Sun, 8 May 2016
Lifestyles and classroom language- AIRC102 If you are a new listener to this award-winning podcast, welcome!
Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ In this episode: Lifestyles and classroom language (we're going to help you with useful classroom expressions and talk about different lifestyles and ways of living, social groups etc) Listener Feedback: Manuel - Paterna (Valencia) to thank (verb) - agradecer a alguien por algo (thank you for the coffee) Ironic use: Who do we have to thank for this mess? - ¿A quién debemos dar las gracias por este desastre? / Thanks a lot! Thank you so much. (Many thanks) - muchísimas gracias Classroom language – What does this mean?
Italki gives 100 italki credits (ITC) to each paying student that registers. LIFESTYLE Nuclear family - A nuclear family or elementary family is a family group consisting of a pair of adults and their children. Modern family - When my parents were married, the ideal family consisted of a mother, father, two kids and a house in the suburbs. Jet setter - The definition of a jet setter is a person who travels frequently - Someone in high society with a glamorous life. Millennials – Millennials (also known as the Millennial Generation or Generation Y) follow Generation X. Generation X, commonly abbreviated to Gen X, is the generation born after the Western Post–World War II baby boom. Yuppies - A yuppie - short for "young urban professional" or "young upwardly-mobile professional") is defined by one source as being "a young college-educated adult who has a job that pays a lot of money and who lives and works in or near a large city". Dot-commer - a person who owns or works for a dot-com Nouveau riche - people who have recently acquired wealth, typically those perceived as ostentatious or lacking in good taste. Social climber - a person who is anxious to gain a higher social status. Social misfit - A social misfit is generally thought of as someone who has different views on culture and doesn't fit in with most others in society. Benefits, dole, scrounger/sponger - a person who borrows from or lives off others. Jailbird - a person who often ends up in prison A good for nothing - un gandul Opportunist - a person who takes advantage of opportunities as and when they arise, regardless of planning or principle. happy-go-lucky - not worried about anything, laid back, easy going A traditionalist - Adherence to tradition, especially in cultural or religious practice. hipster - Members of the subculture typically do not self-identify as hipsters, and the word hipster is often used as a pejorative to describe someone who is pretentious and overly trendy. ...and now it's your turn to practise your English. Do you have a question for us or an idea for a future episode? Send us an email with a comment or question to craig@inglespodcast.com or belfastreza@gmail.com. Please show us some iTunes love. Write a review, give us some stars on iTunes.
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