Tuesday, March 20, 2018

NA2 20/3/18

ˈbinge ˌdrinking noun [uncountable] 
the activity of drinking a large amount of alcohol in a short period of time, usually in order to become drunk
- Binge drinking is an increasing problem among young people.

freshman /ˈfreʃmən/ ●○○ noun (plural freshmen /-mən/) [countable] American English 
a student in the first year of high school or university

Grammar
Countable or uncountable?
• News is an uncountable noun and is followed by a singular verb:
The news was not very good.
• News is used with the singular form of words such as this and that:
He was shocked when he heard this news.
Don’t say: these news

sleepover /ˈsliːʊvə $ -oʊvər/ noun [countable] 
a party for children in which they stay the night at someone’s house

Register
In everyday English, people usually say go with or come with someone rather than accompany someone:
Do you want me to go with you to the station?
She came with me to church.
Be well-off

Homework: reading activity, p. 94

SHOT
PHOTOGRAPH [countable] a photograph SYN picture
shot of
- a close-up shot of a demonstrator being beaten by a policeman
- I managed to get some good shots of the carnival.
- We hired a photographer to take some publicity shots.
- action shots of football players (=ones taken of people while they are moving)

snapshot /ˈsnæpʃɒt $ -ʃɑːt/ noun [countable] 
1 a photograph taken quickly and often not very skilfully SYN snap
snapshot of
- a snapshot of his girlfriend



caught /kɔːt/ UK  US   pasado & participio de catch

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