English Moment 6th October, 2016 Presented by 6X (Group 4)

Your classmates went shopping last week. Gigi bought a Prada handbag. Tommy bought a watch. Gigi $10,000 $300 Tommy Hysan Place

What should you say? Do you really struggle with words? $ $$$$$$$$

Today, we’re going to teach you how to talk about prices.

1) It cost a fortune. This talk about something that is very expensive. Do you go to concerts? How are the tickets? Are they like cheap? No, they usually cost us a fortune, right? $2000

2) It cost an arm and leg. Let’s talk about the origin of this phrase first. A century or so ago, the painters used to charge a lot for paintings. It was a trend at that time that a painting till the shoulders including the head was really cheap.

The painting until the waist was the second one in price and a painting until your feet was the most expensive. So, following that comes “It cost an arm and leg”. Something which is very expensive.

Auctioneer:. I’m at $4,000 and I want $5,000, $5,000, Auctioneer: I’m at $4,000 and I want $5,000, $5,000, bid on $5,000, I’m at $4,000 would you go $5,000, $5,000 ….. Thank you sir. Final bid $5,000, $5,000. Thank you…thank you. Bidder: What? $5,000 for a small vase? It cost an arm and leg.

3) That’s a rip off. If something is so expensive that you have to pay a lot of money for it, that’s a rip off. E.g. Once I got a pen from China and that pen was $100. I showed my best friend. The pen looked cool. $100

My friend showed me another pen that she bought from a local market. It’s $20 only. OMG! That’s a rip off. I I was cheated because it was not worth the money. $20

4 It was dirt cheap. Dirt cheap as it says means that something which is as cheap as dirt. Meaning: – very cheap – almost free – at an extremely low cost – quite inexpensive Be careful when you buy dirt cheap clothes. The colours could run when you wash them.

very expensive very cheap It cost a fortune It cost an arm and leg That’s a rip off It was dirt cheap very expensive very cheap