THE BRIEF II

Today we are going to follow with the Advert Brief. Here you have some chunk of language we have to deal with:

1. Filling in the boxes
2. Saliency deficiency
3. To set the category values
4. Laundry list
5. Whole life story
6. Self-assured
7. Self-reliant
8. Straight-forward
9. Computer-literate
10. Entrepreneurial
11. Comic catch-phrases
12. To fit into a group
13. Attention span
14. A little too mainstream to be truly hip
15. Hype
16. Smacks of phoniness
17. To chew gum
18. To be turned off
19. Cheesy

MEETINGS 4: ANY OTHER BUSINESS?

On Friday we'll finish with meetings:

BBC Talking English, AOB

BBC Talking English, Language Expert

And let's hope we have 5 minutes remaining to finish the week with Smash Mouth, "I'm a believer":

I thought love was
Only true in fairy tales
Meant for someone else
But not for me
Love was out to get to me
That's the way it seems
Disappointment haunted
All my dreams

And then I saw her face
Now I'm a believer
Not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
I'm in love
I'm a believer
I couldn't leave her
If I tried

I thought love was
More or less a given thing
The more I gave the less
I got, oh yeah
What's the use in trying
All you get is pain
When I wanted sunshine
I got rain

And then I saw her face
Now I'm a believer
Not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
I'm in love
I'm a believer
I couldn't leave her
If I tried

What's the use in trying
All you get is pain
When I wanted sunshine
I got rain

And then I saw her face
Now I'm a believer
Not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
I'm in love
I'm a believer
I couldn't leave her
If I tried

Then I saw her face
Now I'm a believer
Not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
Now I'm a believer
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm a believer
Then I saw her face
I'm a believer
Not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
I'm a believer

MEETINGS 3:AGREEING AND DISAGREEING

On Wednesday we'll have a look at how to express agreeing and disagreeing in a meeting. It would be usefull the following links:

BBC Talking English, Meetings, Agreeing and Disagreeing

Business English Pod Lesson 28 Agreeing

Business English Pod Lesson 29 Disagreeing

And, if you behave properly, we could have time to listen to Norah Jones, Sunrise:

Sunrise

Sunrise

Looks like morning in your eyes

But the clock's held 9:15 for hours

Sunrise

Sunrise

Couldn't tempt us if it tried

Cuz the afternoon's already come and gone

And I said

Hooo, hooo, hooo

To you

Surprise

Surprise

Couldn't find it in your eyes

But I'm sure it's written all over my face

Surprise

Surprise

Never something I could hide

When I see we made it through another day

Then I say

Hooo, hooo, hooo

To you

And now the night

Will throw its cover down, ooo, on me again

Ooh, and if I'm right

It's the only way to bring me back

Hooo, hooo, hooo

To you

Hooo, yeah, hooo, hooo

To you

MEETINGS 2: INTERRUPTIONS

Here you have interesting materials dealing with interruptions:

BBC Talking Business, Meetings, Interruptions

Business English Pod BEP 68

If we don't run out off time, we could listen to Alesha Dixon, The boys does nothing:

And here you have the lyrics:

I got a man with two left feet
And when he dances down to the beat
I really think that he should know
That his rhythms go go go

I got a man with two left feet
And when he dances down to the beat
I really think that he should know
That his rhythms go go go

[Chorus]
Does he wash up?Never wash up
Does he clean up?No, he never cleans up
Does he brush up?Never brushed up
He does nothing the boy does nothing

[Repeat chorus]
Hey boy how you been
I got a thousand lines
Where do I begin
And I been here, been there
Traveling
I saw you at the corner
My vibe kicked in
And two fields
I clock you
Wearing tight jeans
A real nice suit
He was smiling like you
Was just seventeen
I asked him for a dance
He said yes please!
Take a sip of dancing juice
Everybody's onto you
Through the left and to the right
Everybody hit the rhythm
It's on tonight
I'm gonna feel the heat within my soul
I need a man to take control
Let the melody blow you away

Does he wash up?Never wash up
Does he clean up? No he never cleaned up
Does he brush up? Never brushed up
He does nothing the boy does nothing

[Repeat chorus]

Work it out now
Work it, work it out now

Do the mumbo
Shake it all around now

Everybody on the floor
Let me see you clap your hands

I wanna see you work
I wanna see you move your body in turn
I wanna see you shake your hips and learn

I wanna see you work
I wanna see you move your body and turn
I wanna see you shake your hips and learn

I wanna see you work it, work it, work it out now

Does he wash up? Never wash up
Does he clean up? no, he never cleans up
Does he brush up? Never brushed up
He does nothing the boy does nothing
[Repeat chorus]

And if the man can't dance he gets no second chance