Everyday English (Vocabulary Building)

Topic: Pet Crazy

Lesson Notes December 19, 2023 (Vocabulary Building)

• On the weekend we had late-season warmth, it was over twenty-degrees.

• A: My friend injured himself.
  B: How? What happened? (NOT why)

• My granddaughter is (active / a bookworm / a YouTube watcher etc)

• … likes to (be active / read / watch YouTube etc)

• I couldn’t take photos at the event, because there was a profession photographer.

Vocabulary

• A more appropriate term for 'Indian summer' is 'late-season warmth,' as the former phrase has fallen out of use.

• Fall prey; take advantage of; exploit

Pet Crazy

Section 3

• Live side by side; together, with; sharing the same space

• Predators hunt prey.

• My neighbour fell prey to a telephone scam and lost ¥100,000.

Homework

Section 5 - read the instruction and practice the yes / no questions.