53) We must go now. Call the waitress and ask
for the ……… .
a) too many
b) some more
c) to many
d) enough
56) I ……… my boyfriend since Christmas.
a) didn't see
b) haven't seen
c) don't see
d) hasn't seen
a) spoke
to you
b) that you were speaking to
c) that you spoke
d) that you were speaked to
a) Matt taller
b) taller Matt
c) Matt more tall
d) Matt as tall as
a) didn't
b) hadn't
c) hasn't
d) wasn't
a) How long way
b) How long
c) How far
d) How many
B. Why do you want to learn English? (a
100-word and 2-week assignment).
C. Read aloud
(Feifei and Finn bump into each other at the supermarket)
Finn: Hello Feifei. I didn't know you shopped at this supermarket
too.
Feifei: Hi Finn. Usually I don't. But it's close to the office and I have to
rush home to
welcome an important guest.
Finn: Who is it? Someone I know?
Feifei: No, it's my landlady. She's coming to collect some of her post and…
well, I
want to make her like me because next month, the contract on my flat is due
to be renewed and she might want to increase the rent.
Finn: Yeah, I see what you mean. So you'd better butter her up then!
Feifei: Butter? Oh, yes. But I'm a pretty bad cook. If I baked a cake it would
probably be horrible!
Finn: No. I don't mean butter for a cake. In English, when you say you'll
'butter
someone up', you mean you'll be especially nice to them in the hope they'll do
something good for you in return.
Feifei: Oh, I see. So I'll be nice to her and pay her compliments so that she
likes me
and keeps the rent low. I'll 'butter her up'! But isn't it a bit insincere?
Finn: Well, it can have a negative connotation, yes. Let's hear some examples of
how to use 'to butter someone up' or 'to butter up someone', which is today's
expression in
The English We Speak.
Examples
Johnny: I was very impressed with your presentation, Mrs Beany. You are really
intelligent and perceptive and…
Mrs Beany: Don't waste your time buttering me up, Johnny. I'm not raising your
salary
anytime soon.
The director was always ready to butter up Angelina Jolie. He knew she was
looking for
her next role and he wanted her in his movie.
Feifei: Oh, look. It's 6pm already. I'm very late. I might not be on time to
meet my
landlady and she'll be angry with me. She's a very busy woman.
Finn: Yeah, well, then you are in a jam!
Feifei: Jam?!
Finn: In English, when you say someone 'is in a jam', you mean they are in a
difficult situation – but that's a different kind of jam!
Feifei: All these expressions about food!
Finn: I know. We have a huge appetite for food expressions. But let's leave some
for another day. Bye!
Feifei: Bye!
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