100 Best Movie Lines In 200 Seconds

Quiz Book

As I promised, I have prepared a quiz book to use when watching the 100 Best Movie Lines In 200 Seconds compilation by Liquid Generation, (below). Click on the picture on the right to open the PDF quiz book. You can download it to your computer or simply print it out.

The quiz book, like the video, is divided into different genres, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thriller, Romance, Drama and Action. Each line, or quote, from the video is in the quiz book but they are written in random order. While you watch the video, write the number of the clip on the right side of the print, next to the quote. Some of the quotes are difficult to hear, some are very easy, but all of them are good for English listening practice.

The answers and movie titles are in the back of the quiz book, on pages 8~10, so you can check your answers after watching the video a few times. Also, if you have any suggestions for other movies that you think should have been included in the Liquid Generation compilation, write them in the comments below.

Topic Talk Links

Here are the links that I promised. After we have used the material in class you can go to these links and get translations of the questions and the audio files to use at home.

First, CLICK HERE for Japanese translations of the questions, and key vocabulary for the units. Only use these after our lessons when you want to review the material, (after I have given you the scripts).

Second, CLICK HERE to download the audio files (in MP3 format) that we use in class. There are two audio files per lesson, Practice and Listening. The Practice track is a chance to listen and repeat the questions. The questions are read once slowly, then once at natural speed. Repeating these is good practice. The Listening track is the same as the track that we use in class.

Practice Practice Practice & more Practice

• How many hour does David Beckham practice soccer each day? 
• How many golf balls does Tiger Woods hit everyday?
• How many hours a week does a tennis player practice?
• Can a basketball player throw the ball into the net without practicing for hours and hours?

Watch the video and see the amazing things people can do if they practice
(NOTE: You may have to go to YouTube to see the video.)

Now, ask yourself: 

"How good do I want to be at English?"

It is hard work and you need to practice, practice, practice and practice some more...but, you will be successful if you do your best!

English Blues

Here is a video I saw on EFL Classroom 2.0, called Bad Case Of English Blues. Maybe this is how you feel sometimes too!

Cooking Methods

This post explains some different cooking vocabulary that came up in one of our lessons. It is not a list of all methods of cooking, just some of the most commonly used.

Cooking in an oven

Bake: To cook something in an oven, inside another container. The top of the container is usually open. Examples are:

bake a cake

bake a loaf of bread (loaf is one of the counters for bread)

bake a pie

Roast: Essentially to roast is the same as to bake, however, the food is usually not placed inside a container, or the container is large enough for the food to be open to the heat allowing it to become well cooked on the outside but moist on the inside. Examples are:

roast a joint of meat

roast vegetables

Cooking with water or liquid

Boil: To cook in bubbling, hot water. Examples include:

pasta

vegetables

eggs

Blanch: To put into boiling water for a very short time to cook the food just slightly.

Poach: To cook gently in hot, not boiling water.

Simmer: To cook over a low heat for a long time so that the liquid bubbles just a little.

Steam: To cook in the steam rising from boiling water.

Cooking with direct heat

Grill: To cook food over a direct heat, usually a flame. Examples include:

grill food on a barbecue with charcoal

grill food over a gas flame

Broil: Used in American English to explain grilling where the heat source, or flame, is above the food. In British English, the term grill is used.

Sear: To cook meat on the outside with very high heat for a short time, sealing in the juices.

Cooking with oil, fat, butter, etc.

Fry: There are a few ways to fry food.

Pan Fry: To prepare food in a pan with a little oil, or fat, to stop the food from sticking to the pan. For example:

Fried egg

Fried sausages

Steak

Deep Fry: To prepare food in enough oil to cover the food. For example:

Tempura

French Fries

Fish & Chips

Food prepared on a hot plate with a little oil is also fried (for example, teppan-yaki).

Borrow, Rent or Lease?

The questions from the previous post were:

① Why do we borrow a book from a library but rent a movie from the video store?

② What is the difference between rent and lease?

Question ① is the easiest to answer. 

• When we borrow something, it is not in exchange for money.
• When we rent something, we have to pay for it.

So, you borrow a book from a library, but you rent a movie from the video store.  In both cases, it is only for a short time.  You do not (or should not) keep the thing you are renting or borrowing.

Question ② is a little more difficult to answer.

• Both renting and leasing require us to pay money, they are the same in that way. The differences are:
• When we rent something, we do not own it, the owner gives us permission to use the thing for a fixed period of time only.
• When we lease something, ownership is also transferred to us for a fixed period of time.

So, the DVD from the video store belongs to the video store. It is not yours but you are allowed to use it for a short time. However, if you lease a car it belongs to you until the lease agreement, or contract, comes to an end.

I hope this helps clear things up for you!