"У Гектора свидание" – "Экстра-английский" (3 серия)

Темы серии

Exercise / Зарядка, тренировка
Relationships / Роман, отношения
Meeting people / Встречи с людьми
Making a good impression / Хорошее первое впечатление

Задачи

Speaking

Polite requests / Вежливые просьбы
Making and accepting offers / Как сделать и принять предложение

Writing

Describing yourself / Описание себя
Asking other people about themselves / Вопросы другим людям

Грамматика

can for ability / глагол can для выражения способности сделать что-л.
can for possibility / глагол can для выражения возможности сделать что-л.
would you... / использование would you
requests and invitations / просьбы и приглашения


Wordwatch / Слово урока

Note that measurements are frequently not metric – six foot tall = 1 m 84 cm.

Weird is a word often used in this series; young native speakers (YNS) use the word commonly to describe something unusual to them.

I smell a rat means I'm suspicious about something.

I'm off means I'm leaving.


VOCABULARY

adjectives

arrogant
empty
gorgeous
horrible
old-fashioned
old-fashioned
responsible
soft
weird

nouns

aftershave
apartment
cybercafe
ears
energy
eyes
gym
message
millionaire
ocean
perfumery
racquet
romance
script
smell
taxidermist
trick

verbs

celebrate
check (my email)
exercise
glue
hide
hurt
spray

expressions

I bet I could (get a girlfriend on the internet)
I smell a rat
I'm off
ladies first
loads (a lot)
make my dream come true
mousey brown hair
see attached photo
six foot tall, five foot eleven
stick to the script
the washing's done (finished)
third time lucky
touch your toes


Cultural reference / Информация о культуре

train spotter / зануда (изн. тот, кто занимался "трейнспоттингом" – хобби, энтузиасты которого стремятся увидеть как можно больше единиц интересующей их разновидности железнодорожного подвижного состава) – someone who stands at a railway station and notes down the numbers or names of the trains; the expression is used to refers to a boring person who likes doing boring things; the practice started in the 19th century age of steam trains, when all trains were given names

West End musical / музыкальные театры Уэст-Энда – the West End is the name traditionally given to London's theatre district; the area around Leicester Square and Shaftesbury Avenue is the home of about 20 of London's main theatres; a West End musical is a musical theatre production taking place in one of these main theatre; West End can also refer to the shopping area of London, mainly centred round Oxford Street, Regent Street and Piccadilly