Everyday English (Vocabulary Building)

Topic: Wintertime

Lesson Notes November 21, 2023 (Vocabulary Building)

• There are olive trees in front of OPA. The olives look ready to harvest.

• My friend took me to kabuki, she had half-price tickets. (NOT half-fee tickets)

• A: What did they perform? (NOT what did they play)
  B: They performed two plays and one dance.

• At the evening performance there were two intermissions.

• I got the flu vaccination, I had pain in my upper arm for two days.

• The flu has been going around recently.

• The other day, our work's phone service was down.

• There was an accident at a horse track, three riders were injured and one horse was put down.

Vocabulary

• Perform; (verb) entertain an audience, typically by acting, singing, or dancing on stage

• Intermission; (noun) a pause or break between parts of a play, film, or concert

• Put down; (Phrasal verb) euthanize; kill (an animal) humanely, especially to stop it suffering

Wintertime

Section 5

• 1 USA and Canada - The Yukon Quest

• 2 Italy, Venice - Carnevale

• 3 South Korea - Hwacheon Ice Festival

• 4 Scotland, Shetland Islands - Up Helly Aa

• 5 France - Menton Lemon Festival

Section 6

• 3 The temperature is 20°C. (= twenty degrees celsius)