English, baby!

makeover

Date: Oct 01 2009

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“Extreme makeover! Just like the one English, baby! got. I’m going to look so much better!”

- Jason on his new look.

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Definition

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improvement to one’s look; change in appearance

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

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Welcome to another episode of EXTREME English, baby! Getting a new haircut or putting on a new set of clothes for the first time not only makes you look different, it also makes you feel different. That’s how you know you’ve had a makeover: when you feel like a new person.

Jason has been wearing the same uniform since he went to the Olympics last year. Marni suggests that it might be time for a makeover and Jason agrees that that’s just what he needs, especially since English, baby! just got a new look.

So Marni starts giving Jason new clothes to try on. He tries everything from hats to a pink flowered shirt. Some makeovers are easier than others, and Jason has a hard time finding a new outfit that suits him.

Devan notices how extreme the makeover has become and suggests something simple. Why not just add a Super Member symbol to the original outfit? It’s perfect! You see, a makeover can be simple as long as it transforms you.

Examples

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“We need to give my sister a makeover. Her hair and makeup are so ugly!”

“They gave the building a complete makeover from new paint to to new floors. You won’t even recognize it!”

“Your website looks like it was designed in the late ‘90s. It is in serious need of a makeover.”

“The TV show takes people who used to have drug problems and gives them makeovers to help them get jobs.”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

	a complete reconstruction and renovation of something. by VOLTS
	well, to smth agian from the begining to make it better;))) by kachya
	i think it meanz change or to be changed , somethin like that....^^ by nono_cute
	an extreme makeover is a radical change of your phisical appearance by monacovalentina
	makeover means transforming.......... by nour_2

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Shinichi Lover

Bahrain

makeover it's an importan thing fo every person,we need to makeover in every thing in our life but it should be for the best, it doesn't matter if the change is big or simple like what Jason do, it's cool I like the lesson

kimarr_boink

South Korea

i think i have to give my b.f a makeover!;p

Rodrigo_pretty

Brazil

I think the right mean would be " Radical Change "

ferhatkanhan

Turkey

coplitely changing

zeinabou

Egypt

changing look is very important,,with some creation you can do it without a lot of coast,so you ll look fresh,confident and not boring for others..

jeffective

Cote D'Ivoire

the stake is beyond the factover, the madeover or the factover (may be not):the over is the stake and it is the matter of english reality in superiority.

jeffective

Cote D'Ivoire

I really want to get on better with that item , but I've to extricate from intricaties between the makeover, the madeover and the factover.could you give us some helping hand?