True or false?
1. The charts divide people into three groups.
2. Having children makes a big difference in how happy you are.
3. Overall, people in the US are mostly very happy.
4. Overall, married people tend to be happier than unmarried people.
Monday, March 10, 2025
Judge Rules White Girl Will Be Tried As Black Adult
Discharges without conviction in Aotearoa - discuss
The court ruled a white teen who stabbed a classmate to death will face the jury as a 300-pound black man.
12 terms
Watch:
White girl to be tried as black man
1. What crime is the young woman accused of?
2. What does the judge tell the jury to imagine?
3. What do her parents think about this?
4. Who will her 'character witness' be?
Does discrimination in the justice system occur in your country?
What causes it?
Do you have trial by jury in your country? What problems arise from this system?
Are judges less likely to discriminate than ordinary citizens?
What can be done to avoid unconscious or institutionalized discrimination?
Listen again and number these legal terms in the order they are used:
to find
fitting
defendant
henceforth
retroactively charged
assault
arresting officer
arraignment
harsh sentence
to be tried / to try
courtroom
character witness
to appeal a ruling
accused
jury member
Check:
1. accused
2. arraignment
3. harsh sentence
4. to be tried / to try
5. to find
6. fitting
7. defendant
8. henceforth
9. courtroom
10. jury member
11. retroactively charged
12. assault
13. arresting officer
14. character witness
15. to appeal a ruling
Listen again and check the past participle verbs in these examples of passive voice (to be + pp).
1. "She will be (pp)________ as a black adult"
2. "Henceforth you will be (pp)______ to by the Jury by the name Mendel Brown
3. Jury members will be (pp)___________ to imagine her as such
4. Now that Hannah has been (pp)_______ black, the court has instructed local media to assume she's guilty
5. Hanna's two-dozen character witnesses have been (pp)________ by a single crack addict who goes by the name of Scags.
6. ...saying their daughter should at most be (pp)______ as a black celebrity
Saturday, March 8, 2025
IELTS Reading p 71 The truth about lying
Spelling
deceit
confessing
skepticism
deception
tell-tale
to give away
to detect
liar
clue
True or false?
Gorillas can use sign language.
Gorillas never lie.
The children in the experiment knew they were being filmed.
Half the people who phoned in were able to detect the man was lying.
Liars often turn their gaze away when they are telling lies.
Liars tend to include more details to their stories than tiuth tellers.
It's easier to spot a lie in print than on TV.
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Pronouncing 'r' and 'l'
Dictate this text to a partner. Don't 'correct' it. Read exactly what it says.
I worked rate and I didn't alive home until 10 o'clock. I was very wet because of the lane. Then to my supplies, my key didn't fit in the rock. So I looked closely at my keys and saw that they were the long ones. I had left my house keys at work. So I got back on my motorbike and load back to the office to correct them. I got home really tired, so I went to bed, led for half an hour, switched off the right and went to sleep.
Go deeper into the world of R
Go deeper into the world of L
Phonemic chart
(See also: Printable Phonemic Chart)
Monophthong vowels are arranged by mouth shape:
- left > right, lips wide > lips round
- top > bottom, jaw closed > jaw open
The first two rows of consonants are paired:
- above, voiceless
- below, voiced
Go deeper into the phonemic chart
Idioms as speech units
DONT jump to conCLUsions.
She's PUTting a brave FACE on it.
You can say THAT again.
He TOOK it in his STRIDE.
I had a CHANGE of HEART.
I HAVEn't a CLUE.
It's on the TIP of my TONGUE.
I just went BLANK.
I'll beLIEVE it when I SEE it.
That's comPLEtely OUT of the QUESTion.
EASier SAID than DONE.
He's PART of the FURNiture.
It's a RACE against TIME.
Speaking
1. DON’T jump to conCLUSIONS – Have you ever made a mistake
by jumping to conclusions too quickly? What happened?
2. She’s PUTting a brave FACE on it – When was the last time
you had to put a brave face on a tough situation?
3. You can say THAT again – What’s something you strongly
agree with, where you’d say, “You can say that again”?
4. He TOOK it in his STRIDE – Have you ever faced something
challenging and just took it in your stride? How did you stay calm?
5. I had a CHANGE of HEART – Can you think of a time when
you had a change of heart about something important?
6. I HAVEN'T a CLUE – When was the last time you honestly
said, “I haven’t a clue” about something?
7. It’s on the TIP of my TONGUE – Have you ever had a word
or name on the tip of your tongue but couldn’t remember it?
8. I just went BLANK – Have you ever been in a situation
where you just went blank, like during a test or presentation?
9. I’ll beLIEVE it when I SEE it – What’s something you
would say, “I’ll believe it when I see it” about?
10. That’s comPLEtely OUT of the QUESTion – Is there
something you would consider completely out of the question for you to do?
11. EASIER SAID than DONE – Have you ever tried to do
something that seemed easy at first but turned out to be much harder?
12. He’s PART of the FURNiture – Do you know someone who’s
so familiar in a place that they seem like part of the furniture?
13. It’s a RACE against TIME – Have you ever been in a
situation where it felt like you were in a race against time to get something
done?
Monday, March 3, 2025
IELTS readings Unit 5 and 8 (pronunciation)
Lucrative
Summary
Clientele
Register
Veteran
Represent
Exclusive
Estimate
Consisting
Reservoir
Involvement
Propelling
Assistance
Advocate
Suggestion
Developed
Calculate
Proposal
Depression
Transmission
Signify
Staggering
Purify
Proponent
Potential
scientists
gigantic
Ooo oOo ooO
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