"Прибытие Гектора" – "Экстра-английский" (1 серия)

Темы серии

Meeting for the first time / Знакомство
Giving personal information / Предоставление личной информации

Задачи

Speaking / Разговор
Meeting for the first time / Первая встреча
Offering someone a drink / Предложение выпить
Writing / Письмо

Грамматика

The present continuous tense / Настоящее продолженное время
The present simple tense / Простое настоящее время


Wordwatch / Слово урока

The word fancy appears regularly in extr@, with the meaning of find sexually attractive. It is a commonly used word, as in the expression fancy him / her, or if you ask a friend about someone else: Do you fancy him / her? But students should be warned not to use it directly to an English speaking person, especially the question: Do you fancy me?


VOCABULARY

verbs

bring up (from downstairs)
cry
fancy
stay with

adjectives

awful
dead
funny
handsome
hot
hungry
old-fashioned
polite
rich
sexy
strange
strong
stupid
sweet
tall
wonderful

nouns

(electricity) bill
bathroom
bike / cycle / bicycle
butler
(greetings) cards
chocolates
clothes
cushion
flowers
library
luggage
lunch
museum
oven
parcel
parents
pen pal
room service
rules
servants
shower

expressions

be my guest
keep a secret
what's she like?


Cultural reference / Информация о культуре

Ricky Martin / Рики Мартин – Puerto Rican pop star; real name Enrique Jose Martin Morales, born December 24th 1971; famous for 'cross-over' hits (sung in Spanish and English) such as Livin' la Vida Loco-, has sold over 40 million records

fish and chips / рыба с картошкой-фри – fried fish and potatoes; typical cheap English takeaway food; not very healthy

chicks / вульг. цыпочки – slang word for girls; not recommended to be taught, but useful in case you hear it said by a native speaker

Brad Pitt / Брэд Питт – American movie actor, born December 18th 1963; famous for being handsome but who wants to be taken seriously as an actor; he was married to Jennifer Aniston of Friends