Thursday, November 8th

A. Prepositions with Adjectives

Good at and Bad at

• What have you been told you are good at? What are you bad at in your opinion?

happy with  (about)

• Are you happy about your recent weekend? What did you do?

interested in

• Are you interested in moving to another country within the next 3 years and if so, where and why?

Nervous about

• Do you usually get nervous about presenting in front of a big group of people? What is the most comfortable and uncomfortable things about this activity?

worried about

• Are you worried about the economic crisis in France? Why? What do you typically worry about?

surprised by (at)

• Are you surprised by the growth experienced by RC these last 3 years? What is the most surprising thing about the growth of the company

upset about (by)

• Do you usually get upset by things that do not work as you expected? What was the most recent experience where you had to deal with such situation?

fed up with

pleased with (by)

Scared of (by)

bored with (by)

frightened of (by)

annoyed at (with, by)

bad at

satisfied with (by)

embarrassed by (about)

concerned about (by)

angry about (at) something

angry with (at) someone


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B. The US Presidential Election: How does it work and how does it compare to the French Presidential Elections

Watch the following video about the US Election process and be ready to present a 3 minute summary of it.  I'll ask you tons of questions afterwards
 

Let's read the following article together about the KEY issues in this election process and the similarities or differences between OBAMA and ROMNEY: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444464304577537342693367910.html

C. Reading: How to deal with Boring meetings?

Read the following article (http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-06-22/m-and-ms-and-dirty-doodles-how-to-survive-a-boring-meeting#r=lr-fst) about BORING business meetings and how to deal with them.  Write a couple of paragraphs summarizing your thoughts about this topic after reading this article.  Agree, disagree, good idea, bad idea, does it happen to you often, all the times, you know someone who does this, etc, etc, etc.  There is a lot of interesting vocabulary in this article that you should note and bring up in class if you didn't understand the meaning.