Everyday English (Vocabulary Building)
Topic: Gestures and Manners
Lesson Notes May 30, 2023 (Vocabulary Building)
Compare these two sentences
Four of you are wearing blue shirts today, you look very cool. (= I am not wearing blue, but four other people are …)
Four of us are wearing … (= Three people and I are wearing …)
Paisley; a distinctive, intricate design motif, typically consists of a curved teardrop with a curved top and a pointy end, often resembling a stylized a droplet
Is that a paisley pattern?
I’m looking for a paisley tie, do you carry any in your store?
I bought a beautiful scarf with a paisley design, and it has colourful curved shapes on it.
A: I can’t sing, but I have played piano since I was a child.
B: You’ve been playing a long time. (NOT you played a long time)
Gestures
It’s bad manners to throw garbage (away) on the street.
It’s good manners to hold the elevator door open.
It’s good manners to clean up your dog’s droppings on the street.
Droppings; (plural noun) the excrement of certain animals, such as rodents, sheep, birds, and insects
It’s good manners to greet your neighbour’s when out walking.
In libraries it’s good manners to put (back / away) books where they belong.
What do you do when you meet someone for the first time?
What gestures do you use to end a conflict with someone?
At a baseball game when the other team is at bat we often stomp our feet.