Friday, December 30, 2016

WeChat ESL Class on January 7, 2017 Beijing Time 8:00-9:00 AM

A. High Lights of Your Week
B. Short Story: Family Vacation
     a. Reading
The Chow family is on vacation. They are staying in Hawaii for five days. They rented a hotel room on the beach in Maui. Everyone is excited. The kids want to go on a submarine tour and see the fish in the Pacific Ocean. Mrs. Chow wants to go shopping and take a sunrise tour of Haleakala Crater. Mr. Chow wants the family to go hiking in the morning, visit museums in the afternoon, and have a barbecue on the beach in the evening. He is worried about spending too much money. Mrs. Chow thinks her husband worries too much about money. She wants him to relax and forget about money while they are on vacation. What should Mrs. Chow do? How can she solve her problem?
     b. True or False
1. ________ Mr. and Mrs. Chow are married.
2. ________ The Chow family is going to Hawaii for a week.
3. ________ Haleakala Crater is in Maui, and Maui is in Hawaii.
4. ________ Mr. Chow is concerned about the family’s budget.
5. ________ Hawaii is in the Atlantic Ocean.
      c. Yes or No – What about you?
1. ________ I went to Hawaii on vacation.
2. ________ I like to stay in hotels.
3. ________ Unfortunately, I can’t afford a vacation this year.
4. ________ I am saving money to take a trip.
       d. Writing – What should Mrs. Chow do? How can she solve her problem?
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C. American Idioms:

  1. Shoot Off One's Mouth
  2. fishy
  3. Get in Someone's hair
  4. Cat Got Your Tongue?
  5. Horse Around
  6. For the Birds
  7. Take the Bull by the Horns


D. Bible Story: Mark 1:12-28

The Temptation of Jesus

12 The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. 13 And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.

Jesus Begins His Ministry

14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, 15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand;[e] repent and believe in the gospel.”

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

16 Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.17 And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”[f] 18 And immediately they left their nets and followed him. 19 And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets. 20 And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.

Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean Spirit

21 And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and was teaching. 22 And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes. 23 And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, 24 “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.” 25 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” 26 And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, came out of him. 27 And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.” 28 And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee.

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