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Anna and her friends are eating lunch outside on a beautiful day in Washington, DC. They are people-watching. They like seeing the many different people walking by.
In this video, you can learn to say the new words. Learn about the sounds English speakers make to show they are happy. You can also download the worksheet and practice talking about how people look with a friend.
In this video, you learn about how to make tag questions. These are the short questions at the end of a sentences, as you hear in the video, "It's a beautiful day, isn't it?"
Let's Learn English Lesson 15: I Love People-Watching!
What do you look like? What does your friend look like? Click on the image below to download the Activity Sheet and practice with a friend.
Learning Strategy 学习技巧
Learning Strategies are the thoughts and actions that help make learning easier or more effective.
Learning Strategies are the thoughts and actions that help make learning easier or more effective.
The learning strategy for this lesson is Access Information Sources. In our digital world there are many free sources of information to help you learn English. And remember that other people can also help. Here is an example.
Joao is visiting Miami. He wants to take a tour of the National Park in the Everglades (or marismas in Portuguese). He finds the word "Everglades" in his pocket paperback Portuguese - English dictionary, but doesn't know how to pronounce it. He opens a translation web page on his phone, writes "Everglades" and pushes the button to translate. Soon a symbol appears under the word. Joao clicks on the symbol to hear the sound of the word, "Everglades." He goes to the hotel tour desk and asks, "Do you have a tour of the Everglades?" The clerk understands him and begins to show him the tour information. Joao asks the clerk, "Will you please say the word slowly for me? I want to check my pronunciation." The clerk smiles and pronounces the word and Joao says it again. Now Joao is sure he can say it correctly.
New Words 新词汇
bench - n. a long and usually hard seat for two or more people
blue - adj. having the color of the clear sky
brown - adj. having a color like coffee or chocolate
curly - adj. formed into a round shape
dark - adj. of a person's hair, eyes, skin, etc.: black or brown in color
eyes - n. the part of the body that you see with
forget - n. to be unable to think of or remember (something)
glasses - n. a pair of glass or plastic lenses set into a frame and worn over the eyes to help a person see
hair - n. a thin threadlike growth from the skin of a person or animal
hide - v. to put (something) in a place where it cannot be seen or found
join - v. to come together with (something or someone)
light - adj. not dark or deep in color; pale
like - prep. similar to
look like - to have an appearance that is very similar to (someone or something)
people-watch - v. to spend time idly observing people in a public place.
seat - n. something (such as a chair) that you sit on : a place for sitting
have a seat - a polite invitation to sit down.
short - adj. having little height; not tall
skin - n. the natural outer layer of tissue that covers the body of a person or animal
stick - n. a cut or broken branch or twig
straight - adj. not having curves, bends, or angles
tall - adj. greater in height than the average person
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Free Materials
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Download the VOA Learning English Word Book for a dictionary of the words we use on this website.
Each Let's Learn English lesson has an Activity Sheet for extra practice on your own or in the classroom. In this lesson, you can use it to practice a conversation about activities.
For Teachers
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See the Lesson Plan for this lesson for ideas and more teaching resources. Send us an email if you have comments on this course or questions.
Grammar focus: Descriptive adjectives; Tag questions
Topics: Describing Differences and Similarities; Watching People
Learning Strategy: Access Information Sources
Speaking & Pronunciation Focus: Non-Verbal Expressions of Happiness; Rising and Falling Intonation in Tag Questions