Listening Instructions: Feb. 5

Click on the link below to watch a video about testing the temperature of meat. You should watch several times and come to class with written answers to the questions below.

Checking meat

1. What is a diva according to the commercial at the beginning of the clip?
2. What should you never do to check if meat is done?
3. You should compare the meat firmness to which part of the hand to test it according to the video?
4. Give the names of the different fingers the speaker mentions. Ex. What is the English word for "pouce?"
5. Give the names of the different levels of doneness in English from least done to most done.
6. What color is rare meat in the center? What color is well done meat in the center?
7. Opinion question, do you think the speaker does a good job of giving instructions? Why or why not?

Please remember that you will be explaining to the class this week in good, descriptive English how to do something you know how to do well. 2-3 minutes each.

See you Friday

Lit Week 2: Auden

Links to poems. The site with the Yeats poem also gives you a good introduction to Auden.

In Memory of W.B. Yeats

September 1,1939

If you want to write a written preparation, choose one of the two questions.

1. For “In Memory of W.B. Yeats:” The poem is divided into three different sections, each with a different stanza form. For this poem describe the differences between the stanza forms. Number of lines? Rhymes? Syllables? How does the change from one stanza form to the others contribute to the way Auden treats the death of a famous poet? Bonus question. Can you name the meter of the third section of the poem?

2. For “September 1, 1939:” First, find out why the date is important. Once you know what happened on that date, look at the way Auden presents notions of individual and collective existence. How does his presentation of each comment on the date in the title?