Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Thanksgiving, a misunderstood American holiday

Columbus and discovering America

The Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving

Modern Thanksgiving celebrations

Barack Obama, our President-Elect

The state of the American economy, and falling gas prices!

Black Friday

Negative verbs in the Simple Past Tense (Verbes au Négatif au Simple Past Tense)

Review: negative verbs in the simple present

I eat -> I don't eat

You dance -> You don't dance

She speaks Russian -> She doesn't speak Russian

Alors, voici ce que vous faites au négatif:

Sujet + verbe auxilliare + "not" + verbe principal, toujours à l'infinitif

Le verbe "do" au simple past tense devient "did", et c'est conjugué la même pour tous les sujets:

I did

You did

He/She did

We did

They did

Puis, on ajoute le "not" et le verbe principal

I did not eat

You did not eat

He/She did not eat

We did not eat

They did not eat

Exception: to be

I wasn't

You weren't

He/She wasn't

We weren't

They weren't

Up a creek without a paddle, it's like pulling teeth

up a creek without a paddle

to be right under my nose

to make my day

like pulling teeth

in touch

Le verbe "to miss," et ses différences entre l'anglais et le français

Conjugaison:

miss, misses, missing, missed, missed

Deux emplois:

J'ai manqué le bus - I missed the bus

Nous avons manqué le film - We missed the movie

Mais:

Tu me manques - I miss you

Est-ce que ton père te manque? - Do you miss your dad?

Remarquez que dans le premier emploi, c'est la même entre le français et l'anglais, mais dans l'autre, c'est le contraire. Le sujet de la phrase en français devient l'objet de la phrase en anglais, et puis l'objet de la phrase en français devient le sujet de la phrase en anglais.

Going to the movies

The words “theater” and “cinema”

Why go to the movies?

Experience and convenience

Cell phones, crying babies and children, ability to pause

Ratings of G, PG, PG-13, and R

Pricing of tickets and snacks

Buying your own TV and surround sound

Previews and showtimes

At the Doctor's (Chez le Médecin)

Vocabulary:

health – la santé

sick – malade

healthy/in good health – en bonne santé

painful -- douloureux

a cold – un rhume

the flu – la grippe

a cough – une toux

to cough – tousser

allergies – les allergies

medicine – les médicaments

pills – les pilules

a doctor – un médecin

to throw up/to vomit – dégobiller/vomir

to break – casser

to injure – blesser

Sentences:

Where does it hurt?/Where do you hurt? – Où est-ce que vous avez mal?

My ... hurts. – J'ai mal à...

Are you allergic to anything?/Do you have any allergies? – Avez-vous des allergies?

I'm allergic to ... – Je suis allergique à ...

She broke her ... – Elle a cassé le/la/les ...

You injured your ... – Vous vous êtes blessé le/la/les ...

Keeping an eye on the podcast to avoid becoming a couch potato

Actions speak louder than words

To keep an eye on

Raining cats and dogs

Piece of cake

Couch potato

Quelques différences de vocabulaire entre l'anglais des États-Unis et l'anglais de l'Angleterre

Prononciation américaine/anglaise:

Un portable: a cell/a mobile

Le rez-de-chausée: the lobby/the ground floor

L'essence: gas/petrol

Un ascenseur: an elevator/a lift

L'addition: the check/the bill

Un camion: a truck/a lorry

Un appartement: an apartment/a flat

Things to remember before moving to a foreign country

The basic idea of today's lesson is to remind you of some things to learn before moving to a different

country. Nobody can give you a full list of everything, but if you pay close attention to what you use on a

daily or a regular basis, you can make sure that you know what to get when you move. It's one thing to

know “I need an alarm clock,” but it's a completely different thing to know where to get that and what

it's called.

Also, a quick pronunciation tip: “used” pronounced “uZeD” is the past tense of “to use.” However,

pronounced “uSeT”, it is a form of the imperfect in English (“I used to play with my friends everyday

when I was young).

The pros and cons of having a chip on your shoulder

Pros and cons

What are the pros and cons of buying this house?

Gimme

Hey, gimme a Coke, too.

Rule of thumb

It's a good rule of thumb not to open attachments from people you don't know!

To have a chip on your shoulder

Why do you have a chip on your shoulder today?

Cold turkey

He's going to quit smoking cold turkey.