2016-09-16 Idioms: flapped-t, movie idioms

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: finish p. 18 exercise A
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Tongue-twister with the flapped-t sound repeated:

Betty bought a bit of butter,
But her butter made her batter bitter,
So Betty bought a bit of better butter
To make her bitter batter better.

(The above is easy to say but difficult to understand. Others are fun because they’re difficult to say: She sells seashells by the seashore so surely the shells she sells are seashore shells.)
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Handout: movie idioms
Use the pictures to guess the meanings of the idioms on p. 26
1 F (“can’t ____ [his/her way] out of a paper bag” = the person _____ very badly)
2 F
3 F
4 F (“flop” is similar, but it means a very unsuccessful movie, even if it is good quality)
5 T
6 T (A review is an article giving someone’s opinion about a new thing, which could be a movie, a book, a product, a restaurant, etc.)
7 T (It is sold out. / Tickets are sold out.)
8 T
9 T (It was “asleep” until it became suddenly popular.)
10 T
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p. 34 - What question would have each answer?
1 Did the critics enjoy the movie?
2 Were you able to get tickets for the play?
3 Do we have time to eat something before we leave?
4 Do you want to go see the new musical Felines?
5 That movie made a fortune, didn’t it?
6 Look at the long line! I thought you said this movie wasn’t popular.
musical = a play where the actors sing songs together
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Homework: p. 35