'Sunny Malta!'
Hey Guys,
Another Friday and the end of another working week; I hope you had a good one and you're looking forward to the weekend. I was just wondering what your plans are? I'd love to hear how you'll be spending the weekend in your part of the world.
The weather's very good here in Malta so I'll be spending some time outside. For a start, I'll take my daughter, Ariana, to the park. She's only three and doesn't appreciate the importance of the weekend and waking up late – there will be no lie in for me! :(
Playing with the Ariana will be followed by the obligatory mountain of laundry that needs to be done along with the other household chores. When they're out of the way I'll go and see my grandmother; she lives on her own and always enjoys some company.
Who wants to cook on the weekend? Not me! Actually, I don't mind cooking so much, it's the washing up that I hate. So anyway, I'll probably eat out somewhere or get some take away food (I try to eat healthily during the week, that goes out of the window on the weekend).
On Sunday I'm going to a christening. My cousin adopted a baby girl from Ethiopia recently and they're having her christened this weekend. Before that, I'll be settling down in front of the TV to watch my favourite football team, Everton, play Manchester United in the FA Cup semi final. I'm sure it'll be a nail-biting occasion for me, but fingers-crossed they'll win.
So that's pretty much how I’ll be spending my weekend…how about you?
C'mon Everton!
By Chris
Key words
lie in - (noun) stay in bed later than usual in the morning.
laundry - (noun) the dirty clothes that need to be washed.
chores - (noun) jobs in or around the house.
eat out - (phrasal verb) to eat in a restaurant.
go out of the window - (idiom) stops, disappears, no longer exists.
christening - (noun) a religious ceremony at which a baby is made a member of the Christian Church.
adopted - (verb) past tense of adopt: to take another person's child into your own family and legally raise him or her as your own child.
nail-biting - (adjective) describes a situation that is very exciting or worrying because you do not know how it will end.
fingers-crossed - (adverb) hopefully.
Comments
Thanks once more
Thank you for the lesson, I like it.
As for me I 'm not going to lie in because I want to do a lot of things.
Laundry was on Thursday, but another chores are waiting for me. We won't eat out , we are having holidays on Sunday.Cooking is my duty on the weekend, but the washing up goes out of the window, my children will help me.Football was yesterday, my husband was nail-biting( rather interesting word) and I hoped he had fingers-crossed, because his favourite team won.(3-0)
And if the weather is fine, we'll spend some time outside, in the park, in the countryside...
Have a nice weekend!Thanks once more for such a beautiful lesson
Hi Yura
Thanks for your response. I hope you have a great weekend too!
Chris
Thank you
I read a good example for weekend.. It was useful for me.. coz I sometimes do not know, how can I say some sentences.. I wish for all people have a good time on weekend..
thanks for everything
Nice weekend
Hi chris,
You have a wonderful weekend,hehe,not like me,I still work for another day ,lots of work here,but I can have a rest on Sunday,maybe sleep is the better choise.
TangLei from SZ China
Hi Tang lei
Try and enjoy your extra day in work! Thanks for your message.
Chris
weekend? Partyyyyyy
Hi Chris,
I don't know exactly what I'm going to do during the weekend. I think that we will go out and make a BBQ at the beach. Clubbing and partying will be the next point. On Sunday, if the weather will be nice and waves will be not too dangerous, we will go sailing with my friends. So nothing special. Another boring weekend.
By the way, I've heard that you are visiting a gym. Is it true? How is it going?
Party boy
Miro, Miro, Miro, be careful on that boat!
Have a great weekend!
Chris
My weekends have not much
My weekends have not much differences from my usual days, cause I'm retired. But I couldn't say that I have too much time on my hands. I have my finger in every pie.
This weekend I have started with biking for couple of hours ,afterwords I was going for shopping (I bought some nice goods). Than I moved on my grandmother's joys - had dinner with my granddaughters (8 and 3years old),helped to an older one to sew some clothes for her Webkind and thought a younger one to ride a bicycle.
After they leaving I took five for reading and now I'm here , in my favorite site.Tomorrow, Saturday we are going to spend 5-6 hours for our traditional walking on countryside named Shvill Israel (The Way across Israel). Any one wants to join us? It is really perfect ten!
Nice weekend for all site users.
Enjoy!
Lucky you! My weekend'll be sad, even the weather here in Slovenia is nice, because I have an angina with high temperature. So I'm going to lie in my bed and watch TV. Enjoy also for me.
How am I going to spend my next week end?
Weather forecast aren't good in Naples; so I think i'm going to spend next week end on my favourite activities inside my house.
cosmober
First of all I'm going to cook something special to my family. This means that on saturday early morning I will be searching some tasteful prey at fishmarket. Coooking fish based sauces is my speciality. I'll be able to write a book to collect my recipes.
Then I'm going to read some magazine and, why not, studying english as I usually do in my spare time.
Of course for the next week end I will be doing many other things but I don't want you get bored any longer.
hi! chris
i hope i can be like you in terms of language speaking...can you give me some tips to be more effective in english speaking?thanks and God bless you!!!!
Hi Daffodils, The most
Hi Daffodils,
The most important tips for learning English are to be confident, don't be afraid of making mistakes and practise every day.
Good luck,
Chris
my weekend
It's autumn and it's time to pick mushrooms!!! I hope this weekend my family and I would be able to go to the forest and have our baskets full of various EDIBLE mushrooms.
I like this activity very much, and I know a lot about mushrooms: which is good and which you'd better avoid, how to cook ones. I believe, this weekend I'll find myself somewhere in the forest enjoying unity with the Nature and having a great "catch"!
Have a nice weekend to everybody,
best regards,
Anastasiya
need help
omar
thanks all i am new student in ec i hope you pik me up to in my english .
meekeds
omar
This weeken I am going to our farm, it's away 8km from my home .I will take my kids with me daughter 8years and my son 6years.
My kid like spending them wekend there too much because the can play freely but them mother settling in nail-biting.
We will eat there usually barbecue i love this kind of food.
Finally we go back to home my wife make some household chores and i lied in bed waching T.V.
Thank you for the lesson, I
Thank you for the lesson, I didn't expect any special from my weekend, washing laundry, cooking and cleaning the flat on Saturday, on Sunday I'll lie in,make some lessons in this site, watch TV, my husband works in another city so we can't to spend time together now
My weekend
I often lie in at the weekend. It makes me feel relax. In the morning, I usually make house chores as washing clothes, cleaning and cooking... In fact, I eat out during the weak and the weekend is the time I can cook something for my brother (I live with my brother). I hate going to market to buy food, it very tired! The market is very crowd and make me a long time to cheque out.
This weekend, I and my brother decide that the chores are go out of window. We will go and see my parents, take part in a wedding party.
Thanks for giving an insight into using ideoms.....
Hey Chris,
Your weekend is more eventful than mine.Though I have planned for only few things on this weekend,I really like doing those things.
Firstly, there will be lie in for me on this weekend.I badly need one on this weekend to regain my energy exhuasted due to hectic weekdays.
I will be watching drama in one of the best theater in my city with my close friend.I simply love watching dramas.I will be enjoying my food in my fav ethnic restaurant before I retire to the bed.
Hope othere guys will have the blasting weekend....
Write soon
Ravindra