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After living in Portugal for 15 years and teaching English in various capacities there, including at the University of Aveiro, I moved back to the United States in 2019. Returning for our church was the best decision we have ever made and God has been so good to us. Reading the Bible everyday and trying to keep the commandments of Jesus are my priorities, along with loving my family and all the people God has put into my life. Helping people is something I enjoy doing, and meeting the individual needs of students who want to learn English is important to me.

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Everybody Loves Raymond - Humm Vac Answers

1.  She wants to keep her house clean.
2. He is making a joke, and indirectly comparing Robert to a horse, which is a barn animal.
3. She is worried about keeping her house clean.
4. Deborah
5. No
6. Excited and nervous
7. Frank spills his snack.

Monday, June 24, 2013

Everybody Loves Raymond
Humm Vac Episode


Vocabulary

  • Barn- A large building where farm animals and supplies are kept.  Sometimes people will say, "close the door, this isn't a barn."  This means we are in a heated home for people, not an outdoor building for animals.
  • Expiration date- this is the date written on food or mediation to indicate when it is no longer good to consume.  Sometimes we can open our refrigerator and smell that the food has "passed the expiration date" because it smells bad.
  • Couch- sofa
  • Flexible- a person who adapts to new situations quickly is flexible
  • Fabric- material used to make clothing and cover furniture
  • Naughty- doing something wrong
1..      Why does Marie tell Robert to take his shoes off?
2.       Why does Frank tell Robert they’ll give him a carrot?
3.       What is Marie worried about?
4.       Who is trying to help Marie change?
5.       Does Marie change?
6.       How does the family feel while sitting on the sofa?
7.       What happens and makes them decide to put the cover back on the sofa?

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

You Bet- Answers

1.      When Ray comes home, who does he think he’s talking to before he turns around?
Deborah
2.       Who is he really talking to?
His father
3.      When he realizes it is his father and not Deborah, what does he say?
“That’s right, I’m talking to you.”
4.      Raymond asks his father what he’s doing there and what is his response?
He’s got a rash on his leg.
5.      Deborah brings Frank ointment to put on his rash, and Raymond says, “That’s to go.”  Why does he say that?
He doesn’t want Frank to put the medicine on there.  He wants him to go home and put it on.
6.      How did Raymond get all wet?
He ended up in the shower with Joe Tagert.
7.      What was Raymond doing there?
Interviews
8.      After practice there weren’t many people around in the locker room, and Raymond looks in the shower.  Why?
He hears the shower still going (running, or on).
9.      Raymond sees Joe Tagert, a famous football player, in the shower.  Raymond asks his father if he knows what he said to him, and what is Frank’s response?
Do my back (wash my back).
10.  What did the football player really tell Raymond?
That his best friend was with his wife.
11.  Who does Frank automatically blame?
Women (the wife)
12.  Frank says that God programmed men to sow their seed, and he programmed women to “limit the crop to one farmer.”  What does he mean by this?
That men can be with more than one woman, but women should be with just one man.
13.  Frank tells Ray you can’t talk what with the wife?

sports

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Listening-Conversation Exercise


Everybody Loves Raymond
You Bet

Vocabulary (idioms and phrases included)
Powder puff, rash, by all means, ointment, to go, Giant’s locker room, pretty much, cleared out, receiver, sow seed, broad, get with the program, out of touch, a lot on his mind, on the road
-Look up the vocabulary words and idioms before watching the video, as these are important for understanding the context.
1.     When Ray comes home, who does he think he’s talking to before he turns around?
2.     Who is he really talking to?
3.     When he realizes it is his father and not Deborah, what does he say?             (0:00-2:25)
4.     Raymond asks his father what he’s doing there and what is his response?
5.     Deborah brings Frank ointment to put on his rash, and Raymond says, “That’s to go.”  Why does he say that?
6.     How did Raymond get all wet?
7.     What was Raymond doing there?
8.     After practice there weren’t many people around in the locker room, and Raymond looks in the shower.  Why?
9.     Raymond sees Joe Tagert, a famous football player, in the shower.  Raymond asks his father if he knows what he said to him, and what is Frank’s response?
10. What did the football player really tell Raymond?                                                                                                              
11. Who does Frank automatically blame?
12. Frank says that God programmed men to sow their seed, and he programmed women to “limit the crop to one farmer.”  What does he mean by this?
13. Frank tells Ray you can’t talk what with the wife?

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Idioms- Neat Stuff

(0:05-0:08)        "I'm Tony Stark.  I build neat stuff."                   Interesting Things


Saturday, May 18, 2013

I Love Lucy- Off to Florida- ANSWERS


Questions-Answers

1.     When Ricky opens the door, what is the question he asks Lucy?
What are you ringing the bell for?
2.     How many keys has Lucy lost in one month?
3
3.     Lucy sees that Little Ricky caught a fish, and she says “You’re getting ready for __________________.” ?
Florida
4.     Lucy says she doesn’t want to look tacky because Ricky and his what are appearing at the Eden Rock Hotel?
Band
5.     Why does Ricky think the bathing suit is for Little Ricky?
Because it’s small
6.     Lucy tells Ricky to relax, that it stretches when it’s on.  What is his response?
See that it does
7.     Lucy bought Little Ricky a wallet and tells him it’s just like Daddy’s and Ricky says that if it’s just like Daddy’s there won’t be what?
Any money in it.
8.     What is Ricky worried about regarding the train tickets?
He’s worried about Lucy losing them.
9.     Has Lucy ever lost any train tickets before?
Yes
10. When she asks Ricky if she has ever lost any train tickets to Florida before, he responds that they’ve never been to Florida before, and what does Lucy say?
There ya are.
11. Little Ricky suggest she put the train tickets where?
In his wallet.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Listening-Conversation exercise (answers will be posted next week)

I Love Lucy Off to Florida S6 E6
CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO (0.00- 3.27)

  Vocabulary (idioms and phrases included)
Tacky (not dressed nicely), commodore (high ranking captain in navy military), there ya are (that's right)
  Questions 
1. When Ricky opens the door, what is the question he asks Lucy?
2. How many keys has Lucy lost in one month?
3. Lucy sees that Little Ricky caught a fish, and she says, “Your getting ready for __________________.” ?
4. Lucy says she doesn’t want to look tacky because Ricky and his what are appearing at the Eden Rock Hotel?
5. Why does Ricky think the bathing suit is for Little Ricky?
6. Lucy tells Ricky to relax, that it stretches when it’s on. What is his response?
7. Lucy bought Little Ricky a wallet and tells him it’s just like Daddy’s and Ricky says that if it’s just like Daddy’s there won’t be what?
8. What is Ricky worried about regarding the train tickets?
9. Has Lucy ever lost any train tickets before?
10. When she asks Ricky if she has ever lost any train tickets to Florida before, he responds that they’ve never been to Florida before, and what does Lucy say?
11. Little Ricky suggest she put the train tickets where?

Saturday, April 20, 2013

OUGH!!!!


In this video: Bough, rough, through, cough, enough
 OUGH is a wild letter team, and represents many different sounds. Do not attempt to learn anything specific about the sound of OUGH. Instead, sound out consonants of the word before them accurately and allow the context to suggest the appropriate vowel sound.
In order of frequency:
o- though
oo-through
uff-rough
off-trough
aw-thought
ow-bough
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Friday, April 19, 2013

ELR Robert's Illegitimate ANSWERS


1.     Raymond says to his mother that she has started a what between Deborah and Amy?
A competition
2.     Marie likes Amy better than Deborah, why?
Because she hasn’t “been around the block.”
3.     Who was it that told Marie that Amy hasn’t “been around the block?”
Robert
4.     When Amy asks why Marie would ask that about her, Deborah tells her she can explain and tells her to what?
Run
5.     Deborah says the family is a what?
A freak show
6.     Deborah says she used to look at the family the same way Amy is looking at them, and that now she is one of them.  Marie says she takes what to that?
Exception
7.     Deborah responds that she takes exception to the fact that Marie thinks that just because she was a what in the 50’s…….?
A good girl
8.     How does Frank respond to this assumption?
He is surprised.
9.     Marie admits to succumbing to what before she and Frank were married?
Temptation
10. What does Marie say she fell for?
Frank’s boyish good looks. (“your father’s boyish good looks”)
11. Deborah asks if it was just the one time before they got married, and Frank responds that it was just the one time and then they HAD to get married.  What does he mean?
  Marie got pregnant (with Robert)
12. What did Frank say they were going to tell people after Robert was born?
They were going to tell people he was two months premature.
13. Why couldn’t they tell people that?
He was a twelve pound baby.
14. Robert tells Raymond he’s won again, why?
Because he was conceived legitimately.