Item:an individual thing.
Ex. An item of clothing.
An item of furniture.
To resettle: to begin to live in a new area after leaving an old one; to settle again. Ex. The only way to resettle a Mexican family here is by granting them political asylum.
Watch the video, then try to fill in the gaps in the following sentences:
We give them as much ______________ as we can that they need, depending on how many people are in the house.
We give them ______________, and stoves if they are needed.
We’d been able to work with these _________________.
They come ___________ to our houses, meet our parents, meet our kids.
They feel that they have a sense of family _____________ because most of these families have been _________________.
Last Tuesday Richard published the 9th episode of English4Gamers. Unfortunately, I was a bit busy last week 😦 and I didn’t manage to share it with you. As always, I wrote a vocabulary list and I suggest that you read it before watching the video. This time, we decided to play Donkey Kong Country, a 1994 platforming videogame published by Nintendo. The game is set on an island and the protagonists are Donkey Kong and his nephew Diddy Kong. They must recover their stolen hoard of bananas stolen by the Kremlings (anthropomorphic crocodilians). You can test your listening skills with a fill in the gaps exercise.
VOCABULARY
CROCODILE:
TO PICK: to take something with your fingers; to gather together; to collect. They were picking strawberries last week.
TO DEFEAT: to win against someone in a fight, war, or competition. We must be ready to defeat our enemies in battle.
TO ROLL:to move forward while turning over and over.
BARREL:
STORYLINE:the plot of a book, film, play, etc.
SUPPLY: the amount of something that is available to be used.
Ex. We have three months’ supply of tuna to eat.
RHINO: rhinoceros.
TO SWITCH:to make a change from one thing to another.
Ex. After the bank robbery, the gang switched cars.
ROPE: a strong, thick string that is made by twisting many thin strings or fibres together.
Ex. She made a knot in the rope.
TO SWING: to move backwards and forward or from side to side while hanging from something.
WASP: a flying insect, often black and yellow, that can sting.
BEE:a yellow and black flying insect that makes honey and can sting you.
TIP:a useful suggestion. Bob gave us some tips about travelling in Italy.
CAVE: a hollow or natural passage under or into the earth, especially one with an opening to the surface.
Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with the correct words:
R: I finished it _______________times.
R: What kind of _______________ do we have here?
R: Basically, you are versus _______________.
A: How many_______________do we have?
A: How can you _______________ enemies?
R: Or you jump over them or you _______________.
A: Is there a _________________?
R: You are Donkey Kong. You live in this_______________. One day, this crocodile, the Crocodile King came to your island and stole all your bananas.
A: Yeah … My secret supply of _______________ hidden somewhere … He’s found it and …
R: It’s a _______________ hard game, I must say.
R: When you _______________ three of them … oh … I’ve just failed … When you pick three of them you gain a bonus _______________ where you can get more lives.
A: But it’s difficult. I cannot see _______________.
R: This is the first _______________, you have to collect four of them.
A: I don’t like _______________ … This is _______________ rain. I want a sunny day.
A: No, the big one is a _______________.
R: This is a _______________, right? Not a bee.
A: Bees are really nice and _______________ actually.
A: Did you just _______________ at the exit?
A: I like that they’re _______________ together.
R: This is our _______________ probably, who give you tips and …
Interface: a system that is used for operating a computer.
To spread: to become known by many people. Ex. The news spread quickly.
Patent: an official document that gives a person or computer the right to be the only one that makes or sells a product for a certain period of time.
Mouthful (US): something said that has a lot of meaning or importance.
To wonder: to want to know something or to try to understand the reason for something. Ex. I wonder if she’ll call him.
Release: the act of making something available to the public. Ex. The release of her article for publication is scheduled for tomorrow.
Hit: success Ex. The song is a hit.
To heat up: to increase or become more active or intense.
To feature: to include someone or something as an important part. Ex. I consider the measures featured in the report to be insufficient.
To kick off: to begin, to get started. Ex. The game kicks off at 2:00.
Milestone: an important event in the development or history of something or in someone’s life. Ex. Your poem will be a milestone in the literature of your Country.
Damsel in distress (old-fashioned): a young woman who is not married and needs to be rescued.
Sales: the number of items sold.
Merely: only, just. Ex. It was merely a suggestion.
Here you can watch this video with subtitles: Ted Ed
Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with the correct form of the words from the vocabulary list written above:
In 1972, Bear’s idea to get video games out of the science lab and into the living room led to the _____________ of a game console called Odyssey.
A video game is an electronic game that has an ______________ designed for human interaction on a video device.
Space Invaders also helped ____________ what is known as the Golden Age of Arcade Games.
In fact, the earliest U.S. video game ______________ on record was in 1948, and at the time it was referred to as a cathode-ray tube amusement device. That’s a ______________ !
This all changed when a man named Ralph Baer looked at his television screen and ______________ how else it might be used.
By 1978, competition between Atari and another game company called Midway was _______________.
While arcade games continued to decline in ________________ over the years, the popularity of video games was ________________ beginning […].
By 1980, color came to arcade games, and this was also the year that another video gaming _________________ was born.
It was an immediate ___________________ and it’s credited as the first commercially successful video game.
Video games are used by scientists, the military, and people like you, and their evolution has ________________ across arcades, consoles, computers, smartphones, and all kind of other electronics.
It was released in 1987 and, like Donkey Kong, it ___________________ a _______________________ storyline, a storyline common in many video games.
Fill in the gaps with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets:
1. You and Sally _________ not a school yesterday. (to be) 2. Uncle Conrad_________ to catch his bus. (to hurry) 3. Two doctors _________ into the room. (to rush) 4. I ________ Jesse in the park. (to meet) 5. Mozart ________ more than 600 pieces of music. (to write) 6. I __________ to the cinema two times last week. (to go) 7. When did Mr Black _______? (to die) 8. She _________ happy. (to feel) 9. He _________ his hair yesterday. (to cut) 10. Brenda __________ 20 books last year. (to read) 11. Our neighbour _________ his door open by accident. (to leave) 12. My boyfriend __________ back from the war last month. (to come) 13. Our horses __________ a lot yesterday. (to eat) 14. I __________ to lock the door.(to forget) 15. The queen __________ for her servant. (to ring)
I suggest that you take a look at this post if you need to review this topic ;-): irregular verbs.
You can apologise: – to someone He apologised to his colleagues. – for something She apologised profusely for the damage she had caused. – for doing something They apologised for accusing her falsely. – to someone for something I must apologise to Jasmine for my lateness. – to someone for doing something He apologised to his wife and children for losing his temper.
“Apologize” – by Timbaland ft. One Republic
I’m holding on your rope, got me ten feet off the ground And I’m hearing what you say, but I just can’t make a sound You tell me that you need me then you go and cut me down, but wait You tell me that you’re sorry, didn’t think I’d turn around, and say (that)
“It’s too late to apologize (it’s too late).” I said, “It’s too late to apologize (it’s too late).”
I’d take another chance, take a fall, take a shot for you And I need you like a heart needs a beat, but it’s nothin’ new (yeah) I loved you with a fire red, now it’s turning blue, and you say, “Sorry,” like the angel heaven let me think was you, but I’m afraid…
“It’s too late to apologize (it’s too late).” I said, “It’s too late to apologize (it’s too late).”
“It’s too late to apologize (it’s too late).” I said, “It’s too late to apologize (it’s too late).”
I said, “It’s too late to apologize,” yeah (too late) I said, “It’s too late to apologize,” yeah (too late)
I’m holdin’ on your rope, got me ten feet off the ground
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