"Easy" - English Vocabulary (어휘력 향상)

POINTS TO STUDY

 

Learn three idioms: with my eyes closed, not rocket science, child’s play

VIDEO

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhtJosehubw

 

 

SCRIPT, LISTENING TIPS, & GRAMMAR

I think New Zealand must be a beautiful country to visit.  I’ve never been there, but I did manage to learn how to use these.  They are Poy Balls.  They are from Maui people.  Now at first I was little difficult, but in time, it got easy, and now I can do this with my eyes closed.  If you can do something with your eyes closed, it’s easy.  It’s easy because you’ve done it many times or you’ve been doing it for a long time. 

 

Let me show you something else, little less interesting that.  It will help you to understand next expression.  This is a tax form. Many people in America don’t like to fill them out.  I know I’m one of them.  And that’s because it seems like a complicated process.  My husband would say, “This isn’t rocket science.”  If something’s not rocket science, it’s really not that complicated. 

 

Last thing I’m gonna show you is one of my son’s toys.  Let’s see if we can figure this one out together.  Square, triangle,,, Ah, easy, right?  “Child’s play!” Something is child’s play because it’s easy and it’s probably not that important.  Child’s play, pretty easy. 

 

OK, I shared three expressions with you.  Let’s review them.  First one, with my eyes closed. I can do it with my eyes closed.  It’s easy because you’ve done it many times.  Then, I shared with you this one, not rocket science.  You can say this isn’t rocket science. It’s not rocket science.  Or another variation, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist.  And we use these to talk about things that really aren’t that complicated although they may seem so.  And the last one, child’s play: to be child’s play.  And if something’s child’s play, it’s easy and probably not that important. 

 

So now let’s see how you understand.  I have three statements.  I’m gonna show them to you.  And then you’ll tell my which of our three expressions complete each one.  Here they are.  [see and listen Jennifer]  I hope you understand the new expressions and I hope you tried them out in conversation. If you have a request for another topic, send it to me by email, my address is EnglishWithJennifer@gmail.com. 

 

 

 

TODAY’S PRONUNCIATION

 

Daily Pronunciation #24 - English Lesson – XENOPHOBIC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ximkYyue-E

 

 

PREVIEW FOR TOMORROW

 Tomorrow we will get back to the very interesting and intelligent man from the BBC for learning some idioms coming out of some vegetables…!  

It will be good so don’t miss it!