Let’s paint the town red! In this lesson, students will discuss workplace relationships, socializing with colleagues, and appropriate behaviors at work. This lesson features a video of an event “Take Your Parents to Work Day” at Google. Students will learn and practice vocabulary and idioms relating to the topic. The lesson includes plenty of engaging discussion activities and worksheets that have been developed for adult and teenage learners.

Lesson Objectives

To develop speaking and listening skills

To discuss the topic of appropriate workplace behaviors and socializing with coworkers

To learn and practice new vocabulary words relating to the topic

Video

What is Google all about? Who inspires you? Watch this video that features two employees who take their parents to a “Take Your Parents to Work Day” event at Google.

Video Transcript

Vocabulary and Pronunciation

paint the town red [idiom]: to go out and for an enjoyable night; to go out drinking, dancing, etc.

gossip [verb]: to engage in gossip; to spread rumors or stories

play fast and loose [idiom]: to behave in a clever, irresponsible, and/or dishonest way

talk shop [idiom]: discuss matters concerning one's work, especially at a social occasion when this is inappropriate

get the ball rolling [idiom]: to set an activity in motion; make a start

blow off steam [idiom]: to get rid of strong feelings or energy

rub elbows (with) [idiom]: to associate or come into contact with another person

break the ice [idiom]: to do or say something to relieve tension or get conversation going at the start of a party or when people meet for the first time

escape room [noun]: a room in which people are locked in order to play a game requiring them to solve a series of puzzles within a certain amount of time to accomplish a goal, typically finding the key to unlock the room

bar crawl [noun]: is the act of visiting multiple pubs or bars in a single session

socialize [verb]: to participate in social activities; interact and spend time with others

showbiz [noun]: short for show business; the entertainment industry, including movies, television, popular music, and theater

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