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Study The Phrases and Translate The Following Sentences
Study The Phrases and Translate The Following Sentences
CALL AN OLD FLAME TO ASK FOR MONEY SELL YOUR FAVOURITE PEDIGREE DOG HOLD UP A JEWELLER’S
GO TO A CASINO TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOST MONEY GET WASTED TO SURVIVE FAMILY PARTIES
1. Every day I call my best mate ….…… of habit. I cannot control it! I do it ………… thinking!
2. I come into contact …..….. business people ……….. a regular basis.
3. Have you ever broken something ……….. purpose?
4. Kate had a fight with her boyfriend and since then she has not been ………. speaking terms with him.
5. They text each other day ……… day! That is so sweet, don’t you think?
1. DIFFERENT WAYS OF SPEAKING:
Match different ways of SPEAKING to their definitions and finish the sentences below with your own
ideas:
- I adore humming when I …………………..........................…….. I can never pronounce it the right way!
Farting in public being caught stealing (red-handed) somebody seeing through one’s lie
dropping a brick (saying sth tactless) being asked about earnings being without make up
somebody noticing a hole in one’s clothes being seen in pyjamas in the street
1. Ola wysyła mi błędne sygnły! Jak ona może byd taka okrutna!? (USE: mixed messages)
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2. Puśd mi strzałkę kiedy będziesz przy drzwiach, ok? (USE: give me a missed call)
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3. Proszę pozostad na lini! Zapytam czy pan dyrektor jest wolny! (USE: hold the line)
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4. Jak możesz zrywad ze mną przez sms! Jesteś skooczonym draniem! (USE : bastard!)
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17-year-old Justin Bieber look-alike, is $50,000 richer today— thanks to his speedy - quick
……………………….(kciuki) and extremely fast abilities of ……………………...(pisania wiadomości)!
He's a two-time prize-winning SMS ……………..……..(mistrz), ladies and gentelmen, the fastest
in our nation. About 100.000 people from all around the world took part in the competition!
The competition tested two major skills: ……………………....(prędkośd) and ………………….………(dokładnośd). There were
three rounds, including texting ……………………………….(z zamkniętymi oczami) , hands ……………………..………(za plecami)
and ………………………............……..(z użyciem tylko jednej ręki)!
……..…. today’s busy world many people do not have time to write out full sentences when
sending a text message. Internet language was created in order …….... make the process of
texting faster. Can you match the following “internet phrases” …….… what they stand for?
2. BRB In My Opinion
1. ”Are you kill me if I don’t come to you today? ” …………………………………………………………. GOOD LUCK
7. “ It’s good that Rocky have been found!” …………………………………………………………… LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL!
You probably ………………………….(już wiesz) that your mobile phone wasn’t meant for water, that you shouldn’t bring
it to concerts where you might make the mistake of …………………….…(upuścid) it from a great height, and you should
really never let your child ……….………….(włożyd) your phone in orange juice. But, did you know that your mobile has
a ...................................(niską tolerancję) to heat? It’s summertime, you may be tempted to bring your phone with
you to the pool or to a picnic! While your phone can provide ……………..…………..(rozrywkę), you’re risking a complete
mobile shut down if you leave it ………………………(na słoocu) for too long.
- ANSWER 1: The answer is simpler than you think. Mobiles get bigger and bigger because the ……………..…………….
(MARKET) people decided they needed a new selling point.
- ANSWER 2: The truth is that we use our ……………..(PHONES) to everything! Well, almost. So they had to get bigger.
- ANSWER 3: The population is ………………………(AGE) and people need bigger screens as their …………………….. (EYE)
is not so good anymore!
FACEBOOK
Probably the most ……………………………(znana) social networking site that everybody knows!
Almost half of Facebook's users visit it every day. ……………………….….(większośd z nich) spend a
great amount of time ………………………..…….(przed ekranem komputera), allowing the hours to
………………(przemijad), which often results in them……….…………(ignorowad) family and friends in
the actual world. BE CAREFUL!
1. Start ……………………yourelf what you're actually doing on Facebook. Rather than simply going
on Facebook and "falling under its spell", ask yourself a ………………………… what you're really
getting out of it! HMM …
2. Be careful of the race to have as many friends as possible. If you want to have more
friends on Facebook than you can ever ……………………………….meet with regularly, it's
important to stop this "friendship addiction". Having more friends than you can connect
with can be a ………………………..of anxiety rather than pleasure.
1000 FRIENDS
3. Make it hard to go on Facebook. Ask someone to ……………..……….. your PC or laptop so
you can´t go on Facebook. In an extreme case, ……………………….. your Facebook account.
By knowing ahead that you will never go back to it, you find a way to enjoy other stuff
you're doing in the present instead of being impatient and thinking "How much longer is
it going to be ………………….. I check Facebook one more time?" PASSWORD!