Everyday English (Elementary)

Topic: Describing Friends

Lesson Notes June 4, 2024 (Elementary)

• Did you get a haircut? (NOT Did you cut your hair?)

• Did you get your hair dyed?

• Only in the front.

• The back and the sides I didn’t get dyed.

• All of my family members, except my grandchild, got sick with a bad cough. I had the worst symptoms.

• I had a chronic cough.

• They need to be on good terms with their families.

• They need to get along well with their family and friends.

Vocabulary

Positions

• Front / Middle / Back

• Front (left / right)

• Middle (left / right)

• Back (left / right)

• (First / Second / Third / Fourth etc) Row

• Chronic; (of an illness) lasting a long time; persistent

• しょうがない; Oh well; such is life; it can’t be help; there’s nothing that can be done

• 仲良く; be on good terms with; get long well with

Describing Friends

Section 3

• Beard ( bɪəd )

• Tattoos ( təˈtuː, taˈtuː )

• We usually don’t say people have “black” eyes; “a black eye” usually means having a bruise around your eye

• Height; average height, diminutive, petite

  • She was of diminutive stature.

  • He had a diminutive frame.

• Hair; straight; braided; spiky; bald