November 16, 2007

Lesson 28

Idiom Review:

~meet halfway -
a) Let's meet halfway.
b) Why don't you meet halfway?

Pull(ing) _________ leg.
a) Don't pull my leg.
b) Stop pulling my leg.
c) You're pulling my leg.

~meet halfway example:

A) What do you want to eat?
B) I want to eat Ramen, how about you?
A) I want pasta.
B) Let's meet halfway, how about 자짱면?

A) Where do you want to go?
B) 종로, where do you want to go?
A) I want to go to 명동.
B) Let's meet halfway, how about 울지로?

Exercise:

Please make a ~meet halfway dialogue with your partner.

Pull(ing) _________ leg example:

A) I lost 5kgs last week.
B) Stop pulling my leg.

A) Guess what, 윤리 likes Charlie.
B) You're pulling my leg.

A) 시우 likes to drink.
B) Don't pull my leg.

A) One of our co-worker is popular with the boys.
B) Stop pulling my leg.

A) Annie likes to study hard.
B) Stop pulling my leg.

A) Charlie likes 주영.
B) Don't pull my leg.

Exercise:

Please make a Pull(ing) _________ leg dialogue with your partner.

Lesson 27

Idioms Lesson, Part 2:

1. Leave/Left __________ high and dry.

포맷:
주어 + Leave/Left + 누구 + high and dry.

Example:
He left me high and dry.
That girl left him high and dry

2. Get off _______ back.

포맷:
Get off 누구의 Back

a) Get off her back
b) Get ff my back.

Review:
Expressions: What Did You...?

( - - - - - - ) 뭐 했어요?
A) 지난 주말에 무엇 했어요?
B) 어제 밤 무엇 했어요?

(- - - - - ) 뭐 (동사)었어요?
C) 오늘 아침에 뭐 먹었어요?
D) 어제 밤에 뭐 마쎴어요?

In English, the format would be the following:

What did you do (- - - - - - )?

A) What did you do last weekend?
B) What did you do last night?
C) What did you eat this morning?
D) What did you drink last night?

Exercise:

Basic 인사 하고 How is.../How was... What did you... Dialogue 만들으세요

Example:
A) How are you?
B) I'm good, how are you?
A) I'm great, how's your day?
B) It's alright, how about you?
A) I'm hanging tough, what did you do last night?
B) I drank with some people, what did you do last night?
A) I went drinking too.

Lesson 26

Idioms Lesson:

1. Don't hold you breath.

Example Dialogues:
A) Will he call me again?
B) Don't hold your breath.

A) Will that customer tip?
B) Don't hold your breath.

2. Meet halfway
a) Let's meet halfway
b) Why don't you meet halfway?

3. Smell a rat.
a) I smell rat.

4. Something's fishy?

5. Bend over backwards
a) I bent over backwards for that guest.
b) Eunha Hair bends over backwards for their guests.

6. Pull(ing) _________ leg.
a) Don't pull my leg.
b) Stop pulling my leg.
c) You're pulling my leg.

7. Straight from the horse's mouth.
a) I heard it straight from the horse's mouth.
b) You heard it straight from the horse's mouth?

8. The early bird gets the worm.

Example Dialogue:
A) You're so lucky.
B) You know what they say, “The early bird gets the worm.”

A) How did you get those tickets?
B) The early bird gets the worm.

A) How did you get these great seats?
B) The early bird gets the worm.

Review: 미래

What will you _________________________?
a) I will _______________________________.
b) I am going to ________________________.
c) I plan to ____________________________.
d) I want to ____________________________.

Lesson 25E

Basic Grammar 1:

약속

Promise 안입니다., promise 는 약속하다.

Promise 는 (Basic) 3 가지 있읍니다.

1. Appointment

2. Meeting

3. Plans


Before we talk about Plans, we must discuss Date and Plan(s).
Date – 남/여 약속 (관심있어야되, 사뀌고싶어야되고, 벌써 사꼈어요)
Plan(s) 는 계획하가

To use Plan(s) in a sentence please use this format.

Subj + Plan(s) to + Verb + (나머지)(with 누구랑, 장소, etc)
Example:
I plan to drink with my friends this weekend.
He plans to meet his college buddies.


Now, for 약속.
Subject + Have + (What Kind of/어떤) (a) plans/meeting/appointment (with 누구/at 장소, 시간, on 요일, in 월달/날짜).

Example:
I have drinking plans with my college buddies.
She has a dental appointment.
We have plans with our colleagues.
They have a meeting.

Exercise 1:
Ask your partner (plan to 포맷) what they will do.

Exercise 2:
Make a dialogue using appointment sentence.

Exercise 3:
Use meeting sentence.

Exercise 4:
Use Plans sentence.