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