Everyday English (Elementary)

Topic: Crazy Hotels

Lesson Notes April 25, 2023 (Elementary)

• The forecast is calling for rain all day tomorrow.

• A: Where did you learn to repot bonsai?
  B: Mostly from YouTube and some books.

• He fell down and hit his face near his right eye, he was helped back home by a neighbour. (NOT he helped back home)

• He was bleeding. (NOT he was bleeding blood)

• Red Brick Warehouse

• Go drinking / Go for drinks

• Last week I went drinking two or three times to different places.

• Are we going for drinks after work?

• Her daughter is in a Japanese high school temporarily.

• Her daughter is in a Japanese high school for a short time.

• The festival was (on live / live on) TV for four days.

Crazy Hotels

• Ice; uncountable noun

• Ice cubes; countable noun

• The glasses are made of ice. (= uncountable noun)

• Can you get some (ice / ice cubes) from the machine down the hall? (= uncountable noun / countable noun)

• There is only two ice cubes in my drink, can I have a couple more please? (= countable noun)

• Ew / Eww; (informal) used to express disgust or dislike

• A: Do you want to go out for beef tongue tonight?
  B: Ew, no thank you.

• Eeew there is something floating in my soup. I think it’s a dead fly!