Monday's Assignment

We all make mistakes, but how we deal with them may be different in different cultures. Making an excuse is one of them:

Do dogs and excuses appear together in excuses
 in your L1? Here are more excuses in English.

Here are your tasks:

Pick a favourite.

1. Vocabulary & Pronunciation: Time Off from Work
1. Do not practise silently only. Speak aloud the new words, comparing the pronunciation carefully with the audio.
2. Make sentences using the new vocabulary.
2. Role play: Plagiarism
1. Listen. Then discuss with a partner.
2. Practise the dialogue by yourself and then with your partner.
3. Record your dialogue on Chirbit or Audioboom and place it, with these instructions, on your blog.
3. Write a brief trip report (no more than 100 words) for last Thursday's visit to TRL. 
1. If you didn't go, include your excuse and interview a classmate who did.
2. Add pictures (feel free to steal from my FB).
3. Have 2 classmates check your work before hitting the Publish button.

1. Vocabulary: bachelor party / Vegas / last weekend of the month / time off from work / to miss out / tvacation leave / company policy / sign of / maternity leave / leave of absence / calling in sick / accumulated sick leave / leaving him hanging / straight out / wild weekend / the guys
    
    Sentences: My boss, John, went straight out to me, and asked me about my application for leave which I just gave it to him this morning. I told him that I would go to Vegas this weekend to attending my best friend's bachelor party, so I needed to get time off from work next monday. But John said that our company policy required that the boss had to signed off on the long periods of leave —like maternity leave or a leave of absence. So there was no need to applicated for just one day off, because I could use my vacation leave.  At the end of today's work, John reminded me got ready for a wild weekend with the guys.

2. Role play: Plagiarism