http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=KLUl8xkKSTk&feature=related
FIRST LESSON: VOCABULARY!
Money, money, money! Money to burn.
Get the stakes up higher
Blackjack, poker, roulette wheel, poker chips
Make your bets! Place your bets!
A fortune to win...or lose
At the betting table, the dealer first shuffles the cards (Ask me to show you: I can do it!) Then he/ she cuts the deck (the pack of cards). Then the dealer deals the cards; you have a good hand (you're in) or a bad hand (you're out)
Neon lights flashing everywhere
One-arm bandits = SLOT MACHINES = a casino gambling machine with three or more reels which spin when a button is pushed. Slot machines were originally operated by a lever on the side of the machine (the one arm) instead of a button. A slot = "une fente".
Slot machine is American; what do the British call a slot machine?
Las Vegas, where day is night and night is day!
American money: dollars, half dollars, quarters, dimes, nickels, pen
nies1 dollar = 2 half dollars (50 cents)
1 dollar = 4 quarters (25 cents)
1 dollar = 10 dimes (10 cents)
1 dollar = 20 nickels (5 cents)
1 dollar = 100 pennies (100 cents)
Take a look:
http://www.arcytech.org/java/money/learn_coins.html
If I lose my very last dime...I'm broke! Hitting the jackpot is much better!
Lucky lady = Lucky Lady's Slots is physical fruit machine game made exclusively for off-line casinos. [The Lady Luck (closed in Feb 2006) was a hotel and casino in the downtown area of Las Vegas.]
One die, two dice ....hot dice....Roll the dice....to shoot craps
Seven: a lucky number.
VIVA LAS VEGAS! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Knbh7TkX6A
The lyrics are under the screen.
VIVA ELVIS!
Jane
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Robert sends us this advice:
ReplyDeleteThe biggest nugget...
In Las Vegas don't forget to admire the biggest nugget in the casino The Golden Nugget at 129 Fremont Street... (And what a street !!! You don't need a flash to take your photos) The famous nugget, which weighs 27.2 kg, was discovered in Australia in 1980 with a metal detector. Its name is The Hand of Faith and it is very impressive!!!... and of course very expensive! Open yours eyes!