080731-Seinfeld Script Day 2

Title: Gyros and Steak Kabob
Photo by: Steve Beger Photography

Class Date: Wednesday, July 31

Theme: Seinfeld Script Day 2

Topics Covered:
-Previous day's vocabulary
-Next section of Seinfeld script

Activity:
-Working with a partner, focus on your designated section of the script and make sure you fully understand it.
-Explain your portion of the script to the class, clarify difficult vocabulary and expressions.

Homework:
-Make sentences using the new words from the lists below.
-Read the next few pages of script for tomorrow

New Vocabulary:
GEORGE: Wait, wait wait, not so fast. Jerry, you gotta take me to get this thing refinished.

ELAINE: (engrossed in magazine) Hmm-mmm.

Elaine is reading TV Guide, Kramer is expanding on his book concept.

KRAMER: Oh, Queensboro Plaza. (reties his shoelaces) This stop is famous for its gyros, you want one?

Kramer goes to the door, where he stands jostling with a couple of other guys waiting for it to open.

A guy sitting opposite (bald, glasses, anorak inside and out) proffers a pen.

Kramer extracts his arm and the doors slam closed.

Expressions:
GEORGE: But Jerry, this is not coming out!

JERRY: I'm sorry Elaine, I'll make it up to you.


KRAMER: I got history of coffee tables, celebrities and their coffee tables.
It's a natural. This is a story that must be told.

Asking questions about meaning:
Q: Lilly, do you know what _______ means/is?
A: Ya sure, it means...

Q: Sung gu, any chance you know what ______ means/is?
A: I think it means...

Q: Laura, I'm really stuck, do you know what _____ means/is?
A: I'm not a hundred percent sure, but I think it means...

Q: Doik, what the (hell) does _________ mean?
A: Really? That's simple, it means...

Q: KT, did you figure out what _______ means/is?
A: No I couldn't either.

Student Sentences Using Previous Vocabulary:
Don't worry I'll ride it out with you.

Check you bag at this counter.

I put my important things in the time capsule and buried it in the ground.

Could you put in a good word for me to my boss.

I hope he put in a good word for me to his children / family.

When somebody arranges a blind date for me, I always ask him to put in a good word.

Check all your cloths here with me, this is a nude beach.

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080730 - Whoa Boy, it's a long script...

Title: Pedestal
Photo by: Wylie Maercklein

Class Date: Wednesday, July 30

Theme: Seinfeld Script

Topics Covered:
-Seinfeld script
-New words, expressions, idioms, slang, etc.

Activity:
-Worked through script in groups trying to figure out unknown words or expressions based on context.
-Re-converged and examined script as a group to clarify understanding.


Homework:
-Check out the links I added to the left sidebar, translator and dictionary.
-Download, The Cigar Store Indian (Sorry, I can't provide the video, that would be illegal... but here are some links you might try :)

SendSpace 75mb .rmvb
http://www.sendspace.com/file/lvnzwe

Magaupload (Enter the code near the top right and get a free download)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9T8E16H8

Rapidshare Option 1
http://rapidshare.com/files/127654697/510SF.zip.html

Rapidshare Option 2 (Choose "Free", will have to wait 1 hour between downloads.
http://rapidshare.com/files/91430430/Seinfeld.S05E10.The.Cigar.Store.Indian.DVDRip.XviD-SAPHiRE.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/91430860/Seinfeld.S05E10.The.Cigar.Store.Indian.DVDRip.XviD-SAPHiRE.part2.rar

Up Series (For all of Seinfeld, season 5, and many other shows)

-For each of the words/expressions below, make a new sentence which illustrates your understanding of the word.

ride it out -expression

time capsule -n

pedestal -n

check your... -v

whoa boy -exclamation

put in a good word -expression


New Vocabulary:

time capsule -n
-SEINFELD: Every father is like this fashion time capsule

pedestal -n
-SEINFELD: they should be on a pedestal, with someone next to 'em going 'This was nineteen sixty-five'.

check your... -v
-SEINFELD: What men need is a place to shop where you go in, you check your pants at the door, and you just walk around the store in your underwear.

Expressions:

ride it out -expression
-SEINFELD ...they seem to just freeze that clothing style and just ride it out to the end, don't they?

whoa boy -exclamation
-KRAMER: Whoah boy. There's always one at every party, huh?

put in a good word -expression
-ELAINE: Yeah. And she broke up with the vitamin guy.
-JERRY: (interested) Really?
-ELAINE: I'll put in a good word for you.


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Seinfeld and Lazy Bums

Title: Lazy Bums
Photo by: eatabagel

Class Date: Tuesday, July 29

Theme: Seinfeld Week

Topics Covered:
-The Cigar Store Indian <-Script

Activity:
-Watched: "The Cigar Store Indian"
-Discussion: Were you ever home alone? What was your worst punishment as a child?

Homework:
-Read the script, highlight words, sayings, expressions, etc. you don't understand and try to figure them out.

New Vocabulary:
bum -adj -slang
-Can I bum a cigaret off of you?
-My brother is a real bum, he sits around my parents home all day, eats Ramion and plays Star Craft.

Expressions:
neat freak
-a person who is overly concerned about keeping everything tidy
***My wife is such a neat freak I can't even relax in my own house.

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Seinfeld Week

Title: Seinfeld
Photo by: amnesic_kid

Class Date: Monday July 28

Theme: Sinefeld Week

Topics Covered:
-Presentation critique
-Seinfeld synopsis

Activity:
-Presentation discussion / critique
-Reading of Sinefeld synopsis
-Clarification of new words and expressions

Homework:
-None

New Vocabulary:
Seinfeld Summary
The famous "show about nothing," NBC's Seinfeld is regarded by many fans as the best network sitcom of the 1990s; some go farther than that, hailing it as the best sitcom ever. The series grew from the free-association monologues of comedian Jerry Seinfeld, who in partnership with producer Larry David launched the program in a limited-run format beginning May 31, 1990. Slowly but surely, the series developed a rabid fan following, and by the time the 1993-1994 season rolled around, Seinfeld was America's third most popular program, reaching the number one slot the following year and never dropping below second place for the duration of its run. The eponymous star played "himself," a young, unmarried comedian named Jerry Seinfeld who lived in a medium-sized apartment (well stocked with breakfast cereals) in midtown Manhattan. However, we seldom saw Jerry at work. Most of the time, he hung out with his three best friends: the obnoxiously neurotic and self-absorbed George Costanza (Jason Alexander), who lived with his parents, Estelle and Frank (Estelle Harris, Jerry Stiller), who was for several years employed in the office of New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner (who never appeared on-camera), and who spent much of his spare time kvetching over his miserable love life; Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards), wild-eyed, wild-haired entrepreneur, whose many get-rich-quick schemes had a tendency to backfire disastrously; and Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), Jerry's onetime girlfriend, who worked in the publishing industry and was ever on the lookout for a male companion who was truly "sponge-worthy."

Expressions:


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Presentation Finale

Title: Philip Morris - An Ounce of Prevention
Photo by: stevesobczuk@rogers.com

Class Date: July 25, 2008

Theme: And On They Go...

Topics Covered:
-Presentation tips
-Presentation critique and feedback

Activity:
-Student presentations: Depression, How to Save Energy,

Homework:
-None! Enjoy your weekend and look forward to watching Sinefeld on Monday.

New Vocabulary:
-None

Expressions:
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
A stitch in time saves nine.

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Presentations, Zen and Funky Boogers

Title: Presentation
Photo by: nonie4u

Class Date: July 24, 2008

Theme: Zen of Power Point / Presentation Day / Boogers

Topics Covered:
-Zen of Power Point
-New vocabulary / expressions

Activity:
-Student Presentations: Dokdo, Traveling Korea With Foreigners, Dokdo 2

Homework:
-Be prepared to present tomorrow

New Vocabulary:
booger -n

Title: Beany the human booger
Photo by: Dudus Maximus

-There is a huge booger hanging out of your nose.
-Don't wipe your boogers on the desk.

eye-booger -n
-Dogs often have huge eye-boogers in the corners of their eyes.

Eye Booger

snot -n snotty -adj
-I'm have a bad cold so my nose is always full of snot.
-My garbage can is overflowing with snotty tissues.

slime -n slimy -adj
-There is slime on the walls of the fish tank.
-Korean seaweed soup feels very slimy
-A: Why didn't you go on a second date with him?
-B: Because he was a really slimy guy.

funky / groovy / hip -adj

Title: Funky Man on Seoul Subway
Photo by: happyrach8

-Chris was wearing some funky pants today in class.
-That's a totally funky hand bag!
-This music is really groovy

Check out this example: 70's Funk - Maternity Style


Expressions:


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Presentation Planning Day 2

Title: McDonald's getting flack for supporting "the homosexual agenda"
Photo by: Current.com

Class Date:July 23 2008

Theme: Presentation Planning Day 2

Topics Covered:
-McDonalds Discussion
-Student speeches
-Presentation check list

Activity:
-Group planning

Homework:
-Be ready to present tomorrow

New Vocabulary:
Let me get this straight, McDonald's knowingly contributes to the obesity epidemic, plays an active role in helping squelch this nation's agricultural systems, practices substandard beef and food health regulations, bioengineers food with unknown repercussions, and yet the masses line up en masse to collect a coke, a smile, and a plastic happy meal toy.

Yet they support equal rights for other human beings who happen to be gay or lesbian and suddenly feathers are ruffled enough to get active in protest?

in/conspicious -adj
-There was an inconspicuous object in the sky some claimed was a UFO.


Expressions:
let me get this straight
-Let me see if I understand / I want to make sure I understand / (Emphasis on) unbelievable
***Let me get this straight, I only set the alarm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays?
***Let me get this straight, you're Korean and you DON'T LIKE KIMCHEE! Unbelievable!

ruffle feathers
-Make someone angry / make a situation worse / cause trouble
*Try not to ruffle any feathers when you go to that meeting next weekend, we caused enough trouble last weekend.

a dry run
-A practice run / test / rehearsal
***Do a dry run through your presentation today to see if everything is ready.
***Don't worry, I did a dry run through the driving course yesterday, I'm ready for the test.

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Key Words: expressions, general, slang, vocabulary

Presentation Planning

Title: Watch me blow your mind
Photo by: kasheestees

Class Date: Tuesday July 22

Theme: Presentation Planning

Topics Covered:
-New student website
-Todays Objectives
---1. Choose a topic
---2. Assign tasks / subtopics
---3. Keep it simple

Activity:
-Discuss and organize your presentation in groups

Homework:
-Come to class with all the information you need to prepare and organize your presentation.

New Vocabulary:
verify -v
-The bank needed to verify my identity before I could withdraw 1,000,000,000 won.
-I have a baby face, so the liqueur store always asks to see my driver's license to verify my age.

Expressions:
blow your mind
-amazing, unreal, unbelievable
***That song just blows my mind every time I hear it, it's sooooooo good
***It blew my mind when Bush was reelected.
***Bk's wife blew his mind.

you don't know dick (jack, squat, shit...)
-You don't know anything (about that)
***Why did you ask your mechanic for medical advice, he doesn't know dick about medicine.
***You don't know jack about my problems!!!

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Here We Go

Photo by: Betta Design

Welcome Wonkwang conversation classes, the purpose of this blog is to document our learning over the course of this semester. You can come here to review, study or find out all the amazing things that happened while your were absent from class.

Class Date: Monday August 21st

Theme: Presentation Week

Topics Covered:
-Presentation Skills
---Planning and delivery
---Do's and don'ts
---Ethos, Pathos, Logos

-Example of a fresh presentation style
---Identity 2.0 Video

Activity:
-Brainstorm presentation topics in groups of 3-4

Homework:
-Come to class with 3-4 topics you could present on

New Vocabulary:
spot -v
-Can you spot me while I do this bench press?
-When you have to deliver a speech, have a freind or coworker sit close and spot you.

slut -n
-Many people think the new Black Canary Barbie looks like a slut.

lazy eye -n
-My uncle has a lazy eye, because he over uses his good eye.

obsolete -adj
-As industrial farms move in traditional farms are becoming obsolete in Korea.
-Are men becoming obsolete?

brutal -adj
-Amnesty international produced a brutal ad protesting human rights abuses in China.

pallet -n
-All the boxes fell of the pallet.

swiss army knife
-I would take a Swiss Army Knife to the island because it is multifunctional.

preserve -v
-A Kimchee fridge is the best way to preserve Kimchee's unique flavor and keep it from spoiling.

prerequisite -n
-The prerequisites for the group presentation are:
---1. It must me a maximum of 12 minutes
---2. Everyone must speak

arouse -v
-When introducing your topic try to arouse your audiences interest with and interesting fact, question or appropriate media

credentials -n
-What kind of credentials do you need to work there?
-You need a masters degree and 4 years experience.

posh -adj
-W-Bar in the Walker Hill hotel in Seoul is very posh.
-It felt very posh, all the guests at the restaurant were dressed in tuxedos.

keener -adj
-a person who studies all the time and very hard
**Chris is such a keener, he even studies during dinner.

Expressions:
come out of the closet
-To openly admit and share the fact one is gay.
**Did you hear, Tom Cruise came out of the closet? I always suspected he was gay!

six feet under
-Dead and usually buried or disposed of
**Don't worry about him, he's six feet under.

on the sauce
-drunk or drinking
**I was on the sauce for 10 years before I got help.

chill out at home
-Stay home all weekend and relax
**I chilled out at home and watched some movies this weekend.

bar star
-a person who always hangs out at the bar/club, is well known.
**G is a total bar star, he knows all the clubs in Seoul.


Title: Bar Star
Photo by: Inventingsound

dress the part
-dress for the role or position. For example, if you are giving a medical presentation, dress like a doctor or pharmacist.
**Dress the part for your speech this Wednesday.

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