California watching + vocabulary

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

CALIFORNIA

Tell me if you ever want to visit California and why or why not.

Today

- Watch a clip about California

- Look at some idioms

Watching

Watch the video and answer the questions.

00:21

What is the first and last stop of the family?

00:29

What is another name for the Pacific Highway?

1. doesn't have one
2. highway A2
3. highway 1
4. California highway

02:04

What do the El Camino bells represent?

1. The route the first settlers used
2. California's independence
3. They are just decorations

02:18

How long does it take to get to Santa Cruz?

1. 1.5 hours
2. 2 hours
3. 2.5 hours
4. 3 hours

04:29

How much does it cost to park your car at Pfeiffer beach?

05:31

What can be seen on Piedras Blancas?

06:54

What happens when men go to the bathroom at the Madonna Inn?

1. they have to pay with a dance
2. music starts playing
3. water comes down
4. they can watch a movie

07:34

Which country is very present in Sodang?

08:47

Where are you more likely to see celebrities?

1. Malibu
2. Los Angeles

09:07

What makes the ferris wheel in Santa Monico go round?

09:47

What Is the queen Mary?

1. a hotel
2. a cruise ship
3. a game hall
4. a sports centre

10:59

What was your favourite part of this road trip?

Idioms

- Get familiar with idioms.

Examples of idioms

Wat denk je dat idioms zijn?

Do you know any more idioms in English?

Let's have a closer look

Open this link.

Use it to answer the questions.

A whizz kid is someone who ...

1. is very smart
2. is very active
3. can do things very quickly
4. is very lazy

When you have a heart of gold, you ...

1. are very smart
2. are very kind
3. behave very badly
4. do a lot of things at the same time

When you are nutty as a fruitcake, you are

1. nuts
2. very smart
3. dull
4. chaotic

When someone is an armchair critic, this person will

1. give his opinion about all the chairs he sits on
2. try to pick a fight with you about all sorts of things
3. give his opinion about things he knows nothing about
4. be very lazy

When you are a cheapskate, you

1. like to buy drinks for other people
2. don't like to spend money
3. like to go skating a lot
4. like to watch sheep sleep

Choose one of the idioms that's left and explain what it means here.

What did you learn this lesson?
Nothing is not a good enough answer.

What did you think of the lesson?

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