WORDS

1. drink mix, or powdered drink mix

- is a processed-food product, a powder designed to mix usually with water to produce a
beverage resembling fruit juice or soda in flavor.
2. A fixed-gear bicycle (or fixed-wheel bicycle, commonly known in some places
as a fixie)
- is a bicycle that has a drivetrain with no freewheel mechanism. The freewheel was
developed early in the history of bicycle design but the fixed-gear bicycle remained the
standard track racing design.
3. aspiration n.
- a strong hope or wish for achievement or success: something that you hope to
achieve:
It is important to encourage children's dreams and aspirations.
4. priority n.
- something that is considered more important than other matters:
My first/top priority is to find somewhere to live.
5. at last
- in the end; after much delay.
Tired but home at last, the kid jumps out of the car and gently rubs his face.
6. finance n.
- the management of money, or the money belonging to a person, group, or
organization:
- the money that a person or company has:
We keep a tight control on the organization's finances.
7. in ink
- simply means to use a pen to write with.
8. motivating adj.
- able to make someone eager to do something:
able to influence someone to behave in a particular way:
A motivating manager knows how to help people make things happen.
9. multicoloured
- having many different colours:
10. satisfying
- giving pleasure, esp. by taking care of a need or desire:
It is very satisfying to know that the project was a success.
11. call for
- to need or deserve a particular action, remark, or quality:
This calls for a celebration!
It's the sort of work that calls for a high level of concentration.
12. Plant
- place (a seed, bulb, or plant) in the ground so that it can grow.
13. tend
- regularly or frequently behave in a particular way or have a certain characteristic.
People tend not to like to wait.
You tend not to go out partying and clubbing till 2am.

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NOTE
A: What did you do in New Year's Day?
B: I wrote myself a list of priorities like you did last year.
A: What goals did you write?
B: Your goals were about finances, but mine are all about exercise.
A: Sounds good.
B: Yes. It's motivating to see my own health aspirations in ink.

Notes 2
A: What did you get from the bar?
B: I ordered myself a mojito.
A: Was it made with a drink mix?
B: I think they often are, but mine was made with fresh mint.
A: Sounds good.
B: Yes. It’s easy to make my own mojitos now too, because I planted some mint.
Notes 3
A: What did you do on your day off?
B: I knit myself a scarf and started on one for my son.
A: What colors did you use?
B: My son’s is multicolored, but mine’s just purple.
A: Sounds good.
B: Yes. It's satisfying to make my own clothing.

Cues 1
A: What did you do for your birthday?
B: I bought myself a gray guitar.
A: How much was it?
B: They tend to go for about $1,000, but mine was only $900.
A: Sounds good.
B: Yes. It's exciting to finally have my ow guitar.

Cues 2
A: What did you have for lunch?
B: I made mysel a pasta dish I saw on TV.
A: What was in it?
B: The recipe called for salmon and broccoli, but mine had mushrooms too.
A: Sounds good.
B: Yes. It's fun to make myself/ my own lunch sometimes.

Cues 3
A: What did you buy today?
B: I got myself a fixed-gear bike like Dan's.
A: Is it the same model?
B: His is last year's model, but mine is the latest one.
A: Sounds good.
B: Yes. It's great to have my own racing bike at last.

ACTIVITY
(HAIRCUT)
A: What did you do on the weekend?
B: I got myself a haircut to look different.
A: What style did you have?
B: Most young men get a buzz cut, but now mine is crew cut.
A: Sounds cool.
B: Yes. It's inspiring to see my own hairstyle at last.

A: What did you do on the weekend?

B: I got myself a haircut to look different.
A: What style did you have?
B: Most girls get a layered hairstyle, but now mine is bob cut.
A: Sounds cool.
B: Yes. It's inspiring to see my own hairstyle at last.

(SHOES)
A: What did you do on your day off?
B: I bought myself a cool pair of shoes recently.
A: How much was it?
B: They tend to go for about P500.00, but mine is P400.
A: Sounds nice.
B: Yes, It’s rewarding to have my own gift for my birthday.

OWN WORDS
A: What did you get from the sale?
B: I got myself a unique-looking dress.
A: What dress did you get?
B: I used to buy a lace dress , but now mine is a fit-and-flared dress this time.
A: Sounds fabulous.
B: Yes. It's fulfilling to finally wear my own unique-looking casual dress at the party

Lace is often used for fancy dresses, special doilies and tablecloths, and decorative
accents
fit-and-flared dress - fitted through the waist and flaring out at or below the hips

Extension
A: My mom just bought herself a hybrid car.
B: Nice. Doesn’t your dad already have one?
A: Yes. His is a sedan, but hers is a hatchback. She has always wanted her own car.

A: My sister just bought herself a scooter.

B: Nice. Doesn't your brother already have one?
A: Yes. His is Vespa, but hers is a three wheeled type. She really wanted to have one.

Mine
-- replace the my and the noun *object*
-- to emphasize that something of yours is different from other things you're talking
about
-- mine is not used with the noun
Ex: Mine is black. (correct)
Mine car is black. (incorrect)
My
-- use my before a noun
Ex: My car is black
-- use my own + object if that something belongs only to you
Myself
-- use myself to perform an action on yourself
-- to show that you benefited from or were especially affected by your action
I + verb + myself + object
Ex: I cut myself with a knife.
I bought myself a new car.
-- use to emphasize more of what you did
Ex: I bake a cake myself
-- by myself means alone