High Beginner 3 -
Messy Room
Views #366 | High Beginner 3 -
Crossword Puzzles
Views #366 | High Beginner 3 -
Osaka and Tokyo
Views #364 | Intermediate 5 -
On the Move
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Ambitions
Views #362 | Intermediate 5 -
Favorite Foods
Views #360 | Intermediate 5 -
Painting
Views #356 | Intermediate 5 -
Worst of Jakarta
Views #359 | Intermediate 5 -
Best of San Francisco
Views #359 | Intermediate 5 -
California Guy
Views #355 | Intermediate 4 -
High School
Views #354 | Intermediate 4 -
Adjectives - Opposites
Views #353 | Intermediate 4 -
Canada
Views #352 | Intermediate 4 -
Abilities
Views #351 | Intermediate 4
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Valentine's Day
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Trina
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Adrienne
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Adrienne: So, Trina, Monday is Valentine's day. Are you excited?
Trina: No!
Adrienne: That was a pretty direct answer. Why are you not excited? It's a holiday.
Trina: It's a holiday for people that have other people.
Adrienne: So, you're not happy because you don't have other people?
Trina: I have other people. I have my sister and my mom and my dad and my friends, but Valentine's day is more of a holiday for people that have a boyfriend or a girlfriend, or a wife, or a husband, or children as opposed to being a single person with nobody to share it with.
Adrienne: But could you share it with your sister, or your mother, or your father?
Trina: I could. I could, and we do. We send each other gifts. We, well this year, I won't be with anybody, but I get to celebrate it with my sister this weekend.
Adrienne: Well, that sounds fun.
Trina: It is.
Adrienne: So what kinds of things have you done on Valentines day in the past?
Trina: Ah, gone out to dinner, gone to a movie, had dinner at my parents house, had dinner at my grandparent's house.
Adrienne: That's interesting. Why your grandparent's house?
Trina: It was their wedding anniversary.
Adrienne: Wow! That's a great day to have a wedding anniversary.
Trina: It is and it was a lot of fun. I got to spend some of their last few years together having dinner with them.
Adrienne: That sounds lovely. So are you looking forward to maybe having a Valentine next year?
Trina: Maybe! We'll, see.
excited
Monday is Valentine's day. Are you excited?
When you are 'excited' about something it means that it is
something that you really want to happen. 'Excited' is a
positive feeling about something that will happen in the
future
Notice the following:
- I am really excited about my birthday this year.
- They are really excited about coming to visit us.
direct
That was a pretty direct answer. Why are
you not excited?
When something is 'direct' it means that it is to the
point. When someone is direct he says exactly what he wants
to say without trying to make it sound good.
Notice the following:
- You need to be direct with me because I can't guess what
you are thinking.
- She is quite direct, she won't tell you a lie.
as opposed to
Valentine's day is more of a holiday for people that have a
boyfriend or a girlfriend, or a wife, or a husband, or
children as opposed to being a single person with nobody to
share it with.
The phrase 'as opposed to' is used to compare two different
ideas or situations, showing that one is better than the
other.
Notice the following:
- I only want to go on holiday to Spain as opposed to
traveling to many different countries.
- I like to go out as opposed to having to stay at home.
sounds fun
Well, that sounds fun.
When something 'sounds fun' it means that it sounds as if
you will have a good time doing it.
Notice the following:
- The new film sounds fun, would you like to go and see it?
- She said it sounded fun and that she would like to go.
anniversary
It was their wedding anniversary.
An 'anniversary' is a date in the year that celebrates the
day that something important happened in previous years like
a wedding.
Notice the following:
- I need to buy him an anniversary card.
- Oh no! I forgot our anniversary.
Vocabulary Quiz
sounds fun • anniversary
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