Cheer up! It's not the end of the world!

Which of these are you ...
a stormer in a teacup?
a realistic outsider?
a pity party?
a calamity John or Jane? 

It’s a never-ending process

When you achieve a goal, you always establish/set/aim for another goal

If you have money, you always want more

The more money you have, the more you want

the more … the more …

the more …, the less …

More money, more problems

We are positively/negatively influenced by external factors

What motivates you towards a goal

towards = in the direction of

It’s wonderful when …

It’s not just the end of the road that is important

Name something fundamental or p

aramount for your everyday activities

Having time to relax at any time of the day is paramount

Wearing cosmetics is …

Hanging out with friends is …

Having a beer is …

to call upon = to summon, to order to appear e.g. in a court or in a police investigation

a witness is called upon to make a statement

Have you ever been so happy that you kept smiling from ear to ear?

Can you easily forget and forgive? L

et bygones be bygones = what´s done is done

1. He has no money to buy Christmas gifts. He tries to cheer him up a little

2. She is in the process of getting her work permit. Her friend manages to cheer her up

3. She had an argument with an old friend. Her friend didn’t succeed in bringing peace.

to reconcile /ˈrekənˌsīl/

reconciliation

It’s not the end of the world

It could be worse x It could be better

Ok, but look on the bright side

It’ll be fine, you’ll see

Cheer up. It can’t be that bad

Don’t take it personally

Homework time

Before you do the homework, please check the

SB p.65 VOCABULARY ex. 1

WB p.44

Happiness is ....

As cliché as the ideas may sound here, the topic is undeniably a good one to read and talk about:

After all, what is this thing we call HAPPINESS?

Happiness is ...

Having good moments

Loving what you do

Loving the life you live and living the life you love

To be happy is to have good moments. Would you agree?

The concept of happiness changes from country to country.

People get thrilled by the simple things in life (thrilled = excited)

It's more representative for me ...

It reminds me of the time ...

It's more spontaneous

I love the spontaneity of the moment

I appreciate/enjoy/admire/contemplate = behold the landscape

On a flat surface

Work with fewer people

I absolutely don't like

Work in the background/work behind the scenes

In the backstage

Not even when I get older would I find this entertaining/would I be thrilled by this

Listening - interesting language

It's about being surrounded by the ones you love

Happiness is living free of stress

Lots of light fluffy ...

I'm oblivious to = I'm totally focused on

It's rubbish = it's useless, it's irrelevant, it's silly

People might think it's rubbish but ...

It gives me a real buzz, a real high = it makes me feel like I'm on cloud nine

I missed that class = Nobody gave me the memo

it's the butterflies I get when ...

It's the thrill of doing ...

My idea of paradise is ...

to lap at someone's feet = to gently hit someone's feet

it's all worthwhile = it's all compensating = it's all rewarding = it's all gratifying

its just the most amazing feeling

bullshit (can be considered a bad word) = crap = nonsense

I'm up to my ears with ... = I can't stand ....

to coax = to persuade gently

a snowy day

talcum powder

send bad memories to oblivion

oblivion  = forgetfulness

if it's something you want, then go for it,

no matter what happened. it wasn't my fault

To the kid in all of us

To the kids in all of us

People say we never completely stop being a child. This child could be buried and lost somewhere deep inside us or appear every now and again.

Others advise us to never stop

being a child because b

eing happy is not

letting the child inside of us die.

It is 

the secret of being jovial at an advanced age

It's about seizing the day, or as they say in Latin, Carpe Diem.

Carpe Diem = enjoy the moment = live intensely = live today as if it may become your last because it really could be.

Empty words or excellent advice?

Romantic dream or possible reality?

To keep the child in us alive, we have to be able to let our imaginations run wild, to see life time and again like a story. 

Entertaining stories have one central element: the use of vibrant or more colorful words. Here are some examples from p.110 Vocabulary and Writing ex.4

1. entered the house = burst into the house

to burst = to explode

2. got into her bed = crawled into her bed

3. jumped out of bed = leaped out of bed

to leap = to jump very high

One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind

4. took hold of = grabbed

5. intent on eating her = intent on devouring her

6. took the ax = seized the ax

7. after this difficult situation = after this ordeal

Stories normally use more vivid or specific words to replace normal ones like walk, talk, laugh, run, and look, e.g.

CREEP, STROLL, MARCH, STAGGER, STUMBLE
WHISPER, SCREAM, SHOUT, STAMMER, GRUMBLE
CHUCKLE, ROAR, GIGGLE
DASH, RUSH, HURRY
STARE, PEEP, GLANCE, GLARE, GAZE

Here are two songs that work with STUMBLE and PEEP

So tell us, do you stammer when you have to speak in front of an audience?  What other reactions do you usually have? 

No happy (politically correct) endings

Fairy tales: can there be anything more innocent or pure?

 

 

These stories always begin with:
 
Once upon a time 

and end with:
 
and they lived happily ever after

Don't preach it or teach it

In this class, we share our views on s

macking and establishing curfews for children and teens. In the process, we look at how keep can have several meanings 

(or Beating or Corporal Punishment) of kids

There are many types of smacking or beating. This disciplinary act is sometimes referred to as corporal punishment.

spanking

washing the mouth with soap

tongue-burning

pinching

ear-wringing

palm-hitting

bottom-smacking or caning

Most people today prefer other measures like establishing or setting limits. After all, parents can be arrested for hitting their kids.
But you must take into consideration many other things apart from going to jail before hitting a child.
How serious was the offence?
Would it be fair to hit a child?
Would you have the courage to do it?
Is smacking an act of cowardice?
Are parents who use corporal punishment just exaggerating?

So, what's the verdict - should we be FOR or AGAINST smacking? It's not a matter of being for or against, it's a question of making the child understand and learn to be responsible for their own acts.
Who was not a sort of a menace as a boy, like the famous comic character, Dennis the Menace?
Who wasn't naughty or badly-behaved as a child?

We heard four diverging views on the subject and saw how they used the word "Keep".

Corporal punishment kept one of the students out of trouble. In other words, it prevented him from getting/being into trouble.
Hard discipline fom my parents safeguarded me from drug dealers and the like. These people con't care about humans just about safeguarding their own interests.

Some common facts about teenagers

They can't keep secrets (they can't retain secrets)
They seldom keep up to date = they seldom stay up to date
They keep making the same mistake = they continue to make mistakes
Older people are known for keeping old things. These objects are very dear to them and would probably dio something to die for


Some people just keep talking about other people’s lives. They love sharing a juicy secret (juicy = succulent), spreading bombshells, making confindential information public

It's hard for me to keep my own secrets

making out = fooling around

I could write a dictionary on how not to speak English

Whenever I buy something it’s never the latest

I keep only things that are really dear to me

Some mistakes I keep making in English:

• Mixing up pronouns

• Using the right tenses

You realize it’s wrong only after you let it out

I throw everything out = I throw everything away

junk

I don’t like things piled up or I can’t stand seeing piles of old things in my house

I never used to have pocket money/have an allowance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nobody is to blame

It seems our society grows more aggressive with every passing day. 


What do you think?

Verbal aggression can be as harmful as physical aggression

Verbal aggression can cause as much damage as physical aggression. The second can be a consequence of the first.

In a general sense/In most contexts/In general/Usually, physical aggression can be more damaging/harmful.

Trolling is when a large group of people attack you in group

Some possible factors

Globalization

The social environment

Talking about them ...

It’s natural for kids to ….

play jokes on someone

make fun of someone

mock someone

kid someone

laugh at someone

laugh with someone = enjoy a funny moment together

laugh about something e.g. a movie you saw, an incident

That’s the reason why I don’t know that song

Kids are not mature enough

There’s not just one guilty person/one culprit/one person to blame

guilty x innocent

Who is to blame for pupils’ disruptive behavior

Parents are not as strict as they used to be.

strict = severe = rigid = rigorous = controlling

liberal = permissive = lenient

Some parents still raise their hand at their children. They still smack their kids. (

to smack a child = to beat a child)

Parents need to establish limits

With, both parents working out of the home, it's unfair to ask parents to be more affectionate with their kids, don't you agree?

Teachers have the same amount of blame

Children spend a lot of time at school

Dealing with children is always going to be difficult

It’s an overreaction

Sometimes parents make little of their children’s wrongdoing/bad behavior

Sometimes parents play down their children’s wrongdoing/bad behavior  

In this case, parents have all the blame

Parents don’t assume their responsibilities

Teens trust their friends/peers more than their parents. They suffer from peer pressure

You have to win their trust

A good model of education

A chaotic situation

Parents transfer their responsibility

Ways to punish kids:
timeout or penalty

detention

bullying

reprimand/sermon

grounding (not allowing kids to go out)

Papa don’t preach! = Papa stop giving me a sermon = Papa stop telling me what to do = Papa don’t lecture me

Remember the song?

Lets' see what you can say about the topic in writing:

What is the best way to control kids and teenagers in your opinion?