English Slang

� Lenguaje muy informal utilizado más hablado que por

escrito en la lengua inglesa

� Lo utilizan ciertos grupos de personas

� Surgió para sortear los tabúes

� Tiene un rico vocabulario en cuanto a sexo, drogas,

violencia y crimen

� Video ejemplo slang (1)

� Video ejemplo slang (2)

Idioms with clothes 1

1. Dressed to kill- have on your best clothes. Susan went to the party dressed to kill.

In one's shoes- to be in the other person's situation. Mary lost her job. I'm 2. In one's shoes- to be in the other person's situation. Mary lost her job. I'm glad I'm not in her shoes.

3. To lose one's shirt- to lose everything, to become poor. When the stock market went down, he lost his shirt.

4. To roll up one's sleeves- to prepare to do hard work. John decided to roll up his sleeves and join in preparing the big dinner.

4. To tighten one's belt- to spend less money, be careful with

money. When my father lost his job, we had to tighten our belt.

5. On a shoestring- on a budget, with very little money. That 5. On a shoestring- on a budget, with very little money. That

business started on a shoestring with only $100.

6. Birthday suit- naked, no clothes. The man ran through the town

with only his birthday suit on! Everyone was shocked.

1. To put two and two together- to figure something out. The kitchen door was open and the cake was gone. I put two and two together and realized Tom had eaten the cake.

1. The one and only- something unique, there is only one of something. I want to introduce you to the one and only Tom something. I want to introduce you to the one and only Tom Cruise.

3. Six to one, half a dozen to the other- (a dozen means twelve) it doesn't matter, 6 is the same as half a dozen. Do you want chocolate or vanilla ice cream? It doesn't matter, it's six to one, half a dozen to the other.

4. On cloud nine- very happy. After Josie got a perfect score in math, she was on cloud nine.

5. )umber one- oneself, me. I have to decide what is best in my life. I have to take care of number one.in my life. I have to take care of number one.

6. Forty winks- a short nap (sleep). I'm so sleepy. I think I will have forty winks before I go shopping.

7. Dressed to the nines- dressed very nicely. When Hillary went to the dance, she was dressed to the nines

1. Put one's foot in one's mouth- to say something

embarrassing and then realize it was bad. I said Frank

was ugly and then I realized he heard me. I really put my

foot in my mouth.

2. Get cold feet- get nervous, especially before 2. Get cold feet- get nervous, especially before

marriage. The night before the wedding Alex got cold

feet. He wondered if he should really get married.

3. Be in over one's head- be in a situation that is very

difficult. Alan was really in over his head when he

started studying advanced chemistry. It was so hard for

him.

4. See eye to eye- agree. Joan and Grant see eye to eye on

spiders. They both hate them.

5. Stay on one's toes- be ready/ prepared for

something. Firefighters have to stay on their toes. They may

have to fight a fire at anytime.

6. Lend/give someone a hand- to help with something. That

box looks heavy. Let me give you a hand.

7. Keep one's fingers crossed- to hope that something good

will happen. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I will get

that job.

1. Raining cats and dogs- raining very hard. Wow! Look outside. It'sraining cats and dogs.

2. Sunny (as an adjective)- happy or pleasant. The new office girl has a very sunny personality.

3. A breeze- easy. That test was a breeze.

4. A fair-weathered friend- a person who is only your friend when everything is good.

5. Under the weather- feeling bad. Joan felt under the weather after she failed her history exam.

6. Cloud nine- wonderful place or feeling. After I got my 6. Cloud nine- wonderful place or feeling. After I got my dream job I was on cloud nine.

7. When it rains it pours- nothing happens and then everything happens. 1obody ever visits my house and then 10 people come. When it rains, it pours.

1. Heart to heart- have a private conversation and say

anything. I had a heart to heart talk with my daughter about

dating. (Only the two of us talked. And we talked freely.)

2. To have a heart of stone- to be very unkind, to not care

about people or things. He didn't care about anybody. He had about people or things. He didn't care about anybody. He had

a heart of stone.

3. Take it to heart- worry about, feel it is serious (usually feel

bad about it). When 1ancy's boss said she wasn't a good

employee, 1ancy took it to heart. (She felt very bad and

serious.)

4. To have a heart of gold- to be very kind. She was a

wonderful and kind person. She had a heart of gold.

5. To feel a hole in (one's) heart- a feeling of sadness (usually

because someone is gone.)When James died, Susan felt like because someone is gone.)When James died, Susan felt like

she had a hole in her heart. (Susan was very sad.

6. Heartfelt- (adjective) warm feelings, sincere. My grandma

gave me a heartfelt welcome when I arrived. (Grandma was

really happy to see me. I could see she felt good.)

Scenes Selected Chapter 1- season

1. The scene with the main character, Michael, and his

brother, Lincoln, discussing how Lincoln was “set up”

by someone. This scene starts after the first commercial

break ten minutes into the program. (Referred to as break ten minutes into the program. (Referred to as

Scene 1)

2. The next scene where Michael talks with his cell mate,

Sucre, about writing a letter to propose to his girlfriend.

(Referred to as Scene 2)

1. The following discussion questions will help students learn

vocabulary and phrases that appear in the two scenes they

will watch.

What words do you think of when you hear the word 2. What words do you think of when you hear the word

“prison?”

3. What do prisoners do while they are in prison?

4. What do you think about executing prisoners?

5. How would you feel if your family member was 5. How would you feel if your family member was accused of killing a man?

6. If you had a significant other and you were sent to prison, how would you continue your relationship?

1. Deny a motion

2. Swear to me!

3. Get it wrong

4. Put someone in the ground

a. Think about the past

b. Please promise me!

c. Reject a request for a ruling in court

d. I promise to you!4. Put someone in the ground

5. Set the date for something

6. Look back on something

7. Set someone up

8. I swear to you!

d. I promise to you!

e. Make a mistake

f. Choose a date to do something

f. Kill someone

Lincoln: They ________ the motion.

Michael: Then do it again.

Lincoln: I can’t. That’s it. May 11th. That’s the date man. That’s the day they uh…u know they uh…execute me.

Michael: I know.

Lincoln: I didn’t _______ that man, Michael.Lincoln: I didn’t _______ that man, Michael.

Michael: The evidence says you did.

Lincoln: I don’t care what the evidence _______, I didn’t kill that man.

Michael: Swear to me.

Lincoln: I _______ to you Michael.

Michael: But how did they get it wrong then? The courts, the appeals

Lincoln: Don’t know, don’t know. All I keep _______, looking back on it is that I was set up. And whoever it was who set me up wants me in the ground as quick as possible.

Task 1- How else can you say these sentences in English?

� I ain’t goin’ to school.

� He don’t wanna go to the store.� He don’t wanna go to the store.

� I’m gonna go to school.

� They gotta good idea.

� I’m drivin’ to my house.

� We gotta go home.

Sucre: What’s another word for love?

Michael: What’s the context?

Sucre: Oh you know, the "I love you so much I ain’t never knockin’ over another liquor store again" context. Except, you know, classy.

Michael: Hmmmm.

Sucre: I’m proposin’ to my girlfriend if you gotta know.

Michael: In a letter?Michael: In a letter?

Sucre: You gotta better way?

Michael: Face to face works pretty good.

Sucre: This place ain’t exactly da’ romantic spot. I’m gonna have her get on the Stanton Island Ferry. Then once she’s can see the Empire State Building she opens the letter. It’s almost like being there. Except for the fact that I won’t be there.

Michael: Try passion.

Sucre: Oh passion, that’s dope. How do you spell that? P-a-s-h.

1. Discuss the differences in language in the two dialogues.

2. In what situations colloquial English is usually used and when slang is used.

3. Write a dialogue in pairs using at least three new vocabulary words or phrases from the dialogues

4. Share their dialogues with the class and give feedback

5. Lesson about capital punishment