IDIOMATIC AMERICAN ENGLISH LESSON 1 2

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IDIOMATIC AMERICAN ENGLISH Lesson Having a Ball Dialogue Tina: I feel like having a ball Let's splurge Barbara: Forget it I'm broke Tina: Don't worry I'll pick up the tab I'm loaded today.I'll treat you Barbara: No, we'll go Dutch I don't like to freeload Vocabulary - have a ball (v.) enjoy one's self, have a good time - splurge (v.) spend a lot of money for something - (be) broke (adj.) having no money - pick up the tab (v.) pay the bill - (be) loaded (adj.) having lots of money - treat (v.) pay for someone else - go Dutch (v.) each pay for himself or herself - freeload (v.) get things that others pay for Exercise I Complete the sentences with the correct idiom a) pick up the tab b) broke c) loaded d) splurge e) treat f) go Dutch g) freeloads h) have a ball I don't want pizza tonight Let's go to a fancy restaurant Let's I have so much money today I'm You're going to a party? I don't have any money I'm You pay for your meal I'll pay for mine We'll This dinner was good You don't have to pay I'll She always eats dinner with us, and never invites us to eat at her house She always Don't pay for that I will I'll Exercise II Reurite the phrases in italics, using the proper idiomatic expression They always get others to pay for them I want to pay for you We will each pay our own bill Sometimes I spend a lot of money on clothes After payday, I always have a lot of money Who paid the check? When I go to a party, I usually have a good time After I pay all my bills, I have no money Thẩm Tâm Vy, June 28th,, 2019 Lesson Footing the Bill Dialogue Florence: I'm always running out of food Tina: Why don't you pick up some odds and ends at the store? Florence: Because I'm fed up with having to foot the bill I don't like to throw my money down the drain Tina: Have everyone chip in Florence: No, just skip it Vocabulary - run out of' (v.) finish the supply, use up - pick up (v.) obtain, get - odds and ends (n.) miscellaneous items - (be) fed up with (adj.) disgusted with, had enough of - foot the bill (v.) pay - down the drain (tubes) (adj or adv.) wasted, lost - chip in (v.) contribute, give jointly - skip (v.) forget, pass over Exercise I Completethe sentences with the correct idiom a) ruus out of b) pick someup c) down the drain d) odds and ends e) fed up with f) footing the bill g) chip in h) skip She doesn't like cooking every night She's Everybody occasionally bread and milk He goes to college and lives at home He doesn't have a job yet His father is I bought a pair of shoes that don't fit me I wore them once but my feet hurt I can't wear them anymore That was money Susana wanted to so to the movies but John was too tired She told him to I'm almost packed for vacation I only need suntan lotion, toothpaste and other I don't have enough money to buy that color TV How much you have? If all of us .we can buy it I don't have any bread.I have to Exercise II Rewrite the phrases in italics, using the proper idiomatic expression We used all the milk yesterday I must get a loaf of bread I'm disgusted with riding the subways Whenever they went for dinner, he had to pay If you gamble, it's money wasted We're buying her a gift and asking everyone to contribute We need some miscellaneous iterns for the party Forget it! PRACTISE WITH AMERICAN ENGLISH