HUGE BLACK FLY *A TEACHER'S EDITION* BEE'S KNEES ENGLISH

R E A D S H E E T Today, I was having a coffee at my favorite coffee house while

working on an essay that I'm supposed to finish and hand in by tomorrow

morning.

Anyway, I took a sip and felt something in my mouth. I figured it must

be a bit of a cookie that I'd had for breakfast so I didn't worry about it at

first. Then I remembered I didn't have cookies this morning.

I reached in and took it out of my mouth. It turned out to be a huge

black fly. I screamed and threw it away as far as I could. It flew across the

room and landed on the plate of this big bald tough-looking guy.

He stood up and looked at me as if he was going to kill me. His wife

had to hold him and keep him from beating the hell out of me.

And that's not the worst part. I'm kind of clumsy so in the process I

also spit coffee all over my open laptop and knocked over the cup, spilling

the rest of the coffee on the floor.

I could see the customers mumbling to each other, shaking their

heads and calling me a loser.

The waiter wasn't too happy either. Even though I apologized to him

repeatedly for making him mop the floor and gave him a nice tip, I don't

think I'll be welcome there for a while.

Oh, and did I mention that my laptop died and all my files got wiped

out, including the essay I was working on? And that I got an F as a result?

Some days just aren't worth getting out of bed for.

HUGE BLACK FLY *A TEACHER'S EDITION* BEE'S KNEES ENGLISH

N O T E S * I D E A S

Today, I was having a coffee at my favorite coffee house while

working on an essay that I'm supposed to finish and hand in

by tomorrow morning. Anyway, I took a sip and felt something

in my mouth. I figured it must be a bit of a cookie that I'd

had for breakfast so I didn't worry about it at first. Then I

remembered I didn't have cookies this morning.

I reached in and took it out of my mouth. It turned out to be

a huge black fly. I screamed and threw it away as far as I

could. It flew across the room and landed on the plate of this

big bald tough-looking guy. He stood up and looked at me as

if he was going to kill me. His wife had to hold him and keep

him from beating the hell out of me.

And that's not the worst part. I'm kind of clumsy so in the

process I also spit coffee all over my open laptop and knocked

over the cup, spilling the rest of the coffee on the floor. I could

see the customers mumbling to each other, shaking their heads

and calling me a loser.

The waiter wasn't too happy either. Even though I apologized

to him repeatedly for making him mop the floor and gave him

a nice tip, I don't think I'll be welcome there for a while. Oh,

and did I mention that my laptop died and all my files got

wiped out, including the essay I was working on? And that I

got an F as a result? Some days just aren't worth getting out

of bed for.

HUGE BLACK FLY *A TEACHER'S EDITION* BEE'S KNEES ENGLISH

P O I N T- O U T * B E ST B I T S *JAK BYSTE ŘEKLI:

zrovna jsme si dávali kafe

při práci na eseji jsem zjistil...

do zítřka to musí být hotové

říkal jsem si, že to je nějaký omyl

nějak jsem to v tu chvíli neřešil

letělo to, protože jsem tím hodil

stál tam a křičel na mě

zabránil jsem tomu, aby se to zhoršilo

a to ještě není to nejhorší

nevěděl jsem, že jsi takový nešika

a přitom jsem ji celou polil kávou

nepřevrhni to, jinak to budeš utírat

kroutil hlavou a něco si mumlal

neříkej jí, že je hrdinka

mně se to taky nelíbí

i když to nebyla moje chyba

komu se máme omluvit a za co?

nikdo tě nenutil to dělat

už tu nejste vítáni

mohls to aspoň zmínit

zuby vypadly všem, včetně mě

už ti někdy takhle odešel telefon?

a kvůli tomu jsem nedostal dýško

pak by to ale nestálo za to

we were just having coffee

while (I was) working on the essay...

it has to be done by tomorrow

I figured it was some kind of a mistake

I didn't worry about it at the time

it flew because I threw it

he stood there and screamed/yelled at me

I kept it from getting worse

and that's not the worst part

I didn't know you were so clumsy

and in the process I spilled coffee all over her

don't knock it over or you'll mop it

he shook his hand and mumbled something

don't call her a hero

I don't like it either

even though it wasn't my fault

who do/should we apologize to and what for?

no one made you do it

you're not welcome here anymore

you could have at least mentioned it

everyone's teeth fell out, including mine

has you phone died like this ever before?

and as a result I didn't get a tip

but then it wouldn't be worth it

HUGE BLACK FLY *A TEACHER'S EDITION* BEE'S KNEES ENGLISH

B L OW- U P * G R A M M A R*BE WORTH ST

• it doesn't/didn't really worth it * pomocné sloveso je BE, nikoli DO

• the audiobook isn't worth to listen to *pokud následuje sloveso, pak v ING tvaru

• will it worth it? / then it wouldn't worth visiting *BE zde nesmí vypadnout

EVEN THOUGH

• even though you're rich, I won't marry you * české PŘESTOŽE, I KDYŽ, pojí se s celou větou

• I won't marry you despite all your money * české PŘES, pojí se jen s předmětem

* varianty ALTHOUGH / IN SPITE OF bych v první fázi neuváděl, jen by mátly

• even if you were rich, I wouldn't marry you * hypotetické I KDYBY, I POKUD

CALL SB ST

• how do you call this? / don't call me like that * česky "JAK se tomu říká", v angličtině "ČÍM se to nazývá"

• you shouldn't say about these people that they are heroes *české "řekl o ní, že je", sloveso "nazývat" se v

dnešní češtině moc nepoužívá

EITHER

• I had a great time, too (kladná věta) / I didn't like it there either (zápor)

• jiná použití EITHER: either of these is fine / either you tell her or I will

WORRY ABOUT ST

• WORRY má spoustu českých překladů, nejen DĚLAT SI STAROSTI:

• I don't have to worry about money (nemusím řešit peníze, care about, solve) / hey, don't worry about it (to je

v pohodě, to neřeš; never mind) / I worry about you (mám o tebe strach, I am afraid of you) / don't worry, I'll

be fine (neboj, don't be afraid)

KEEP SB FROM DOING ST

• jako české (ZA)BRÁNIT NĚKOMU V NĚČEM, v podstatě opak spojení MAKE SB DO ST (v textu: make

the waiter mop the floor), případně LET SB DO ST

• příležitost připomenout koncept ING tvaru slovesa po jakékoli předložce: ve stejném textu: apologized to

the waiter FOR MAKING him mop the floor