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1. Getting to know each other (In case, we have newcomers!)
Let's introduce yourself to others and make them know about you. While introducing yourself, plz, try to make yourself attractive & charming.
2. Tell everybody what you have done since last Sunday (Every time!)
Before coming to class, please make some sentences about what you have done since last Sunday or interesting things happened to you, and then memorize them. Try to tell other members what you have in your mind, I am sure that this is going to help you with improving your English skills a lot.
3. English Idioms
1) head for (a place)
Cheetah lovers, on the other hand, should head for the Serengeti.
2) the night is still young
The night is still young. Do you really have to go?
3) hang in there
She has managed to hang in there despite years of bad luck.
4) all thumbs
Poor Bob can't play the piano at all. He's all thumbs.
5) goof around
He failed all his classes because he goofed around all the time
6) sleep on it
If you aren't sure what to do, sleep on it and give us your decision tomorrow.
7) egg somebody on
He hit the other boy again and again as his friends egged him on.
8) bite your tongue
Bite your tongue if you’re about to complain.
4. Today's Topic
Topic1 : Marriage
Men, the stereotype goes, are dragged to the altar, fingernails clawing the floor of the church aisle into splinters until the very last step. There may be some truth to that, but once the marriage is underway, the shoe seems to migrate pretty quickly to the other foot.
Buried in the statistics of a new Pew survey, which informed TIME's current cover story, are a bunch of interesting numbers about how men feel about marriage. And on the whole, guys seem to be fonder of the institution into which they were allegedly drafted than women.
For example, 38% of men say it's easier for a married person to find happiness than a single person, while only 22% of women feel that way. (This doesn't mean that 62% of men think it's easier for a single person to find happiness, however; the biggest chunk think married and unmarried people have about an equal shot at happiness.)
More men than women believe it's easier for married people to raise children, get ahead in a career and be socially accepted. (Read TIME's 2009 cover story, "Is There Hope for the American Marriage?")
That's regarding marriage in general, of course. Those men may simply be saying society generally accords higher status to married people than singletons. But when asked more personal questions, men were still more positive about life in a legal union.
Twice as many divorced or widowed men (32%) than women in the same position (16%) say they want to get married again. (Again, that doesn't mean all of the others said they didn't want to get married again. There was a third choice: not sure. Roughly a third of men were in each category. More than half the women weren't sure.) (More on Time.com: 5 Little-Known Truths About American Sex Lives)
Even with all the changes in the structure of a marriage brought on by the rising economic independence of women, and all the vexation it has caused on the home front trying to figure out what those changes mean, most of the men surveyed (55%) said they had a closer relationship with their spouse than their parents did. Interestingly, only 46% of women felt the same way.
It may be that after all, men are just more romantic than women, with all the benefits and problems that brings with it: almost a third of the men surveyed believe that there is just one perfect match for every human. (And no, there's no evidence.
<Questions>
1) Let’s share the pros and cons of marriage. Who got more benefit between men and women?
2) What does marriage mean to you? Do you think marriage is optional or mandatory?
3) When(What age) would be perfect timing for marriage? Who’s your dream spouse?
4) Who do you think would get married in early age in your Group? (Who would get married in light speeding?)
5) What do you have to give up because of marriage? What would you get instead?
6) How many kids do you want to have? What about no kid?
Topic2 : More Korean parents prefer baby girls
The nation's centuries-old preference for baby boys seems to be receding, a government report found yesterday. According to an analysis report of the survey issued yesterday, 37 percent of the fathers polled said they had preferred a daughter to a son, while 29 percent of them gave the opposite response.
More mothers also said they had wanted to have a baby girl, the report showed. "Regardless of age or residential regions (such as cities and suburban areas), the fathers polled showed a preference for daughters," said Lee Jeong-lim, a researcher in charge of the survey.
It was the first time in Korea -- once one of Asia's most patriarchal societies -- that such parity between the sexes has been confirm!!ed in a national survey. Official figures also reflect the receding trend of the centuries-old preference for baby boys.
According to the National Statistical Office, the ratio was 106.4 boys born for every 100 girls in 2008, which falls within the internationally recognized norm of 103-107. The ratio had peaked in 1990 when 116.5 boys were born for every 100 girls.
However, fathers still felt more responsibility for their children than mothers, the survey found. As to whether they would sacrifice themselves for the future of their children, more fathers (52.7 percent) said yes than mothers (49.1 percent).
The survey also found that the average age of mothers who gave birth to their first child was 30 in 2008. Of them, 44.6 percent received a cesarean section. Most mothers quit breast-feeding after two months, reflecting the most common three-month maternity leave here, Lee said.
Of the responding families, 72 percent said that children were raised by their grandparents while their parents work. Less than 10 percent said they hired babysitters or housekeepers for child-care.
The research center said the panel survey will be conducted every year until 2015 when the children enter elementary school. The study results also will be used for the government's future policies on childcare and countermeasures against falling birthrate.
<Questions>
1) Some people said, "Many parents prefer a baby girl to a baby boy as they believe a daughter will bring them greater happiness and family unity than a son" Do you agree with this idea?
2) Why is the reason to change gender preference from baby boy to girl?
3) If you reborn, and if you can choose your gender, which gender would you like to choose? And why?
4) Do you have any stereotype of male or female?
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