Friday, April 27, 2012

Adamor and Gyung Hee's presentation


-Phở Hung Restaurant-


Adamor and Gyung-Hee from Toronto
We chose Vietnamese, because Adamor haven`t eaten this kind of food, not so common in Brazil and Gyung Hee recommend south-east Asian food. Vietnamese food has some special spices, like curry and pepper. Now let us introduce some Vietnamese food.
Vietnam has been, for much of its history, a predominantly agricultural civilization based on wet rice cultivation. The base of the Vietnamese food is rice, like rice noodle*.
Some of the most famous food from Vietnam is rice noodle and rice paper wraps. We went to Pho Hung at China Town (350 Spadina Avenue). There are many ‘Phở OO’ Vietnamese restaurants, so we found the meaning of ‘Phở’.
Phở is a Vietnamese noodle soup, usually served with beef (phở bò) or chicken (phở gà). The soup includes noodles made from rice and is often served with Asian basilmint leaves, lime, and bean sprouts that are added to the soup by the person who is dining. The dish is associated with the city of Hanoi, where the first phở restaurant opened in the 1920s.
File:Pho-Beef-Noodles-2008.jpg
We ordered pho tai nam, beef rice noodle soup, and spring roll. The core of Beef rice noodle soup is beef bone. Bone has been extracted after 3 hours. Also you can put ginger and other vegetables for extra flavor. After that, put some thinly sliced flank steak and rice noodles. Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup typically uses rice noodles. You can buy them dried or fresh.
vietnamese-pho-recipe-scum.jpg
Fresh mint, cilantro, basil, bean sprouts, lime, sliced chili peppers can be served. Just pick and choose what you like.
vietnamese-pho-recipe-herbs.jpg
Phở tai nam was very nice because the flavor was pretty strong. I like strong odor of that kind of food. However if you don’t like strong smell, maybe you will not like pho tai nam. Also if you don’t like rare beef meats, I don’t recommend this noodle soup.




Nem Nướng, it’s a very delicious food, you owner build your food, when I receive the plates I don`t understand, but my friend Gyung-Hee, explain me how do work and I liked. They served one plate with rice papers, other plate with hot water, and one big plate stacked with porky meat, cucumber, carrots, lettuce and Vietnamese mint.
I received too a sweet sauce with peanuts (very delicious, but I didn`t identify the ingredients. When I made my first piece of Nem Nướng, I made so big that I needed to bite (It`s not polite). The flavor it`s so delicious, the core of the Nem Nướng is the meat, a porky meat cooking with some particular spices.

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Friday's Presentation (and new idioms)

Your Presentation: In partners 

1) Choose a type of cuisine from a country other than your own 
Explain your choice of country and cuisine- why did you choose this one? 
2) Choose a recipe from this country that you like- and describe the flavours and ingredients for us
3) Choose a restaurant that serves this kind of food. Visit it today (Weds) or tomorrow 
Take pictures, bring back a (paper) copy of their menu, or find a pdf online 
4) Act as a restaurant or food critic and tell us whether or not you enjoyed the food, restaurant and atmosphere, and why. 
An example of some restaurant reviews: 
http://www.blogto.com/restaurants

*Don't forget to use your assigned vocabulary words

Some new idioms related to food: (p 159-160)

1) Breadwinners 
2) Bring Home the Bacon 
3) That's a lot of Dough 
4) Let's Get Cooking 
5) There's Trouble Brewing in my office
6) Let's Put It on the Back Burner 
7) Food For Thought 
8)His Bread and Butter. 
9) The Salt of the Earth 
10) Take it With a Grain of Salt 
11) Stirs up 
12) Left a Bad Taste in My Mouth 


Tuesday, April 24, 2012

New Vocabulary Words

P. 151 


1) Delicacies 
2) Witnessing 
3) Stacked 
4) Shift 
5) Workforce 
6) Phenomenon 
7) Overrun 
8) Core 
9) Intimate 
10) Sit Down meal 

Lychee nuts 
http://www.drgranny.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Health-Benefits-of-Lychee.jpg
Snails, escargot 
http://www.grocerycouponnetwork.com/community/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/escargot.jpg
Passion Fruit 
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LFJXL09DWNvkrBGfPOS4dM3IpIglKwxdlfbirtCwAefzZS_vJby2obeN3rZO3QWJzOuvFyAfBBeU3KomUcVNDsZxJysUfAdtc2k2T7Wqv_NUEAJYwAQqlavjTmq9BhRkDigk686hPXU/s1600/passion+fruit2.jpg
Asian Pears 
http://hilthethrill.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/asian_pear11.jpg
Anonas 
http://www.myhealthblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/08-anonas-fruit.jpg
Colombian granadillas 
http://www.neverendingvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/granadilla-570x427.jpg

Vocabulary from the article about the 100 mile diet: 

Peculiar 
Crouching 
Bunchy 
Exploitative 
Plucking 
Ancestors 
Vow 
Virtue 
Lunatic 
Luddite 
Scheme 
Idioms: 
We wasted away 
Patience is a virtue 
In Full Swing 

Monday, April 23, 2012

factors that influence food trends, an article to read

The Six Factors that influence food trends (p 150 in your books)

1) Economic Conditions
2) Faster and Cheaper Methods of Transportation
3) Scientific research
4) Advertising
5) World Cultures
6) Changes in the Workforce

Which two factors have the greatest effect on eating in Toronto?

An article on the 100 mile diet:
http://thetyee.ca/Life/2005/06/28/HundredMileDiet/
1) What is the 100 mile diet?
2) Is it a healthy diet? Why?

a take out menu from a Greek restaurant in Toronto

http://www.santorini.ca/menu.html

An advertisement for frozen food in Toronto

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0_NRapPecc (it's not delivery, it's Dellisiso)

"He's not a vampire dad, he's a goth"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goth_subculture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS_ux2H473I

Unit 8- Goodbye to the Sit Down Meal

New vocabulary words: 

To criticize (verb)
To be critical (adj)
critic (noun)
To support
To be supportive
Meal Preparation=to prepare a meal
a decade=ten years
Take out=food from a restaurant that you order to eat in another place
Plantains

Some new phrasal verbs: 

To Order In
To Throw out
To Throw away
To Throw up
To hang out
To Chill out

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Extra links from our discussion

http://mirateno.cl/ (Ivan's hometown, in Chile)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keanu_Reeves
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lake_House_(film)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0281358/
Please remember to bring food for our potluck tomorrow!

Debate

Please look at the debate vocabulary on page 17:
In two groups, we will be debating our topic in Unit 7.
Please use as much of the new vocabulary as possible to make three arguments.
First debate topic:
Homework as punishment for bad behavior (for ex, 3 or 4 hours in one night)
Second debate topic:
Homework guarantees better grades for students and higher test scores (and more entry into universities and better careers)
Third topic:
Less homework and longer school days would benefit students most

Offering An Opinion

If you ask me
In my opinion
Well As Far As I know
As I See It

Agree:

I couldn't agree more

That's just what I was going to say.

Yes, exactly.

I concur.

I totally agree with you.

Disagree

Maybe, but

You have a good point, but

Yes, but on the other hand...

That's not exactly the way I see it. I think...

Not Giving An Opinion:

I'm not really sure/ I am unsure

I don't know what to think right now.

I haven't made up my mind.

Beats me (informal)

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Extra stuff from our in class discussion yesterday

http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/thesimpsons/seemyvest.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln2930rBisg

New Vocab words from the song:

authentic
Irish setter
African endangered rhino
vampire bat
evening wear
'twas
Grizzly bear
Beret
Poodle
noodle
red robin
loafers
gophers
chauffers
greyhound
fur
tuxedo
matching
clogs

New Vocabulary for Unit 7

Project: With your partner, create a story using your five vocabulary words. (from your flash cards) Perform the story for our class.

Vocabulary Words: (p. 129-130)

Ritual
Advocates
Foundation
Fluctuated
Tangible
Self-esteem
Sacrifice
Duty
Demanding
Monitor
Accountable
Distraught

Monday, April 16, 2012

A new photo of our class! :)

Unit 7- What's the Use of Homework?

Conversation Topic:

What's the best excuse you've ever heard, or told for not doing your homework?

Some examples we gave in class with our partners:

My mom was sick and I had to take care of her.

There was a blackout and the electricity didn't come back on until today.

I had a fever.

It was my father's birthday and we had a party for him that went on until late last night.

I wasn't feeling well.

I sent it to you by email, I don't know why you didn't receive it.

I did do my homework, but I left my notebook at home.

I handed it in, but you lost my assignment.

I had a terrible stomachache.

My bus had a flat tire, so that's why I was late.

My sister drew on my homework.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

more vocab from in class discussions

Pg 105 in your texts talks about people in the news, including Bono of U2.
We listened to the lyrics of With or Without You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzeDqRhM09w

More new vocabulary based on the lyrics

Sleight of Hand
Bed of Nails
a Thorn in my side
You give yourself away
If you give a man a fish, you can feed him for a day, if you teach him how to fish, you can feed him for life.

50 Warren Buffet quotes:
http://www.investinganswers.com/education/famous-investors/50-warren-buffett-quotes-inspire-your-investing-2310

Your Presentation on Friday (Unit 6)

Answer these questions with your partner:

1) Which organization did you choose? what is it called? where was it started?
Give us a little bit of information about its history.

2) Why did you choose your organization? Are you passionate about your cause. Tell us why.

3) Has there been any controversy surrounding your organization (for ex, the Peta fur campaign) If so, what?

4) How can we get involved if we want to help with this cause?

Remember: Each group has been assigned four vocab words from Unit 6 (see below)
You must use these words (and you can use more, but 4 is mandatory) as part of your presentation.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

New Vocab words for Unit 6

Page 106 in your books:

Cause
Moral
Anonymously
Motivated
Donation
Contribute
Inherit
Passion
Mandatory
Generosity
Fundraiser
Appeals

Page 114

Wealthy
Passionate
Motivation
Catastrophe
Inheritance

Page 116

Freelance
Morality
Rewarding
Under the Radar
Wealth

Unit 6- Giving to Others

New Vocabulary words:

Charity
Charitable
Philanthropist
Philanthropic
Donor
Donation
Donated
to Donate
Volunteer
a volunteer job (adj)
to volunteer (verb)

Your Sentences:

I fancy helping homeless people by creating a philanthropic organization called Hee Jae's House.
I have donated blood twice so I'm philanthropic.
Some companies donate to poor people because they want to have a philanthropic image.

Do you know of any charities for children?
WWF is a charitable organization that helps to diminish animal suffering.

There were a lot of blood donors after the earthquake because a lot of people got injured.
She wore donated clothes after the hurricane.
Many people donated medicine and food to Haiti after the natural disaster.

I think it's a kind of donation to get a volunteer job.
I want to volunteer at a charitable organization.
If you want to be a volunteer, you can get some information at this website: www.canadahelps.org

A great resource for your presentations:
http://www.canadahelps.org/Home.aspx
Choose a cause, and type it into the 'I Want To Give' Section for listings of charities

Thursday, April 5, 2012

International Writers

Today, we went on a field trip to BMV books on Edward Street.

http://peacefulrivers.homestead.com/pabloneruda.html#anchor_76- Pablo Neruda's poetry

http://www.arabe.cl/chile/cultura/poema20ingles.html - poem number 20

http://students.cs.byu.edu/~hit/neruda_15.htm- poem number 15

http://www.createtoday.com/w/walking-around-pablo-neruda/18267 (Walking Around)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gong_Ji-young (Korean writer Gong Ji Young)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkCHCvcPy9A (the Crucible)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Garc%C3%ADa_M%C3%A1rquez (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
http://www.themodernword.com/gabo/

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/machado.htm (Machado de Assis, Brazilian author)

http://www.murakami.ch/main_5.html (Haruki Murakami)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Kyung-sook (Shin Kyung Sook)

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

some photos of us!





Some of Our Sentences with new vocabulary

Team IJ
Team Ramiela
Team A2G

Gorgeous-

Brad Pitt is the most gorgeous man in Hollywood.

Algonquin Park is a gorgeous place to spend the summer.

She is wearing a gorgeous necklace.

Solidarity

Obama has a lot of solidarity from famous people like Oprah Winfrey.

She expressed her solidarity when she sent a lot of medicine to Haiti.

The solidarity of the people who have suffered because of the earthquake is necessary.

Nurturing

Jane was a good, nurturing person when I was sick.

He is living in an assisted living facility because he has no one who is nurturing him.

He is a nurturing man because he is always helping people.

Flamboyant

Cheerleaders are flamboyant because they always wear colorful and shiny uniforms.

My grandmother is wearing a flamboyant hat with fancy jewelery.

I can find you in a crowded place because you are flamboyant.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Some useful websites

www.thesaurus.com
www.dictionary.com

http://www.better-english.com/multiword/amix.htm
http://www.better-english.com/multiword/2bmix.htm

http://language.nuvvo.com/lesson/13001-how-to-write-a-persuasive-letter

Monday, April 2, 2012

Week of April 2nd :)

Welcome to this week of Danila's High Intermediate conversation classes at Quest.
Our topic this week is Longevity:Refusing to be Invisible (Unit 5)
Here are two articles I found related to our unit, about life expectancy in Canada:
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/health/study-says-five-unhealthy-lifestyle-choices-are-killing-ontarians-faster-145726025.html
http://healthblog.ctv.ca/post/The-High-Cost-of-Bad-Habits-with-an-exact-prices.aspx
Our vocabulary words for the week are:
Go In For
Bold
Bitterness
Solidarity
Ensemble
Chapter
Gorgeous
Flamboyant
Brag
Assisted Living Facility
Self-Improvement
Nurturing
They appear on page 87 of our text.
Our other words include:
Anxious
Mourning
Life expectancy
Elderly
Generation
Hotspot
Attendant
Get Together With
Generation
(which appear on Page 93)