Diverbo Diary: October 2012

Monday, October 29, 2012

Halloween Make-Up

I totally stole this link from the Diverbo adults blog!

So for your learning pleasure, here is some vocabulary info:

Verbs
Mix:: In the video, the girl explains how to create the exact skin colour for Emily Corpse Bride. She needs to mix several different colours. She says: “I’m gonna mix all my cream colours”

Squeeze: The girl squeezes the make-up tubes in order to get the cream out. She says: “I’m squeezing the white cream make up”

Apply: In English you apply make-up or a cream to your skin, meaning you “spread it over”. When you apply make-up sometimes you use many layers.

After you mix all the colors you need, she says: “start applying that to your face”. She also explains that if you add water to the make-up “it applies so much better that way”.

Shade:The girl says she is going to use her fluffy brush to shade, meaning darken or colour, her eyelids

Nouns
Related to makeup:
eye-shadow eye-liner
Shadow (fluffy)
brush
lipstick
wig

Related to the face:
forehead
eyelids
eyelashes
cheek bones
jaws – jawline
collar bones

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Classic Vincent Price

The Raven read by Vincent Price

The Raven - The Simpsons

The Raven read by Christopher Lee

you know, that mean guy from Lord of the Rings?

Monster Mash

I was working in the lab late one night
When my eyes beheld an eerie sight
For my monster from his slab began to rise
And suddenly to my surprise

He did the mash
He did the monster mash
The monster mash
It was a graveyard smash
He did the mash
It caught on in a flash
He did the mash
He did the monster mash

From my laboratory in the castle east
To the master bedroom where the vampires feast
The ghouls all came from their humble abodes
To get a jolt from my electrodes

They did the mash
They did the monster mash
The monster mash
It was a graveyard smash
They did the mash
It caught on in a flash
They did the mash
They did the monster mash

The zombies were having fun
The party had just begun
The guests included Wolf Man
Dracula and his son

The scene was rockin', all were digging the sounds
Igor on chains, backed by his baying hounds
The coffin-bangers were about to arrive
With their vocal group, "The Crypt-Kicker Five"

They played the mash
They played the monster mash
The monster mash
It was a graveyard smash
They played the mash
It caught on in a flash
They played the mash
They played the monster mash

Out from his coffin, Drac's voice did ring
Seems he was troubled by just one thing
He opened the lid and shook his fist
And said, "Whatever happened to my Transylvania twist?"

It's now the mash
It's now the monster mash
The monster mash
And it's a graveyard smash
It's now the mash
It's caught on in a flash
It's now the mash
It's now the monster mash

Now everything's cool, Drac's a part of the band
And my monster mash is the hit of the land
For you, the living, this mash was meant too
When you get to my door, tell them Boris sent you

Then you can mash
Then you can monster mash
The monster mash
And do my graveyard smash
Then you can mash
You'll catch on in a flash
Then you can mash
Then you can monster mash