Present Continuous

What are they doing?

a. She/wash the dishes.

b. He/work.

c. They/visit a friend.

d. Bob/ write a letter.

e. Jim/type an e-mail.

f. Bill/watch TV

When you don't want to be Facebook friends

Connecting with your past can bring up those old, uncomfortable feelings
Duane Hoffmann / msnbc.com


Facebook and other social networking sites can be great for getting back in touch ... unless you'd rather your past stay in the past, that is.
by Joy Jernigan
msnbc.com contributor
updated 7:39 p.m. ET Nov. 18, 2008


Andrea Smith recently received a Facebook friend invitation from someone she went to junior high school with — 23 years ago.

“I found it kind of baffling,” said Smith, 38, of Ypsilanti, Mich. “I knew who she was, but I don’t recall that we were ever friends. I don’t recall that we ever had a conversation.”
Social networking sites such as Facebook have experienced phenomenal growth in the past year, according to market researcher comScore. Facebook is now the No. 1 social networking site, with more than 120 million active users, and its fastest growing demographic is those 25 and older.

But with so many opportunities these days to connect with people online, some are confronting a question they thought they had left behind during their awkward adolescent years: What if I don’t want to be your friend?
“It’s really odd when suddenly your past comes out and finds you,” said Troy Sandal, 38, of San Francisco, who says he’s been contacted recently by former high school classmates. His 20-year high school reunion was held over the summer, although he did not attend. “To be honest, I had two friends in high school and I kept in touch with one.”
Sandal, who’s been on Facebook for about two years, says he’s not interested in collecting a large number of online friends. “You don’t want to add them as friends, you want to add them as ‘Hey, I knew you ” he said.
OK to ignore an invitationIt’s perfectly OK to ignore an invitation, especially one the sender has made no effort to tailor specifically to you, said Jason Alba, CEO of JibberJobber.com and co-author of “I’m on Facebook — Now What???”
"You don’t have to respond to every single thing that comes at you," he writes.
Some users of social networking sites prefer to “friend” people who are colleagues or friends in real life. Some send invitations to friends of friends in an effort to expand their network, while others attempt to friend someone who has an interesting profile. Those new to Facebook are prompted to send a friend request to everyone in their address book (although they have the option to skip this step).
That’s what happened to Laura Hesse, 36, of Orange, Calif. When she signed up for Facebook in August, she had a friend talk her through the initial setup. In the process, she sent a mass invitation of friendship to everyone in her address book — including a family member she had cut all ties with.
“I had no idea what I was doing!” Hesse said. “I was like, ‘Oh my God, no, she’s going to get it!’ ”
Sure enough, the woman accepted Hesse’s unintended invitation of friendship.
“She was able to catch up on the past three or four months of my life,” said Hesse, including photos of her kids and a recent kitchen remodel. “I kind of felt like she got a whole glimpse of it within a few hours. There’s a reason they’re not in my life, and there’s a reason I didn’t want them to see this stuff.”
As soon as Hesse realized she could “unfriend” her family member — by clicking on the X to the right of her name — she did. Hesse then disappeared from her relative’s Facebook page, although she later heard the woman was devastated when she found out.

Come to terms with (sth)!!!

Do you know what it means? It's an common expression in English.

Definition: reach an agreement; accept something difficult.

Explanation: Often used when speaking about the acceptance of a situation which is not necessarily to your liking.

e.g.

Speaking ahead of her much anticipated appearance at Torquay's Princess Theatre next month, the star said she was 'still coming to terms' with the loss of her sibling. Dionne Warwick

Now it's your turn to leave sentences using this expression:

Phrasal Verbs

Dear Students

As you continue to journey on the road in learning English, I want to tell you that you are doing a tremendous job! Thank you for your hard work and for your dedication.
There are three things that might make your story as successful:

1. Show up -- show up for every single class

2. Make up — make up the lessons you have had to skip because of illness or being too busy

3. Start up – start up an English club or a study group where you can practice your English on an daily basis

And...Don’t ever give up!

Dr. Carolyn Johnson

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Here are the meaning of the phrasal verbs used by Dr. Carolyn Johnson in her encouraging message:

Show up - appear or become visible; make a showing

Make up - compensate, reconcile, create

Start up - the act or an instance of setting in operation or motion

Give up - to abandon (oneself) to a particular feeling, influence, or activity.

Now it's your turn to leave some sentences below using the new phrasal verbs yo have just learned!!

Community

In biological terms, a community is a group of interacting organisms sharing an environment. In human communities, intent, belief, resources, preferences, needs, risks, and a number of other conditions may be present and common, affecting the identity of the participants and their degree of cohesiveness. In sociology, the concept of community has caused infinite debate, and sociologists are yet to reach agreement on a definition of the term. In deed, one can find 94 discrete definitions of the term even as early as mid-1950s. Traditionally a "community" has been defined as a group of interacting people living in a common location. The word is thus often used to mean a group that is organised around common values within a shared geographical location. However, the definition has evolved and been enlarged to mean individuals who share characteristics, regardless of their location or type of interaction. In this sense, "community" can mean a community of interest or an ethnic group. Finally, wider meanings of the word can refer to the national community or global community. What these various meanings have in common is that they refer to the strength of the ties between the group, of whatever nature—cultural, ethnic, or moral—they may be.

Source: Wikipedia

Let's study!!!

Past Experiences

1. The grammar in the following sentences is correct, but the sentences don't make sense. The endings have been mixed up. Rearrange the sentences so that they make sense and answer them.


a. Have you ever ridden a snake?
b. Have you ever been asked to the top of a mountain?
c. Have you ever met a desert?
d. Have you ever driven a television program?
e. Have you ever climbed to make a speech?
f. Have you ever crossed a famous person?
g. Have you ever appeared on a Ferrari?
h. Have you ever caught a horse on the beach?