Monday's Assignment

We all make mistakes, but how we deal with them may be different in different cultures. Making an excuse is one of them:

Do dogs and excuses appear together in excuses in your L1? Here are more excuses in English.

Here are your tasks:

Pick a favourite.

1. Vocabulary & Pronunciation: Time Off from Work
1. Do not practise silently only. Speak aloud the new words, comparing the pronunciation carefully with the audio.
2. Make sentences using the new vocabulary.
2. Role play: Plagiarism
1. Listen. Then discuss with a partner.
2. Practise the dialogue by yourself and then with your partner.
3. Record your dialogue on Chirbit or Audioboom and place it, with these instructions, on your blog.
3. Write a brief trip report (no more than 100 words) for last Thursday's visit to TRL. 
1. If you didn't go, include your excuse and interview a classmate who did.
2. Add pictures (feel free to steal from my FB).
3. Have 2 classmates check your work before hitting the Publish button.

1. time off from work: I want to get a time off from work this weekend because I'm so tired.
2. maternity leave: Mary asked maternity leave yesterday. She will give birth for her son next week.
3. I can't come back to China in Chinese New Year. I will miss out on family reunion.
4. Bob told Selena his opinions straight out in the meeting.
5. My mother wasn't happy when I left her hanging on holidays.
6. We enjoyed a wild weekend last month.
7. The president signed off on the treaty of attacking the terrorists.