Dear students, today we are going to think about the reasons why some people decide to go under the knife or undergo plastic surgery. We'll look at two people, Justin Jedlica and Vanilla Chamu, or the so-called real-life Barby and Ken. 1. First, watch the video above to get a better impression of the kind of people we're talking about and then download the audio (below this post) that relates to the listening exercise in your books (page 46, task 2). Please complete task 2. 2. Secondly, this audio is filled with interesting idiomatic expressions related to the body. I'm sure most of these idioms are already familiar to you and if not, this is a great opportunity to get acquainted with them. Check your understanding of the expressions that appear in the attached audio via tasks 4 and 5. (page 46-47) Idioms usually have an interesting story behind them, such as the idiom "warts and all". The story goes that Oliver Cromwell, who was Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland in the 1600s, was having his portrait painted. However, he didn't want the painter to beautify anything about his appearance as was the practice at that time - #nofilter :). He wanted to be portrayed as realistically as possible -- "warts and all" --- and oh, did he have warts. 3. There are numerous idioms with body parts :), even in Croatian. E.g., nositi (imati) glavu u torbi (vreći) = riskirati, izlagati se opasnosti (ENG equivalent - Throw caution to the wind). držati jezik za zubima = šutjeti (ENG equivalent - keep your mouth shut), zaljubiti se preko ušiju = jako se zaljubiti (ENG - fall head over heels with someone). Your task is to select 4 idioms (CRO frazemi) with body parts from the image below and find their translations into English. Keep in mind that idioms are culture dependent and can almost never be directly translated (but sometimes they can). 4. Finally, we can conclude today's lesson with a short video quiz. You'll be given the key for these tasks by the end of the week. ![]()
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