For today's topic I am combining 2 requests for topics: idioms and technology. This will be a lesson about slang expressions related to technology.
You have listened in class to an introduction of American slang by JenniferESL. You have also listened to Lesson 8, Part I about technology, and made a list of those expressions. Listen to it again, and answer these questions:
1. Which of these expressions have you heard before? Which have you never heard?
2. Which might you use in the future?
3. In what situations might these expressions be appropriate and inappropriate?
If possible, react to your classmates' comments.
Best,
Before class I heard “that’s sweet”. It means this is good. I like this sentence “like a dream” Because sometime it makes me better show my emotion. This sentence means very well. I will use this sentence to change my words. I think that idiom is informal language, and often appears social language. When i have meeting or talk with leader, I can not use idioms. Sometime when I ask stranger some questions on the street. They also use some idioms to answer me, but I do not know that means. They will use simple words to explain for me until they know I am language student.
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard of most of the expressions in the video. There are few expression that I have heard before such as: pretty much, CD and DVD player, check this out, and you bet. Also, there are some expressions that I haven't heard before but I could guess their meaning either because we have them in Arabic such as: that's sweet and user-friendly or it is just easy to guess such as: hands free and voice activated. Definitely I will use theses expressions in the future with friends and family such as, that is sweet and check this out. I think it is appropriate to use them with technology experts if you are planning to buy a car, or a cell phone. Some of them are inappropriate in academic writing such as: pretty much or clunker. In conclusion, I liked this video and it was helpful.
ReplyDeleteI have heard of most of the expressions in the video such as high-tech, cutting edge, that's sweet, check this out, you bet...etc. However, there are some expressions that I haven't heard before. For example, get a load of. In fact, I will use all these expressions in the future in any conversation about cell phones, machines, cars, and laptops because most of Americans use them and expect other people understand them correctly. In my opinion, some of these expressions are appropriate in daily conversations, but some of these expressions are informal and could be slang, so we have to be careful while using them in speaking and avoid using them in formal writing and formal conversation.
ReplyDeleteI didn't heard most of these expressions before I watched this video. There are the expectations that I have heard before, such as: "that's sweet", "like dream", "CD player", " DVD player", "pretty much", and "hands-free". One the other hand, there are some expressions that I haven't heard before. For example, "get a load of", "take it for a spin", and "behind the wheel". Also, I want to use "take it for a spin" and "be cool with that" in the future. The way I see it, some of the expressions can be appropriate in daily communication , such like "take it for a spin" and "that's sweet". However, I think that some of them might be inappropriate in formal occasion.
ReplyDeleteIn the end, I am so sorry that I am late to submit this case because some computer network problems had happened and I fixed it tonight.