Answer — Exercise 7
4A - An open book·English File Advanced - Student's Book
Klausimas
- Underline the foreign word or phrase in each sentence below. What do you think they mean? Which languages are they from?
- Listen and focus on how the foreign words or phrases in a are pronounced. Then practise saying the sentences.
Atsakymas
a)
- faux pas (from French) = an action or remark that causes embarrassment because it is not socially correct
- déjà vu (from French) = the feeling that you have experienced sth before
- cliché (from French) = a phrase or an idea that has been used so often that it no longer has meaning and is not interesting
- debacle (from French) = an event or situation that is a complete failure and causes embarrassment
- aficionado (from Spanish) = sb who likes a particular sport, activity, or subject very much and knows a lot about it
- al dente (from Italian) = not too soft, still with a perfect bite
- schadenfreude (from German) = a feeling of pleasure at the bad things which happen to other people
- tsunami (from Japanese) = an extremely large wave often cause by an earthquake
b)
- faux pas /,fəʊ 'pa:/
- déjà vu /,deɪʒa: 'vu:/
- cliché /'kli:ʃeɪ/
- debacle /dɪ 'ba:kl/
- aficionado /ə, fɪʃə'na:dəʊ/
- al dente /,æl 'denteɪ/
- schadenfreude /'ʃa:dnfrɔdə/
- tsunami /tsu: 'na:mi/