1. Boytox, Botox for Men. 2.Students Have a Ball

A. Vocabulary
*furrowed brow lines
*furrow
>[n]
1.a narrow groove made in the ground, esp. by a plow.
2.a narrow groovelike or trenchlike depression in any surface: the furrows of a wrinkled face.
>[v] (used with object)
3.to make a furrow or furrows in.
4.to make wrinkles in (the face): to furrow one's brow.
>[v] (used without object)
5.to become furrowed.
*zit
>[n] a pimple; skin blemish
*serene
>[adj]
1.calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled: a serene landscape; serene old age.
2.clear; fair: serene weather.
3.(usually initial capital letter) most high or august (used as a royal epithet, usually prec. by his, your, etc.): His Serene Highness.
>[n]
4.serenity; tranquillity.
5.Archaic. a clear or tranquil expanse of sea or sky.
*demur
>[v]
1.to make objection, esp. on the grounds of scruples; take exception; object: They wanted to make him the treasurer, but he demurred.
2.Archaic. to linger; hesitate.
>[n]
3.the act of making objection.
4.an objection raised.
5.hesitation
*wimp
>[n]
1.a weak, ineffectual, timid person.
>[v]
2.wimp out,
a.to be or act like a wimp.
b.to show timidity or cowardice; chicken out.

*feeling after the pictures
> curious, fascinated, horrified, terrified, amused, funny, disgusting, grotesque(something is too much)

B. Sentences
*throw up one's hands in victory
*breath one's way through
*take a survey of

C. Mistake corrections
*I don't try it before.
>I haven't try it before.

A serious Look at Will Smith

A. Vocabulary
*elliptical
>[adj] lacking sections or explanation, and therefore sometimes difficult to understand
*harbor
>[v] to have in mind a thought or feeling, usually over a long period of time
*bank on
>[phr v] depend on
*somber
>[adj]
1.gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
2.dark and dull, as color, or as things in respect to color: a somber dress.
3.gloomy, depressing, or dismal: a somber mood.
4.extremely serious; grave: a somber expression on his face.
*entertainment industry
*highest-grossing
>[adj] earning the largest amount of money before tax is paid or costs are substracted
*high gear
>[adj] using great energy or force: keep his career in high gear


B. Sentances
*take long strides
*win over whoever is in his midst
*to do for a living

Plastic, consmetic, reconstructive surgery

2009.09.09

A. Vocabulary
* the gist
> [n] [+ of] the main idea and meaning of what someone has said or written
e.g. The gist of his argument is that...
* anesthetic [AmE]; anaesthetic [BrE]
* disfigure
> [v] To spoil the appearance that something naturally has
* tuck; tuck in
> to move a part of your body inwards so that it dones not stick out so much
* tots
* petite surgery
* astronomical number

B. Sentences
* Facial features are within the normal range
* Pros and cons
* Could you clarify that point? I'm not sure what you mean by...
*......, all in the quest for better looks.

C. Mistake corrections
* I did found...
> I did find......
* I need to took off......
> I need to take of......
* a lot of time to the toilet
> a lot of time to go to the toilet
* feels a little bit dizyness
> feels a little bit of dizyness
> feels a little bit dizzy [more common]

Presentation Skills Part II: Deal with Questions

A. Sentences
*It resolved itself.
*The problem was resolved/ sorted out.

B. Vocabulary
* recap
> [v] To recapitulate: recapped the headlines at the end of the news broadcast.
> [n] A recapitulation, as of a news report.
A quick recap/ review/ recapitulation (academical writing/ formal use)
* grumpy
> [adj] surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
Also, grumpish.

C. Mistake corrections
* I joined a concert.
> I went to a concert .
* Don't swallow sounds of the end of the words.
* Anda
>And

D. Phrase
* end up with