Don't Sneak.
Lesson 15.
11/20/2015
9/01/2015
Visit to Costa Rica
Visit to Costa Rica.
Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "Podcast #46 Visit to Costa RIca.mp3".
Audio name on your CD: "Podcast #46 Visit to Costa RIca.mp3".
Exercise.
Listen to this audio about Costa Rica and answer the exercise down below.
Vocabulary.
howling monkey. Noun.
lion. Noun.
Seal. Noun.
lion. Noun.
Seal. Noun.
manglar trees. Noun.
roots. Noun.
oxygen. Noun.
roots. Noun.
oxygen. Noun.
Good deal of. A lot of.
Exercise about Context.
Listen to the story and then try making a story in your own words.
Script
8/17/2015
Cramer being scowled at the daily show
Cramer and the Stock Market.
Look at the following video and tell us what you think.
Look at the following video and tell us what you think.
4/07/2015
Shopping Secrets When Buying in Bulk
Shopping Secrets When Buying in Bulk.
Extra Work: Buying in Bulk (in your CD).
Video in your I-pod: "Shopping Secrets: Buying in Bulk".
Video name on your CD: "Shopping Secrets: Buying in Bulk" Mpeg4 file.
Exercise.
Watch the video and answer the questions below.
Questions about Context
1. What does Teresa have to say about shopping at Costco?
Video in your I-pod: "Shopping Secrets: Buying in Bulk".
Video name on your CD: "Shopping Secrets: Buying in Bulk" Mpeg4 file.
Exercise.
Watch the video and answer the questions below.
Questions about Context
1. What does Teresa have to say about shopping at Costco?
2. What did Professor Brian Wansink find out about consumer behavior from warehouse club shoppers?
3. What are the 5 pieces of advice from experts about shopping in warehouse clubs?
Vocabulary
Divide up. Verb.
Overeat. Verb.
Partner. Verb.
Slap. Verb. Open.
Slap. Verb. Open.
Use up. Verb.
Useful Phrases.
A bundle.
Buddy system.
Go bad.
Hard earned.
In bulk.
In bulk.
Membership card.
Register.
So she says.
The savings.
Tub of Mayonnaise.
Warehouse club.
Way over my budget.
Jobs in New York.
Extra Work: Stories About Jobs in NY (in your CD).
Audio in your I-pod: "storiesAboutJobsinNewYork".
Audio name on your CD: "storiesAboutJobsinNewYork.mp3".
Exercise.
Listen to the audio and share stories about previous jobs.
Questions about Context
1. Mention some details of the crappy job Frankie had before
2. Mention some details about the other guy's previous jobs
Vocabulary
Balance. Verb.
Crappy. Adjective.
Drop. Verb.
Sip. Verb.
Stalk. Verb.
Useful Phrases.
Get fired.
Graveyard shift.
Out of pity.
Put it on my bill.
Minimum wage job.
Wear my contacts.
Audio in your I-pod: "storiesAboutJobsinNewYork".
Audio name on your CD: "storiesAboutJobsinNewYork.mp3".
Exercise.
Listen to the audio and share stories about previous jobs.
Questions about Context
1. Mention some details of the crappy job Frankie had before
2. Mention some details about the other guy's previous jobs
Vocabulary
Balance. Verb.
Crappy. Adjective.
Drop. Verb.
Sip. Verb.
Stalk. Verb.
Useful Phrases.
Get fired.
Graveyard shift.
Out of pity.
Put it on my bill.
Minimum wage job.
Wear my contacts.
Get Help to Quit Smoking
Extra Work: Getting Help to Quit Smoking (in your CD).
Video on I-tunes and the I-pod: "D.C. Smokers Get Help Quitting".
Video name on your CD: "D.C. Smokers Get Help Quitting" MPEG-4 File.
Exercise.
Watch the video and answer the questions below.
Questions about Context.
1- Mention some of the options offered to get some help to quit smoking.
2- What's the story about Gloria Albright?
3. Mention some of the risks related to smoking.
4. What does Debra Annand have to say about smoking and the treatments to quit?
5. What's Gloria's advice?
Vocabulary
Attitude. Noun.
Counseling. Noun.
Target. Verb.
Useful Phrases.
A number of times.
On my own.
Nicotine patches.
Way too many.
Will power
Video on I-tunes and the I-pod: "D.C. Smokers Get Help Quitting".
Video name on your CD: "D.C. Smokers Get Help Quitting" MPEG-4 File.
Exercise.
Watch the video and answer the questions below.
Questions about Context.
1- Mention some of the options offered to get some help to quit smoking.
2- What's the story about Gloria Albright?
3. Mention some of the risks related to smoking.
4. What does Debra Annand have to say about smoking and the treatments to quit?
5. What's Gloria's advice?
Vocabulary
Attitude. Noun.
Counseling. Noun.
Target. Verb.
Useful Phrases.
A number of times.
On my own.
Nicotine patches.
Way too many.
Will power
Soda Ban Explained
Extra Work: Soda Ban Explained (in your CD).
Video on I-tunes and the I-pod: "NYC Soda Ban Explained sort of-SD".
Video name on your CD: "NYC Soda Ban Explained sort of-SD" MPEG-4 File.
Exercise.
Watch the video and answer the questions below.
Questions about Context.
1- Could you please explain in your own words what Mayor Bloomberg tries doing to reduce obesity in New York City?
2- Which stores are subject to follow the new regulations? Why?
3- Why is it ok for Starbucks to keep selling its Venti size?
4- And how about the Oreo Vanilla Cookie Colada at Dunking Donuts? Why is it ok to sell that?
5- But what is the whole purpose of this new regulation?
Vocabulary
Ban. Noun.
Epidemic. Noun.
Obesity. Noun.
Outlaw. Verb.
Useful Phrases.
Same deal.
Video on I-tunes and the I-pod: "NYC Soda Ban Explained sort of-SD".
Video name on your CD: "NYC Soda Ban Explained sort of-SD" MPEG-4 File.
Exercise.
Watch the video and answer the questions below.
Questions about Context.
1- Could you please explain in your own words what Mayor Bloomberg tries doing to reduce obesity in New York City?
2- Which stores are subject to follow the new regulations? Why?
3- Why is it ok for Starbucks to keep selling its Venti size?
4- And how about the Oreo Vanilla Cookie Colada at Dunking Donuts? Why is it ok to sell that?
5- But what is the whole purpose of this new regulation?
Vocabulary
Ban. Noun.
Epidemic. Noun.
Obesity. Noun.
Outlaw. Verb.
Useful Phrases.
Same deal.
Migraine and its symptoms
Migraine and its Symptoms.
Audio.
Listen to what these people have to say about migraine.http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/12/15/health/healthguide/TE_migraine.html?ref=health
(you can also listen to the first 3 in your CD)
Exercise.
Tell us what triggers their migraines and what it is like to live with it for them.
Skip Masland:
Vickie Martin:
William Car:
Aviva Goldfarb
Tracey Makowsky:
Terri Sinnott:
Vocabulary and Terminology.
Script.
Find the script at http://englishvillemexico.blogspot.com/2010/04/scripts-lesson-17.html .
Audio.
Listen to what these people have to say about migraine.http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/12/15/health/healthguide/TE_migraine.html?ref=health
(you can also listen to the first 3 in your CD)
Exercise.
Tell us what triggers their migraines and what it is like to live with it for them.
Skip Masland:
Vickie Martin:
William Car:
Aviva Goldfarb
Tracey Makowsky:
Terri Sinnott:
Vocabulary and Terminology.
Biofeedback is a technique that involves reducing the effects of pain and stress on your body by learning how your body reacts to pain and stress. Biofeedback does this through monitoring instruments that can detect and display internal bodily function. This can give people better control over body function indicators such as blood pressure, heart rate, temperature, muscle tension, and brain waves. Biofeedback is a type of complementary and alternative medicine known as mind-body therapy.
Biofeedback for migraines may be coupled with relaxation therapy. Relaxation therapy teaches a variety of relaxation strategies for reducing tension and stress throughout the body.
Beta-adrenergic Blocking Agents
AKA Beta-Blockers
Description
AKA Beta-Blockers
Description
This group of medicines is commonly used as a Migraine preventive treatment, they are known as beta-adrenergic blocking agents, beta-blocking agents, or, more commonly, beta-blockers. Beta-blockers are primarily used in the treatment of high blood pressure (hypertension). Some beta-blockers are also used to relieve angina (chest pain) and in heart attack patients to help prevent additional heart attacks. Beta-blockers are also used to correct irregular heartbeat, as stated above, prevent Migraine, and treat tremors. They may also be used for other conditions as determined by your doctor.
Beta-blockers work by affecting the response to some nerve impulses in certain parts of the body. As a result, they decrease the heart's need for blood and oxygen by reducing its workload. They also help the heart to beat more regularly.
Idiomatic Expressions.
For the count. In boxing, a boxer would lose the fight if he can’t get back on his feet before the referee counts to 10.
Script.
Find the script at http://englishvillemexico.blogspot.com/2010/04/scripts-lesson-17.html .
2/18/2015
Books to Read 2015
Here's the list of books for 2015 with e-book prices on Amazon.
Lexile
Name Score Price
The Rising
Sun by Michael Crichton 540 US$7.99
Holes by
Louis Sachar 660
Eclipse (Book 3) by Stephenie Meyer 670
Breaking
Dawn (Book 4) by Stephenie Meyer 690
New Moon by
Stephenie Meyer (Book 2) 690
Jurassic
Park by Michael Crichton 710 US$5.99
After Dark
by Haruki Murakami 710 US$9.83
The Perks of Being a Wall Flower by Steven
Chbosky 720 US$9.91
Twilight
(Book 1) by Stephenie Meyer 720 US$8.53
The Help by
Katherine Stocket 730 US$8.17
50 Shades
of Grey by E L James 730 US$3.96
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 730 US$7.92
Dance Dance
Dance by Haruki Murakami 740
Mx148.70
Patriot Games
by Tom Clancy 770 US$7.99
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy
Chevalier 770 US$9.99
Norwegian
Wood by Haruki Murakami 790 US$7.99
Hunger games (book 1) by Suzzane
Collins 810 US$1.99
Catching
Fire (book 2) by Suzzane Collins 820
The Shining
by Stephen King 840 US$6.07
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 840 US$8.06
The Fault
in our Stars by John Green 850 US$6.18
Lexile
Name Score Price
Misery by Stephen King 860 US$7.59
Dracula by
Bram Stoker 860 US$0.99
The Hunt
for Red October by Tom Clancy 870 US$7.11
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s
Stone by J K Rowling 880 US$7.46
Harry
Potter and the Prisoner of Askaban 880
Harry
Potter and the Goblety of Fire by J K Rowling 880
Hart’s war
by John Katzenbach 890 US$5.94
Fahrenheit
451 by Ray Bradbury 890 US$3.20
Ghostgirl –
Homecoming by Tonya Hurley 910 US$7.73
Mr. Popper’s penguins by
Richard and Florence Atwater 910
The English Patient by Michael
Ondaatje 910 US$8.66
In the Time
of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez 910
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 910
The Green
Mile by Stephen King 910
The
Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 910 US$5.12
Gone Girl
By Gillian Flynn 910 US$6.69
Clear and
Present Danger by Tom Clancy 920
The Joy
Luck Club by Amy Tan 930
Harry
Potter and the Deadly Hallows 980
How to
Speak Dragonese by Cressida Cowell (book 3) 980
How to Train your Dragon by Cressida
Cowell (book 1) 990 US$7.33
The Hobbit
by J R R Tolkien 1000 US$7.47
Little
Women by Louisa May Alcott 1010
Lexile
Name Score Price
I was Amelia Earhart by Jane
Mendelsohn 1010 US$7.05
Siddhartha
by Herman Hesse 1010
Insomnia by
Stephen King 1020
To the
Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 1030
Harry
Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 1030
The City of
the Beasts by Isabel Allende 1030
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote 1040 US$9.59
Diary of a
Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney 1060
The Slave
Girl by Buchi Emecheta 1060
The Great
Train Robbery by Michael Crichton 1060
Oliver
Twist by Charles Dickens 1060
This Side
of Paradise by F Scott Fitzgerald 1070
The Great
Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald 1070
Seven
Habits of Highly Effective People 1080 US$8.69
The Diary
of Anne Frank by Anne Frank 1080 US$2.97
Steve Jobs
by Walter Isaacson 1080 US$12.99
1984 by
George Orwell 1090
Pride and
Prejudice by Jane Austen 1100
Angela’s
Ashes by Frank Mc Court 1110
Game of
Thrones by George R R Martin 1080 US$7.65
Portrait of
the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce 1120
A Tale of
Two Cities by Charles Dickens 1130 US$0.00
To Love
this Life by Hellen Keller 1130
Sense and
Sensibility by Jane Austen 1160 US$0.96
Alive by
Piers Paul Read 1160
Lexile
Name Score Price
In the
Heart of the Country by J M Coetzee 1160
Jungle
Books by Rudyard Kipling 1160
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley 1170
The Age of
Innocence by Edith Wharton 1170
War of the
Worlds by H. G. Wells 1170
The Call of
the Wild by Jack London 1170
Memoirs of
Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle 1180
Great
Expectations by Charles Dickens 1200 US$2.73
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy 1200
Moby dick 1200
127 Hours:
Between a Rock and a Hard Place 1210 US$7.13
Portrait in
Sepia by Isabel Allende 1280
The House
of the Spirits by Isabel Allende 1280
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare 1290
Elektra by
Euripides 1290
King Henry
the VIII 1300
Homer’s
Illiad 1300
Great Short
Works of Edgar Allan Poe 1310
Tales of
Mistery and Terror by Edgar Allan Poe 1310
A Clockwork
Orange by Anthony Burgess 1310
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka 1320
Robinson
Crusoe by Daniel Defoe 1320
One hundred
years of solitude by Garcia Marquez 1410
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