Lifestyles and classroom language- AIRC102 If you are a new listener to this award-winning podcast, welcome! With over 40 years of teaching between us, we'll help you improve your English and take it to the next level.   Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/  More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/  In this episode: Lifestyles and classroom language (we're going to help you with useful classroom expressions and talk about different lifestyles and ways of living, social groups etc) Listener Feedback: Manuel - Paterna (Valencia) Hi Craig, Hi Reza: I've been listening to your podcast many months ago (for many months) while I'm doing my house-work, at the gym, in the garden..... It's a wonderful way to improve English and I hope you'll reach at least one thousand episodes and I could stand listening to. I'd like, if you don't mind, to hear about how to use "thank" in English, the noun and the verb because It's a bit confuse (confusing) to me. Thanks for your time and go on! Manuel to thank (verb) - agradecer a alguien por algo (thank you for the coffee) To say thank you to someone - thank you for listening to this podcast and writing a review on iTunes! thanks - gracias (informal) cheers! (UK) to give thanks for something - We give thanks for the love of our family. - Damos gracias por el amor de nuestra familia. Thanksgiving - Día de Acción de Gracias Ironic use: Who do we have to thank for this mess? - ¿A quién debemos dar las gracias por este desastre? / Thanks a lot! Thank you so much. (Many thanks) - muchísimas gracias thank you very much (many thanks) - muchas gracias Thank you for all your help. - Le agradezco toda su ayuda. I can't thank you enough. I can never thank you enough. A big/huge thank you! Do British people say thank you more than the Spanish? Classroom language – What does this mean? How do you say _____ in English? How do you spell it? How do you pronounce it? How do you pronounce/translate ____? What’s the difference between ______ and ________? Could you tell me ____? Can you explain _____? Could you write it, please? Italki ad read: Effective, Quality (fastest way to become fluent, great teachers, 1­on­1) Native, International (native speakers) Convenient (learning at home, technology) Affordable (cut out the middlemen, great pricing) Personal, Customized (personalized learning) Human Connection (not apps / software) Italki gives 100 italki credits (ITC) to each paying student that registers. inglespodcast.com/italki/ - click on ‘start speaking – find a teacher’ We want to say thank you to italki for sponsoring Aprender Inglés con Reza y Craig LIFESTYLE Nuclear family - A nuclear family or elementary family is a family group consisting of a pair of adults and their children. This is in contrast to a single-parent family, to the larger extended family, and to a family with more than two parents. Modern family - When my parents were married, the ideal family consisted of a mother, father, two kids and a house in the suburbs. The traditional family unit has evolved with extended families, single parents, gay parents, adoption and no children. Jet setter - The definition of a jet setter is a person who travels frequently - Someone in high society with a glamorous life. An example of a jet setter is someone who flies off to Paris to shop. Millennials – Millennials (also known as the Millennial Generation or Generation Y) follow Generation X. There are no precise dates for when the generation starts and ends; most researchers and commentators use birth years ranging from the early 1980s to around 2000. Generation X, commonly abbreviated to Gen X, is the generation born after the Western Post–World War II baby boom. Most demographers and commentators use birth dates ranging from the early 1960s to the early 1980s. Yuppies - A yuppie - short for "young urban professional" or "young upwardly-mobile professional") is defined by one source as being "a yo