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Next week is our Thanksgiving/Friendsgiving feast. This is one of our most popular and famous events. Be sure to come so you don't miss out on delicious food and conversation! If you can't make it to your usual morning class feast, come to the evening feast!
The holiday season was officially opened by the city of Carmel, Indiana on November 14. From mid-November through the first of the new year, we celebrate the thankfulness, and then peace, hope, and joy. Check your community calendars and enjoy the decorations and festivities.
Many people are taking advantage of this warm weather to hang Christmas lights. This is premature, but you can count on a quick turn in the weather to make your decorating uncomfortable or maybe even impossible. Some people would argue that it is too soon. Others can not wait (especially if they are traveling over Thanksgiving).
International Friends Dates
November 20: International Friends Feasts: bring your favorite feasting dish to share. Learn to prepare a turkey and other traditional mid-western dishes. Bring your favorite feasting food to share. This is a pitch-in.
November 22 to December 24: The Carmel Christkindlmkt is open with 50 vendors, music, ice skating and just a great place to meet friends and enjoy a German-style winter/Christmas fest.
November 24-28: No meetings or classes. Happy Thanksgiving
November 27: Thanksgiving Day: enjoy feasting, and football, friends and family!
November 28: Black Friday kicks off the Christmas shopping season.
November 29: Small Business Saturday: shop local (although sales are already on!)
December 1: Cyber Monday: shop for great deals on-line
Lean On Me
Speak Up! Speak Out! Speak About Phrasal Verbs in English!
- Speak up: Speak louder OR speak with conviction about something.
- Lift or build someone up: Encourage someone; cheer someone up.
- Lean on someone: Depend on someone for support; rely on someone.
- Lean into something: Embrace a challenge; move toward a goal or opportunity.
- Let someone down: Disappoint someone.
- Put someone down: Disrespect or speak unkindly to someone.
- Tear someone down: Discourage someone or speak unkindly to someone.
- Bring someone down: Depress someone or lower someone’s mood.
- Set up: Put things in place for an event.
- Tear down: Put things away after an event OR destroy or demolish.
- Tear up: To be moved with emotion to the point of crying tears.
- Choked up: To moved with emotion so that it’s difficult to speak.
- Crack someone up: To be so funny that you make someone laugh.
- Look up to someone: Respect, admire, and learn from someone.
- Look down on someone: Accuse or disrespect someone.
- Count on someone: Trust someone with a task or responsibility; rely or depend on someone.
Homonyms, Homographs, and Homophones—Context makes all the difference
- Let’s watch a movie tonight.
- Please set your watch for 7:00 PM.
- She tears up her shopping receipts before she throws them away.
- She tears up when she watches a sad movie.
- He rode his bicycle down the road to the store.
Over 300 Homonyms, Homophones, and Homographs: A List of Easily Confused Words That Sound or Look the Same provides an explanation, examples, and exercises. Do not be intimidated! This normal for all American English Speakers. A strategy here is to find the words you usually use. Then, notice new context and concepts.
For Here or to Go?
- What do you recommend?
- Could I have a little more time to think about my order?
- Could you read back my order (to make sure it’s correct)?
International Friends Meeting Notes
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International Bible Study: Monday, 8-9:00 PM, Zoom
We had a great discussion regarding the civil laws given to Moses for the Israelites in Exodus 21-23. God provided specific consequences for specific actions. While it was interesting to think about the situations that prompted these laws, it was also important to think about the overarching cultural situations of the Israelites as they left generations of slavery behind and faced new challenges and peoples. We used words like justice, compassion. People who broke the trust, were irresponsible (even with the behavior of their animals), planned murder, stealing, and sexual attack were met with equal punishment (criminal law). Exodus 21: 23-25 are the famous "an eye for an eye" verses that specify . These rules expose the violence and selfishness that harms individuals and damages a society and community and brings the secret to light to be dealt with by the appointed authorities.
November 17: Read Exodus 24-27 to learn more about the covenant between God and the Israelites and the building of the Ark of the Covenant and the Tabernacle.
American English and Culture: Thursday, 10:00 AM- 12:00 PM, Room 100
Listen to the song “Lean On Me” by Bill Withers. As we gather for our Thanksgiving party next week, think about a time in your life when you had to “lean on” someone. Be ready to tell your story as we gather for good food with gratitude.
American English and Culture: Thursday, 7-8:30 PM, CLC, Carmel, Room 100
We had great conversations in both our Thursday classes that led to understanding grammar and common American English usage. Check our boards for the notes. We started looking at prefixes and suffixes.
American English for Kids: Thursday, 6:00-6:30 PM, private Zoom
Our Friend had a work experience this week in agriculture. We learned about farming in Japan. It is different than farming in the United States. We found out that in order to graduate with an agricultural degree, our Friend's host had to write in English!
Words and Phrases and Resources
- If the two items intended to be considered as one item (I like fish and chips, pizza, and spaghetti and meatballs.).
- If there are only two items in the list (I like cats and dogs.)
- If the regional practice is to use a comma before the "and" when listing (I like daisies, carnations, and petunias. Click here to grammar geek out and learn more.
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