Assignment 4

ESL podcast 1150---Avoiding Topics in Conversation

1. change the subject
Synonyms---same meaning with drop it/the subject
Mean---to stop talking with something,especially it is upsetting or annoying.
Example---Can you change the subject about this sensitive topics? it's annoying.

2. Love life (NOUN)
Mean---the romantic relationships in a person's life
Example---How's your love life for these days?

3. Moving on (Phrasal Verb) base word: move on
Mean---To leave the place where you are staying and go somewhere else.(new place)
         ---To start a new activity.(new activity)
         ---To accept that a situation has changed and be ready to deal with new experiences.                
              (emotionally)
Example:I lived in Taipei is about two years ago---it's time is moving on to my new life.

4. settling down (Phrasal Verb) base word: settle down
Mean---To become familiar with a place and to feel happy and confident in it, (feel comfortable)
         ---To start living a place where you intend to stay for a long time, usually with your partner (make home)
Example: Mary quickly settled down in her new job.

5. broke up (Phrasal Verb) base word: break up
Mean---If a marriage breaks up or two people in a romantic relationship break up;their marriage or their relationships ends.
Example: John and Wendy was broke up two weeks ago because they realized they not suitable to maintain the love story in following days.

6. Speaking of Mean: While we are talking about a particular person or thing.
Example: When I'm speaking of about my high school, I will tell about my story to my friends.

7. diet (Noun)
Mean: the ​food and ​drink usually ​eaten or ​drunk by a ​person or ​group.
Example: Ina decide want to control the diet avoid obesity problem.

Opinion about this topics:
           In my opinion, I think thought out this topics we can understand this passage to expression the meaning.It's like seemed ESL cyber listening lab, to hear about the conversation and and understand the meaning for their expression.This conversation is talked about avoiding topics,we contact about many things every day,when your friend asked about the strange question,we always avoid for that. This conversation is asked for private problem, especially love life and diet.If somebody was asked this question,I would not answer him/her.
          I hope might have a interesting conversation to present in English class, especially the news because it's worth it to discuss in our class.