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Can you believe it? Its amazing! This issue of 52 STEPS to Better English is the last one in the first quarter of the year! Yup, thats right! This is issue 13, and 13 times 4 is 52!
Have you stayed with us? Many people are studying these each week, and some of you are even following the writing suggestions each week! Good for you!
But what does this have to do with patience?
Well, it can take patience to keep yourself on track week after week. But just as I routinely take the time to create these lessons for you, it becomes part of your weekly routine to study and improve your English.
Usually when we think of having patience, we think of enduring something. We might even think that having patience means endruing something unpleasant.
Patience IS a virtue...I won't disagree with that...but the point I want to make here is that we need to train ourselves to be something much more than this!
Instead of looking at this as a chore, or as something that TAKES SO MUCH TIME, lets train ourselves to anticipate it with the EXPECTATION of IMPROVEMENT! So youre doing this not because you HAVE TO, but because you WANT TO! ENTHUSIASTICALLY!
Please get out your notebook or Word document that youve been using for this course. This will just take a few minutes
Now write down these three things
1. The best time of day for me to go over these lessons is ________________.
2. The best place for me to study these lessons is _______________________.
3. The number of days this week that I will set aside to study this weeks lesson is _______.
OK, now are you ready for a surprise? This weeks lesson is made into a movie for you to watch! And you can watch it on any of your devices that play mp4 files!
Give this weeks lesson the concentrated attention that YOU DESERVE!!!
With you in mind,
Julie
Did you know that if you look at these English lessons online, you can double-click any word and find a dictionary definition? You can find a list of all the STEPS that have been delivered so far on the archives page. Isn't that handy?
So far, you have studied
greetings,
introductions,
numbers,
English letters,
colors,
directions,
occupations,
places,
landforms,
body parts, and
telling time.
This week, I have created an mp4 file to introduce you to 101 HOUSEHOLD ITEMS. You will learn the following categories:
*Kitchen
*Laundry
*Bathroom
*Office
*Shopping
*Sewing
*Living Area
*Bedroom
*Workshop
*Basic Tools
*Cleaning
*Miscellaneous
Now you are probably saying to yourself, "I can't possibly learn 101 new words in one week!" (You didn't think I heard you saying that, did you?)
But that's why I made this video. I think that if you watch this file once or twice every day, you will painlessly learn most of these words. I'm sure there are some that you already know, so you won't actually be learning 101 words.
Are you willing to try it? I would really like to know if you succeed! PLEASE send me an email to let me know how it works for you!
Here is the link to the file: 101 Household Objects
NOTE: This video has no sound - it is a silent movie, so you won't need any speakers, and you won't have to worry about it bothering anyone when you watch it.
For listening practice this week, this is a video about How to Cut Your Ironing Time in Half. Wouldn't that be great? Try it and let me know if it works!
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Arthur: Amy, can you help me iron out a problem back here? Amy: Back where? Where are you? Arthur: I'm in the back room. I'm trying to fit a couple more things in this box, but it's just not working. Amy: Good grief, Arthur, you have everything but the kitchen sink in here! No wonder nothing else will fit! Arthur: Ah, it's the way I feel about my entire life these days, Amy! I just have too much on my plate! 
 to smooth out a problem everything but the kitchen sink almost everything in the house have too much on one's plate have too many activities or responsibilities in one's life |
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| Can you write a short scenario of a situation involving these idioms? That would be a good writing submission! More Fun with Amy and Arthur ELE Members: Listen to actual recordings of the dialogues of Amy and Arthur. Then take a quiz to see how many of the idioms you can remember! |
Collocation: a grouping together of things in a certain order, as of the words in a sentence
*around the house
I had a lot to do around the house, so I couldn't go to the beach.
*take a shower/bath
Some people prefer to take a shower, and others would rather take a bath.
*in bed
Please be sure the kids are in bed before 9 o'clock tonight.
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More Collocations (We call them Famous Couples, because that's more fun!) ELE Members: Famous Couples |
Homonyms are words that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation, but have different meanings. Some of this week's household items fit this description.
plate
She served the food on her prettiest plate.
The baseball star ran to home plate.
bowl
It works best to eat cereal from a bowl.
Even though it was her first time to go bowling, she hoped to bowl a good game.
pitcher
Please fill the blue pitcher with water before dinner.
The baseball team was excited about their new pitcher from Japan.
There are several more! How many can you find?
Each STEP includes 2 writing opportunities.
1. Writing prompt
Which household item have you had the longest? Can you remember where you got it?
2. Story Pieces
These are just some fun ways to start the ideas running through your mind.
Setting: in the kitchen
Opening: "Have you seen..."
Vocabulary: Try to include the following words in your story: light bulb, mirror, pen and salt shaker.
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