Celebrities and their Mothers!

Happy Mother's Day! Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May in North America!  Like in many countries, Mother's Day involves small celebrations and gift-giving to your mother, grandmother, or other important female figures in your family. Let's take a look at some big name Celebrity guys who love their Moms!

Matt Damon and his Mom

  

Tom Cruise and his Mom

Justin Bieber and his Mom

Will Smith and his Mom

Brad Pitt and his Mom

Best Wishes to Moms Around the world!

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Celebrity Valentine’s Day

Saint Valentine's Day or the more common name Valentine’s Day! Feb. 14 - Every year!  A day that makes people do crazy things to show that they love someone.  It's good that it only comes around once a year!

Well let’s take a look at some celebrity styles from the past!

Justin Bieber to Selena Gomez

 Valentine’s Day Gift:

Bought out an entire florist shop of roses, tulips and daisies for Selena - $2000

  Angelina Jolie to Brad Pitt

 Valentine’s Day Gift:

200-year-old olive tree - $19,000

 

Jay Z to Beyonce

 Valentine’s Day Gift:

Platinum covered mobile phone - $24,000

 George Clooney to Sarah Larson

 Valentine’s Day Gift:

Expensive Hotel, show and dinner - $40,000

Katy Perry to Russell Brand

 Valentine’s Day Gift:

Bentley automobile - $341,000

David Beckham to Victoria Beckham 

 Valentine’s Day Gift:

Bvlgari necklace and dinner made by her favorite chefs - $8 million

What is the best Valentine's Day Gift you ever got?

Language Learning Section

For this week, everyone will be talking about Valentine’s Day. So here are some fun casual questions you can try out with your friends while practicing superlatives. 

(1)Vocabulary for Valentine’s Day Speaking Practice

The Most Common Valentine’s Day Gifts

    Chocolates

    Candy

    Flowers

    Jewelry

    Perfume

    Alcohol

    Greeting Cards/e-cards

    Stuffed animals

    Clothing

    A date 

    A kiss

Vocabulary for Casual Superlative Questions

ever = until now

got = received

(2)Speaking Practice for Valentine’s Day Speaking Practice: Question and Answer Style.

Ask your friend the questions and listen to their answers.  Then switch roles.

(A)What was the most romantic Valentine’s Day gift you ever got?

(B)The most romantic Valentine’s Day gift I ever got was red roses.

(A)What was the most expensive Valentine’s Day gift you ever got?

(B)The most expensive Valentine’s Day gift I ever got was _____________.

(A)What was the cheapest Valentine’s Day gift you ever got?

(B)The cheapest Valentine’s Day gift I ever got was _____________.

(A)What was the most original Valentine’s Day gift you ever got?

(B)The most original Valentine’s Day gift I ever got was _____________.

(A)What was the strangest Valentine’s Day gift you ever got?

(B)The strangest Valentine’s Day gift I ever got was _____________.

(A)What was the best Valentine’s Day gift you ever got?

(B)The best Valentine’s Day gift I ever got was _____________.

(A)What was the worst Valentine’s Day gift you ever got?

(B)The worst Valentine’s Day gift I ever got was _____________.

Well I hope you enjoy or enjoyed Valentine’s Day!

See you next week!

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What do Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman and Matt Damon have in common?

Brad Pitt

Nicole Kidman

Matt Damon

What do Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman and Matt Damon have in common?

(a)Extremely successful movie stars.

(b)On the Hollywood the A-list.

(c)All have learned language accents to do famous movies.

(d)Tim Monich.

Answer – All of the Above

(a) and (b)

Of course both are obviously correct.

(c)

Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman and Matt Damon have all been quite successful at portraying characters using accents that they did not grow up with.  Here are some famous examples:

Brad Pitt – Southern Accent - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Nicole Kidman – American Accent - Hemingway & Gellhorn

Matt Damon - South African Accent – Invictus

(d)

Tim Monich

At one point or another, Mr. Tim Monich has coached Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman and Matt Damon on creating believable accents for character portrayals in movies.

So, what can we learn from this linguistic master?

Tim Monich’s Style

Monich’s archive, assembled over thirty years, is almost surely the largest private one of its kind, with approximately six thousand entries. He also collects accents from TV. Monich begins by talking with the director about how a character should sound, then he talks to the actor about the character and decides which voices from his archive might provide a model. He usually gives an actor four or five choices, and the actor selects one, from which Monich makes tapes distilling the vowel and consonant sounds that typify the dialect. Monich and the actor then “play a word, listen to it and say it,” he said—do language lab. Monich invents rhymes and sentences using words from the script—what he calls random acting. He also writes an actor’s lines in a faux-phonetic style he made up by combining elements of actual phonetics with approximations of sounds.

By the time the actor stands in front of the camera, Monich has done the bulk of his teaching work. Eventually, the accent recedes as a concern.

~The New Yorker~

Well this week I have no comments only applause for the A-List Masters.

Thank you for caring and sharing! 

And may your star always shine brightly!

Have a good one! 

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Brad Pitt: Love

                                                             Brad Pitt

Question: How do you know when you’re in love?

Brad Pitt: Do you know how you tell real love? It's when someone else's interest trumps your own. I like to put it that way: trumps your own.

(to put it that way=to say it that way)

(to trump your own=to beat/defeat/over-power your own)

Talking about Love

Talking about love with friends.  Love is a topic when you have talked to someone 4 –5 times; maybe more.   Love is a strong emotion and people often listen closely and check to see if you feel the same or different from them.  People see love as a core value. 

Brad Pitt uses a rhetorical question to answer the original question. Also, he re-frames the original question in another form but the topic idea remains the same.  The form he uses has an authority style feeling to it.

Do you know how to tell (=notice) you’re in real love? = I will teach you.

This authority style speech gives him an aura of father, teacher, guru, expert, etc.

However, it is common and doesn’t sound too strong for the listener in a rhetorical question form.  You may also want to use this style to give yourself a moment to think of an appropriate answer. 

He says his idea about love using a common wording that is often used to describe love:

It's when …

Next, he gives his message and reemphasizes it by simply repeating the same words again:

It's when someone else's interest 'trumps your own'. I like to put it that way: 'trumps your own'.

He is using a strong expression style and then changes to a softer feeling. The change of tone expresses his passion and belief about love for his mate.  His mate is number one and he will be number two for her because he truly loves her.  Brad Pitt comes across as a man with strong convictions about love.  Brad achieves HIGH CLASS COMMUNICATION/English with only a few sentences. 

Speaking Pattern

Do you know how to tell you’re in real love? It's when someone else's interest trumps your own. I like to put it that way: trumps your own.

Part One

First, let’s simplify Brad’s style:

Do you know how to tell you’re in real love?  It's when someone else's interest trumps your own.

Examples:

Do you know how to tell you’re in real love?  It's when someone else's interest trumps your own.

1.Do you know how to tell you’re in real love?  It's when two becomes one.

2.Do you know how to tell you’re in real love?  It's when you can’t imagine life without the other person.

Part Two

Now, let’s lengthen the style:

Do you know how to tell you’re in real love? It's when someone else's interest trumps your own. I like to put it that way: trumps your own.

Examples:

3.Do you know how to tell you’re in real love?  It's when two becomes one.

I like to put it that way: two becomes one.

4.Do you know how to tell you’re in real love?  It's when you can’t imagine life without the other person.  I like to put it that way: can’t imagine life without the other person.

Try it with me :-)

I would love to see one of your ideas in Brad's simplified form. Please post or send me 1 Example Sentence. :-)

It’s when ______________________.

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