phone english blogB2 – Upper intermediate
What comes to your mind when you hear someone say “I’m just blowing off some steam.”? Watch and listen carefully to the video to understand what this idiom means.
Discuss:
1. How do you blow off steam?
2. Do you think blowing off steam at someone is acceptable?
3. How do you manage your emotions, especially when getting angry?
B2 – Upper intermediate
Are apples like people that they fall from trees? Watch and listen carefully to the video to understand what this idiom means.
Discuss:
1. In your own words explain the idiom.
2. Would you say the same thing about you and your parent/s? How about you and your child?
3. Do you know someone (a friend or a relative) who doesn’t fall far from the family tree?
B2 – Upper intermediate
Can you really physically peel your eyes? Watch and listen carefully to the video to understand what this idiom means.
Discuss:
1. Talk about times when you had to keep your eyes peeled because you were looking for something.
2. At work, when do you have to keep your eyes peeled?
3. Are you very good at finding things?