Botanically, a tomato is the ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant. Therefore it is a fruit or, more precisely, a berry. By U.S. tariff laws, a tomato is considered a vegetable. The applicable law defined produce by its use and not its scientific classification. And from a culinary point of view, a tomato is a vegetable.
What are Fruits and VegetablesTrue fruits develop and c
① Contraction with “not”
(3) a. He shouldn’t see her.
b. *He worksn’t with her
→ Main verbs cannot contract with not.
(4) a. He may not come.
b. *He mayn’t come.
c. We shan’t be very long.
d. We won’t be very long.
→ May cannot contract with not.
Shan’t exists only in British English.
② Subject-aux inversion in yes/no questions &
tag questions
1. The Great Chain of Being Metaphor
(Christian explanation of hierarchical structure of being from God to the lowest non-being)
-> Dung recognized as filthy thing in
human being’s conceptual frame
2. Rich Image Metaphor
(Low abstraction, low systematicity of mapping, importance of cultural knowledge, conventionality)
->Dung is used in many words which contain negative images in
Day 3: Conversation Composition using idioms
Today’s objectives
Students are expected to use idioms in real life situations.
Today’s activity
1. Checking assignment (5min.)
Each person in each group will present their homework
2. Showing movie clips containing everyday used idioms (20minutes)
* Students are expected to find out about what they already know about
expressions are well defined and listed in standard dictionaries. Colloquialisms, on the other hand, are familiar words and idioms that are understood by almost all speakers of a language and used in informal speech or writing, but not considered appropriate for more formal situations. Almost all idiomatic expressions are colloquial language. Slang, however, refers to words and expressions unders