Communication 2013-08-15

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1 My Fair Lady - Teacher/student, rich/poor
2 An Officer and a Gentleman - rich and poor
3 Fatal Attraction - obsession
4 Romeo and Juliet - first love, impossible love, sacrifice
5 The Bridges of Madison County - sacrifice
Rich and Poor: Titanic, Pretty Woman, Cinderella, Maid in Manhattan
Impossible Love (Doomed Love): Titanic, Towering, Robin Hood, The Notebook, King Kong, Ghost, Elizabeth, Slumdog Millionaire, Phantom of the Opera, V for Vendetta, Lady Awake
First Love: Twilight, (anything set in high school), Fame
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they go out together: they date
they have an affair: at least one of them is married to someone else; adultery; infidelity
they spend one night together: they have sex
(sleep together)

euphemism: a polite way to talk about something that people usually don't like to talk about
"She's expecting." = "She's pregnant."
Most of the expressions we have for the bathroom and sex are euphemisms.

idiom: an expression with a meaning that is different from each word - If you translate each word, you can't understand it.
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p. 46
rock, opera, jazz, classical, dance
blues, reggae, pop

Other genres of music:
samba, MPB, electronic, hip-hop, R&B, dance hall, country, morna, new age, rap, folk, reggaeton, dub, dubstep

"world music" = not in English, not from Latin America

subgenres of rock: indie rock, heavy metal, alternative rock, punk rock, classic rock (50s-70s)

(sub- = "under" or "below")
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ethnic = about a different race or culture
ethical = morally good actions and behavior
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lyrics: the words in a song