Hello Citrus ESL 100 Class!

Great job on completing the first blog posts! Here's your second blog assignment!

I'm sure you have all heard some interesting idioms/expressions in English. Idioms and expressions are used as marketing schemes or in everyday conversations.

For your next post, I want you to choose two idioms that you find interesting and write about them! Tell me what they mean, where you heard them, and why they're interesting to you. You can even posts pictures to help illustrate the idiom.

Here's an example:

You Rock! You Rule!
I've always wondered about the expression "you rock" and "you rule". Why do we use rock and rule to illustrate that someone is doing good? Are rocks and rules a good thing?

This expression interests me because people would always use it when I was growing up. Whenever I did a good job at something my teacher would say, "You rock!"

A rock is a hard round object, so how is being a rock or "rocking" a good thing? Very strange!

Life in Hong Kong

Every school vacation my family and I would travel to Hong Kong. Life in Hong Kong was so different from life in the United States. There are two distinct differences between Hong Kong and the U.S.

The first difference between Hong Kong and the U.S. is size. Hong Kong is a small island filled with tall skyscrapers. Although the U.S. has skyscrapers in its major cities, such as New York and Los Angeles, there is a lot more space in the U.S. than in Hong Kong. When I first started living in Hong Kong, I had to become accustomed with the size. Everything was smaller! In the U.S. there is so much space that everything is bigger. So size is a "big" difference between the two places.

The second difference between Hong Kong and the U.S. is the transportation system. In the U.S. it is not uncommon to own a car even if you are living in a large city like New York. However, in Hong Kong owning a car is a luxury, and not everyone can afford to have a personal car. In Hong Kong the transportation system is elaborate and a significant part of how people travel. Where as in the U.S., many people travel by driving their own cars.

Tell me about your city and/or country. How does life in the United States compare?