LET'S LEARN ENGLISH - LEVEL 2
Tell students, “Today we begin Level Two of Let’s Learn English. In this course, Anna is working as a journalist. She learns many things about her new home, Washington DC. In the videos, the Professor Bot character explains the grammar of each lesson.” Ask, “What is your goal for this course?” Give students a chance to tell about their goals for studying this course. Possible answers include: to speak more comfortably in English, to understand conversations in English better, and to learn more vocabulary in English.
accounting - n - the skill, system, or job of keeping the financial records of a business or person
boss - n - the person whose job is to tell other workers what to do
budget - n - an amount of money available for spending that is based on a plan for how it will be spent
calm - adj - not angry, upset, excited, etc
criminal - n - a person who has committed a crime or who has been proven to be guilty of a crime by a court
detective - n - a police officer whose job is to find information about crimes that have occurred and to catch criminals
e-mail - n - a system for sending messages from one computer to another computer
fire - v - to dismiss (someone) from a job
rumor - n - information or a story that is passed from person to person but has not been proven to be true
scare - v - to cause (someone) to become afraid update v to change (something) by including the most recent information
videographer - n - a person who records images or events using a video camera
gossip v. to talk about the personal lives of other people
get out phrasal verb. used as an angry way to tell someone to leave
get the ax informal expression. to lose your job : to be fired from your job
give (someone) the boot informal expression. to dismiss from a job or discharge from a group
kick out phrasal verb. to force (someone) to leave a place, group, or school