His wife wanted to
deck him for coming home drunk again.
deep pockets
a good source of money
Her boyfriend has
deep pockets.
dicey
risky
Investing in the stock
market can be dicey.
dinosaur
old and outdated
This computer is really
a dinosaur.
dirt
awful person
Her ex-boyfriend was
dirt.
dirtbag
awful person
Her ex-boyfriend was a
dirtbag.
dirty
pornographic
That is really a
dirty magazine.
ditch
leave
I'll ditch
my younger brother with my grandmother.
dope
stupid person
He is such a
dope.
dope
drug
There are a lot of
dope dealers around here.
dork
strange person
He is such a
dork.
dorky
strangely
You cannot get a
girlfriend if you act dorky.
dough
money
I need some
dough before I can go Christmas shopping.
down
drink
Let's go to a bar and
down a few beers.
drag
boring
Doing homework on the
weekend is a drag.
dude
guy
Your friend is a really
nice dude.
dynamite
great
This drink is really
dynamite.
Video:Slang - Dirtbag
From
YOUR Teacher:Dirtbag
Hey this is a really useful slang term. Basically this
slang term only
applies to men.
ie:
He is such a dirtbag because he split up with his
girlfriend.
Video:
Twister
Twister - Twister is a 1996
American disaster drama film starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton as
storm chasers researching tornadoes. In the film, a team of storm
chasers try to perfect a data-gathering instrument, designed to be
released into the funnel of a tornado, while competing with another
better-funded team with a similar device during a tornado outbreak
across Oklahoma. The following video was a scene in the movie.
At the end of the video actress Helen Hunt used the slang term
dirtbag. Use a
dictionary
to look up words you do not understand.
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Conversation Lesson -
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In this lesson Anna and Pete complete their parenting
experiment. But which one did a better job? And who will
win the extra day of vacation?
Lesson Video
Watch the video and then read the video script.
Video Script
Professor Bot: In Part 1 of this two-part lesson, Ms. Weaver gave Anna and Pete
an assignment. Ms. Weaver instructed them to do everything by themselves.
“Themselves” is a reflexive pronoun.
In today’s lesson, Ms. Weaver will look at Pete’s and Anna’s research. First,
let’s see Pete’s experiment.
(Pete throws the bag of flour on his chair and throws many other things on his
flour baby. Next, we see him outside enjoying ice-cream without his flour baby.)
Ms. Weaver: Okay, Pete, let me see your research first.
(Pete hands her a big binder filled with research.)
Ms. Weaver: That’s a heavy binder. And you and your Baby look great.
Pete: Thanks, Ms. Weaver. We feel great!
Ms. Weaver: Anna. Anna, you’re next. Anna? Anna wake up!
(She wakes up but is very confused.)
Anna: I'm here, Baby! I’m here! I’m here! Here's your bottle.
(She accidentally squirts her bottle and milk goes everywhere.)
Ms. Weaver: Anna, you and your baby look awful. What happened?
Anna: Well, I took her everywhere. Everywhere. And I fed her every three hours.
So, I haven’t slept since … what day is it?
Ms. Weaver: It’s Friday. What happened there?
(Ms. Weaver points to a large bandage on Anna’s flour baby.)
Anna: Oh, that. Oh, that. I was making myself a salad and had a little accident
with a knife. I put my flour baby in front of me. And then I accidentally
stabbed it. But I gave it First Aid!
Ms. Weaver: Is that a burn?
Anna: Yes. Yes it is. While I was making myself dinner, I put Baby next to me. I
accidentally knocked her into the sink. So I put her in the microwave to dry.
That’s when she caught fire.
(Pete smiles, thinking he’s won.)
Professor Bot: Okay. So, we use a reflexive pronoun when it refers to the
subject of a sentence or clause.
But we DON’T use a reflexive pronoun with prepositions of place.
Anna uses examples of both in one sentence: While I was making myself dinner, I
put Baby next to me.
We use a reflexive pronoun in the first part of the sentence. “Myself” refers to
the subject “I.”
But in the second part of the sentence, we don’t use a reflexive pronoun in the
prepositional phrase. We use the pronoun “me.” Why? “next to” is a preposition
of place.
(Back in the meeting room, we’re about to learn who won the parenting
experiment. Pete is smiling, thinking he won.)
Ms. Weaver: Anna, Anna, you should be very proud of yourself.
Pete: Proud? She stabbed and burned her baby!! And she only did one page of
research…and it’s covered in milk. Ew.
Ms. Weaver: Yes, Pete. But she followed instructions.
Pete: Hey, I did ...
Ms. Weaver: Please, Pete. Anna, I think your baby has lost some weight. Is there
something else you want to share?
Anna: Yes. I’d like to share … these! I made them myself this morning.
Pete: You baked your baby? You should be ashamed of yourself!
Anna: I baked them at the end of the experiment, Pete. At that point, this was
just a bag of flour.
Pete: It was always just a bag of flour!!
Ms. Weaver: Pete, will you listen to yourself?! You sound crazy.
Pete: I sound crazy! This whole experiment was crazy!! She was the one who
carried around and fed it and ...
(Anna puts a cookie into his mouth. He chews it and begins to smile.)
Pete: Mmm. That is good.
(They all agree and eat the cookies.)
Professor Bot: So, what have we learned? We’ve learned when to use reflexive
pronouns and when not to.
Go to our website for more information! You can practice using reflexive
pronouns in our comments section.
Listening
Now practice listening to only the audio portion of the conversation.
Practice
In last week's lesson, Professor Bot taught you when to use reflexive pronouns.
This week, he teaches you when not to use them.
Now, you try it!
Use the Comments section below and tell us about a time when you did something
yourself, or a person or people you know did something by himself, herself or
themselves.
For example:
After the holiday dinner, I washed all of the dishes myself. ("I" is the subject
and "myself" is the reflexive pronoun.)
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