Lesson 8

9 Março 2016, 12:00 Katarzyna Dominika Karpowicz Osowska

- "New media" - reading, speaking, vocabulary. grammar (pp. 49-50)

- "Sailing close to the wind" - a role play (pp. 51-52)

- Pronunciation exercises: The comma (pp. 259-262)

- Homework: exs.1-6, p. 54 + read the short story "The Model" (pp. 58-61)

Vocabulary from the lesson:

p. 49

  • to keep a close eye on

  • to keep a low profile

  • to keep an open mind

  • to keep your wits about you

  • to keep your fingers crossed

  • to keep in with sb

”Phone hacking: 10 years of...”

  • to fall on one's sword

  • to kick sth into the long grass

  • to bring to bear

p. 51

  • to sail close to the wind

  • to run a story

  • to find yourself in hot water

  • to hold fire on sth

  • to let slip

  • to sound sb out

  • damages