oral 2_ Euphemisms and oxymorons - Holidays at work

Working holiday campaign

    Don’t be a moron this summer.  

Anyone can stand a Couch Potato July ahead?

      Go outside your comfort zone…

Workcamps are not vacations, so you don’t expect to do tourism. You may do some cultural visits, but it’s not the aim of the project.  

You’ll be part of a local project and you’ll be living with local people, try to think about the impact of your presence there in a positive and in a negative way.

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TASK 1.  Tell your partner which is the one you'd like to attend.

            You can join your european voluntary project 

 in SCI Catalunya office 

a) give support in the task of:

a1) sending and hosting volunteers, 

a2) helping local groups, 

b) make promotion of workcamps, 

c) offer and participate in trainings, 

...... and a lot of other things!

ORAL TASK 2.  Discuss with your  partner

                      Working holiday campaign

• the greatness /silliness of doing a working holidays experience.

•    the adequacy of the pictures above

CODA.   Find your favourite OXYMORON  and 
             compose a long sentence. Check your friends!

Two words with contradicting meanings used together.
Something that appears self-contradictory, often a ridiculous comparison. 
Conjoining contradictory terms.

Some paradoxical oxymorons you may know as they become clichés:


   group 1  

• Irregular pattern

• Real utopias

• Bitter sweet

• Deafening silence

• Forward retreat

• Noisy silence

• Quiet riot

• Serious joke

• Sweet sorrow

   group 2  


Unjust Law

Tax Return

Airline Food

Alone Together

Taped Live

Peace Force

Anarchy Rules

Affordable Housing

French Resistance

Rap Music

From American politics   Chuckle a little bit:

• The news reported that he had died of death by friendly fire.

•  Eight years of "Compasionate Conservatism"

• Amazing " Open-minded Conservative"

   group 3 -  with  4 sets  

SET 1       Legally drunk     Exact estimate     Act naturally  
                 Resident alien        Genuine imitation        Good grief

SET 2           Passive aggression      Clearly misunderstood      Peace force
                  Extinct life            Plastic glasses               Terribly pleased 

SET 3          Computer security          Political science        Definite maybe
                    Pretty ugly               Same difference      Almost exactly

SET 4           Silent scream                New classic        Childproof

                Terribly pleased                Diet ice cream   Exact estimate