ATTENTION: YOU MUST PRACTICE USING THE PAST TENSES DURING THE DISCUSSION!!

USEFUL PHRASES

1. a memory like a sieve -an extremely bad memory

2. a trip/walk down memory lane -an occasion when people remember or talk about things that happened in the past

3. fond memory -something that you remember with pleasure

4. in living memory -during the time that anyone still alive can remember

5. in your mind’s eye -if you can see someone or something in your mind’s eye, you can imagine or remember what they look like

6. (off) by heart -if you know something by heart, you can remember all the words in it without any help

7. resonant with/of something -making you think of or remember a feeling or experience

VOCABULARY

1. blurred(adjective) - difficult to understand or remember clearly

2. catchy(adjective) - if a tune or phrase is catchy it attracts your attention and is easy to remember

3. commemorative(adjective) - produced for an important event to help you remember it

4. conscious(adjective) - a conscious thought, memory, experience etc is one that you realize you are having

5. dim (adjective) - a dim memory is something that you cannot remember very well because it happened a long time ago

6. dimly (adverb) - if you dimly remember or understand something, you only remember or understand a little of it

7. elusive (adjective) -difficult to remember or understand

8. etched(adjective) - literary if something is etched on your mind or memory, you can still remember it very clearly, sometimes when you would prefer to forget it

9. foggy (adjective) - not clearly remembered or understood

10. forgotten(adjective) - not thought about or remembered by people any longer

11. haunting(adjective) - beautiful in a way that makes you feel sad and remember something for a long time

12. hazy(adjective) - a hazy memory is one that you cannot remember well

13. immortal(adjective) -very well known, and therefore likely to be remembered for a long time

14. memorable (adjective) - worth remembering or easy to remember, because of being special in some way

15. memorial (adjective) - a memorial object, event, or prize is created to honour someone who has died

16. nostalgic (adjective) - remembering happy times in the past

17. nostalgic (adjective) - making someone remember happy times in the past

18. redolent (adjective) - literary reminding you of something

19. reminiscent (adjective) - reminding you of people or experiences in your past

20. reminiscent(adjective) - mainly literary full of thoughts of the past

21. retentive (adjective) - able to remember a lot of information

22. short(adjective) - if you have a short memory, you are not able or willing to remember things that happened recently

23. suggestive (adjective) - making you think of or remember a particular thing

24. unforgettable(adjective) - something that is unforgettable will be remembered for a very long time

25. vague(adjective) - a vague feeling, memory etc is not complete, accurate, or fully formed

26. wistful(adjective) - used when you are thinking about something that made you happy in the past

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1.What are your impressions about the year 2015 in general?

2.Are they any changes which occurred in your life during the year?

3.How have you changed during the course of the year?

4.Do you have bright memories of the year?

5.Would you like to go back and change anything in 2015?

6.Do you think that 2015 is the same as all the other years? If not why?

7.How would you like to say goodbye to 2015?

8.“Every year that comes and goes is like a brick being laid upon another brick on this house called life” What do you think this means?

9.Do you have a yearbook or a diary?

10.How do you feel now that the year is about to come to a close?

Date: 2015-12-24; view: 911