《Lesson 097 Colors》.pdf

The Bob and Rob Show Study Guide Lesson 97: Color date: August 4, 2007 file name: bobrob 08-04-07 Show notes How is our perception of color defined by our culture? This is just one of the many questions surrounding color that Bob and Rob attempt to answer for our advanced learners of English this week. Phrasal Verbs and Idioms to black out To become unconscious or lose your memory for a short time eg: After seeing the blood, Jim blacked out. “to black something out” To turn out the lights completely eg: During World War II London was often blacked out because of the bombings. Note: blackout: noun meaning to lose electricity (synonym = power cut). eg: a) London experienced a lot of blackouts. b) After hurricane Katrina, there were many blackouts. “to white out” To cover a mistake you made when you are writing eg: Please white out this misspelled word. Note: white out (noun): this is when there is so much snow or cloud that its impossible to see anything eg: the snowstorms caused a white out across the city. IDIOM: “A yellow streak” To be easily frightened; a coward eg: You’ve got a bit of a yellow streak in you, dont you? Running away from that fight! BONUS IDIOM: “to pass/do something with flying colors” To achieve something with great success eg:- Frank passed the exam with flying colors. (This means Frank gained a grade A, the top grade, in the test) Grammar Blues /Email Bag Peter asked about future-in-past tense. First, look at this sentence: I knew it would be great in America. The speaker is taking her mind back into the past and is talking about what was, at that time, a future idea. Next is a summary of how we responded to Peter’s question:  Instead of am, or are + going to, we would use was, or were” + going to. So we just change it to the past progressive eg: The last time I saw you, Bob, you were going to buy a new computer.  Instead of should, or would with the perfect infinitive, substitute it with was, or