《Lesson 073 Shakespeare》.pdf

The Bob and Rob Show Study Guide Lesson 73: Shakespeare date: Feb 19, 2007 file name: bobrob 02- 19-07 Show notes 1 The Bard, William Shakespeare, or plain old Bill . We’re talking about one of the greatest writers of all time on this week’s show. The Bard: 1564-1616 Note: Bob and Rob highly recommend the movie ‘Shakespeare in Love’. To find out more about this great film, see this site: /title/tt0138097/ Phrasal Verbs and Idioms 2 Today’s expressions were all coined by Shakespeare. to bet on (something) 1) To gamble e.g: I bet 100 pounds on that horse and it came last. 2) To rely on someone or something on doing something e.g: Don’t bet on me reading that Shakespearian work. Idioms: “It’s Greek to me” To be incomprehensible e.g: 1) I tried reading a book on chaos theory but I gave up because it was all Greek to me. Bonus Idiom: “a wild goose chase” To be misdirected, sent on a long and crazy journey e.g: 1) The police were sent on a wild goose chase by the gang of criminals. Grammar Blues We dealt with Kazuya’s question about it and that in sentences such as the following: A) Forget about it/that. B) Sorry about it/that. It basically depends on the situation. When more than one thing has been mentioned, it usually refers to the main subject of discussion whereas that usually selects the last thing that was mentioned. For example: I have another PC in the spare room. It is mainly used by my daughter, incidentally. (the daughter uses the PC) I have another PC in the spare room. That is mainly used by my daughter, incidentally. (the daughter uses the spare room) Email Bag Rie wrote to us and said Rob resembled a DJ from Osaka, Japan. Thank you, Rie. Also, Oleg asked us about the use of “about” . For example: Today we’re talking Shakespeare. This is very informal and in the U.S. The preposition should be included so that it