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- Greg Malivuk
- gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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- https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-lovable-and-lethal-sea-lion-claire-simeone
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- Homework: p. 210-212 (4R6 test questions) and 215-217 (4R12 test questions)
- p. 212 exercise 4R6
- 1 c
- 2 c
- 3 b (The article only mentions human applications, but there’s no reason to infer that other applications don’t exist.)
- 4 a
- 5 a
- 6 d
- 7 b
- 8 a (If the impact will be “impossible to fathom”, it means it will be very different and we can’t predict the details.)
- fathom = understand; grasp
- get to the bottom of = understand (especially understand the root causes or reasons)
- sluggish = very slowly
- surge = a sudden large increase
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- path = suffering/sickness
- gen = make/create
- pathogen = something that causes illness or disease
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- https://newsela.com/ - news stories in different levels of English
- - If you have trouble understanding something at the “MAX” level it was originally written, you can choose lower/simpler levels.
- - For TOEFL, the stories in the “Library” section are probably more useful.
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- http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/ - You can practice with British accents here.
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- BREAK
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- Listening: second section, 60-90 minutes total, 6 or 9 listenings in 2 or 3 sets
- each set = 1 conversation, 1 lecture, 1 discussion; 17 questions; 10 minutes to choose answers
- (August 1st changes are described at https://www.ets.org/toefl/better_test_experience)
- Listening Question Types:
- - main idea (topic or purpose)
- - detail/fact
- - purpose
- - prediction
- - inference
- - function (replay)
- - attitude
- - table or chart
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- Main Idea
- Cambridge exercise L9 - Predict the main topic of each listening from the first sentence.
- 1 the United Kingdom
- 2 architecture award
- 3 Irish linen
- 4 human and animal figures carved in hillsides
- 5 geology of Mars
- exercise L10 - Choose the correct topic from the first sentence.
- 1 C
- 2 B
- 3 A (or “satellite communications technology in education”)
- 4 D
- 5 A (He compares influenza to the cold, but the focus will be on influenza.)
- 6 D
- - In this exercise there are examples of all three types of common wrong answers:
- - too general
- - too specific
- - similar words from the talk, but with a different meaning
- exercise L11 - Is the main topic stated in the first sentence?
- 1 Yes
- 2 No (The topic is public zoos, but the first sentence is about wealthy people’s private collections.)
- 3 No
- 4 Yes
- 5 No
- exercise L12 - Identify the topic (it’s not mentioned in the first sentence)
- 1 ways to record dance movements
- 2 reasons settlers came to America
- 3 the lack of historical value in modern photography
- 4 official language policies in the US
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- Cengage exercise 9.1 - Listen to the conversations and identify the main idea.
- 1 C
- 2 B
- 3 C
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- Homework: exercise 9.2, about lectures and discussions
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