ESL Expressions: Money

1. Bang for your buck 

2. Beyond your means 

3. Cash Cow 

4. Cut your losses 

5. Feel the pinch 

6. Highway robbery 

A. To charge a high price for something beyond what it’s worth. An excessive profit or advantage from a financial transaction.

B.  More than you can afford. To live beyond your means is to live outside of your wealth bracket.

C. A descriptor of a business or product that generates a continuous flow of income.

D.  Experiencing financial hardship

E. To get the value for your money.

F. Abandoning a plan or a project that is obviously going to be unsuccessful before more money is lost or the circumstances become worse.

ESL Vocabulary: Salary

1.  Salary - noun - a fixed regular payment 

2. Expenses - noun - the cost incurred in or required for something 

3. Gross per month - phrase - everything you earn in a month before taxes 

4. Hence - adverb - as a consequence; for this reason 

5. Remuneration - noun - money paid for work or service 

6. Income - noun - money received on a regular basis 

ESL Conversation Questions: Salary

1. What is passive income? 

2. Do you think people work hard to find a way to make passive income in your country? 

3. Which do you prefer passive income or active income? 

4. What do you think is the average salary in your country? 

5. "Your salary is the bribe they give you to forget your dream." Do you agree with this quote? 

6. What makes people rich: their salary or their spending habits? 

ESL Conversation Questions: Blood Diamonds

1. What are blood diamonds? 

2. Why do people buy blood diamonds ? 

3. What do diamonds represent symbolically? 

4. Would you use diamonds to decorate your home? 

5. " And when you become a diamond you'll understand why life had to put pressure on you." - What do you think this quote means? 

6. If you found you had a blood diamond, what would yo do with it? 

ESL Conversation Questions: Danger

1. What is danger? 

2. How does danger affect people ? 

3. Why are some people attracted to danger? 

4. Is it good to avoid danger at all costs? 

5. "Danger hides in beauty and beauty in danger." Belva Plain - Do you agree with this quote? 

6. What is something dangerous you would like to try? 

ESL Expressions: Nervous

1. To bury your head in the sand - to refuse to think about an unpleasant situation 

2. At your wit's end - at the end of ones ideas or mental resources 

3. Wound up - in a state of physical or nervous tension 

4. Butterflies in your stomach -  to feel nervous 

5. Give somebody the creeps - to make someone frightened or nervous 

6. To be shook - emotionally or physically disturbed; upset 

ESL Vocabulary: Fear

ESL Vocabulary ( Fear ) 

1. Fear is a vital response to physical and emotional danger that has been pivotal throughout human evolution, but especially in ancient times when men and women regularly faced life-or-death situations.

2. Today, the stakes are lower, but while public speaking, elevators, and spiders don’t present the same type of immediately dire consequences that faced early man, some individuals still develop extreme fight-flight-or-freeze responses to specific objects or scenarios.

3. But when someone’s fear is persistent and specific to certain threat, and impairs his or her everyday life, that person might have what’s known as a specific phobia.

4. At least 60 percent of adults admit to having at least one unreasonable fear, although research to date is not clear on why these fears manifest.

5. One theory is that humans have a genetic predisposition to fear things that were a threat to our ancestors, such as snakes, spiders, heights, or water, but this is difficult to verify, although people who have a first-degree relative with a specific phobia appear more likely to have the same one. 

A. Pivotal - adjective - of crucial importance in relation to the development of something 

B. Stakes - noun - a sum of money or something else of value gambled on the outcome of a risky game or venture 

C. Dire - adjective - extremely serious or urgent 

D. Impair - verb - weaken or damage 

E. Manifest - verb - show a quality by one's acts or appearance; demonstrate 

F. Predisposition - noun - tendency to suffer from a particular condition, hold a particular attitude or act in a particular way 

ESL Conversation Questions: Fear

1. What is fear? 

2. How does fear affect people? 

3. Do you think fear is ever a good thing?

4. How can someone overcome their fears? 

5. "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not the absence of fear." Mark Twain - Do you agree with this quote? 

6. What are three things you think people are the most afraid of? 

ESL Grammar: Interior Design

 

1. What do you think of this bedroom? 

2. Would 

1. Does this kitchen look bright or bland to you 

2. Should 

1. Is having a nice patio or balcony important to you? 

2. 

ESL Vocabulary: Backpacking

ESL Vocabulary (Backpacking)

1. Havoc - noun - widespread destruction 

2. Degrade - verb - treat or regard someone with contempt or disrespect 

3. Murky - adjective - obscure or morally questionable 

4. Implore - verb - beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something 

5. Hazy - adjective - vague or ill-defined 

6. Zenith - noun - the time at which something is most powerful or successful 

ESL Conversation Questions: Backpacking

1. What is backpacking? 

2.  What are some positives traits you can pick up while backpacking? 

3.  Is backpacking a popular form of travel in your country? Why or Why not?

4. What are some of the negatives of backpacking?  

5. "Don't be a tourist. Be a traveller." - What is the difference between being a tourist and a traveller ? 

6. What region of the world would you be interested in backpacking?