Monday, November 1st, 2010: "When in Rome..."

In our introductory lesson, we talked a little about the book and a lot about me!  Next time, we'll talk less about me and more about you!  In this lesson, we learned Marie's mom's age, which is top secret, highly sensitive, classified information, so shhhh, don't tell anyone!  We also learned a few expressions that are commonly used in English:

"When in Rome, do as the Romans do." --> When you are in another country, you should behave the way the local people behave.
"They are like night and day." -->  We use this expression to talk about two people or things that are complete opposites, such as Marie's brothers.

A few vocabulary words that came up in this lesson were:

bungy --> jump from a tall bridge or tower with just an elastic coard tied around your ankles.  wheeeeee!
custom --> the usual way of acting in certain circumstances
small talk --> things we talk about that are not important or major issues; topics that everyone can relate to, such as the weather
rude --> impolite
bow --> what the Japanese and Koreans love to do
wave --> move your hand back and forth as a sign for "hello" or "goodbye"
kiss (or "bises") --> to kiss your friend on both cheeks when saying "hello" or "goodbye".  Europeans like to do this.

The Thai Wai

Don't Forget Your Homework!
Please do pages 1-3 in your workbook!