Word of the day - REBOUND

REBOUND: 

Definition:

- to spring back on or as if on collision or impact with another body

The baseball rebounded off the wall.

-to recover from setback or frustration

She rebounded quickly from the loss.

In the news: 

Shares rebound on sluggish volume

November, 10 2010 11:36:51

Viet Nam's stock market rebounded this morning on both of the nation's stock exchanges after two consecutive days of losses, while trading volume remained sluggish.

In a movie: The Rebound 
Discover an interesting meaning of REBOUND from the following movie trailer. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGyLFdzhw-c

Movie synopsis:

When a beautiful, smart, suburban 40-year-old mother (Catherine Zeta-Jones) discovers her husband is cheating, she takes her two children to New York City to start over. A demanding new job forces her to hire a nanny, and she chooses 25-year-old Aram (Justin Bartha), who is still trying to figure out what he wants in life. As Aram increasingly becomes attached to her kids, Aram and Sandy become aware of their own undeniable chemistry. (From http://www.tribute.ca/movies/the-rebound/20145/)

Headline of the day 11/10/2010

State Bank acts to cool gold, dollar

November, 10 2010 10:30:00

The price of gold has dropped from its record high after the State Bank of Viet Nam announced on its web site yesterday that it would allow the precious metal to be imported for a third time this year.

Do you have any direct experience with the up and down of the gold price and dollar price in Vietnam? What do you think this means to the economy?

Week 7 - Vietnamese news

·TOP STORIES - FROM VIETNAMNEWS

•  Dak Lak approves $3 million elephant project  
•  Finance Ministry wants lower vehicle tax  
•  Shares continue to fall as gold and US dollar soar  
• Ba Na communal house to be rebuilt  
• Fund to protect Vietnamese abroad approved  
• Flag raising heralds Asian Games opening  
• Gold, dollar set dramatic new records 

Did you read or see these pieces of news in Vietnam in other newspapers or TV? Choose one piece of news to report on and make your comments. I would like to hear what is happening in our country these days from you. 

Celebrity News

As many other people, we are interested in reading about celebrities. News about celebrities is often short and written in an informal way. Most of the times, it is about mundane activities of famous people.  For English learning purposes, those news stories are easy to read. You can learn a lot of idioms, informal spoken English and also culture about different countries.

We are going to read about one of the most famous couples in Hollywood (From Yahoo OMG). As you read, you can use ctrl + click on the links on the highlighted words to find out their meaning. You can also look at my comments on the side of the page. (Go to this page to download the document https://sites.google.com/site/englishlanguagelink/lessons-2)

What I would like you to do is:

-          Read and understand new vocabulary

-          Read and find out more about the celebration of Halloween and Thanksgiving in the U.S. and other countries

You can also think more about the following questions:

-          Why do you think people are interested in reading about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in particular and celebrities in general?

-          How do you think this public curiosity affects their life?

Week 6 - Entertainment

I'm sorry I couldn't make any posts on Monday and Tuesday. This week we are going to read about entertainment, basically, news about celebrities. Some of you may not care that much. But I know some may be attracted to those "gossips" about famous people. So what news in entertainment has attracted you recently? Any news about anyone that you hear of a lot recently?