2020-11-03 BWH group 2

The pronunciation of ‘i’ is usually the name of the letter (like, write, might, thigh, eye), or what we call the “short i” sound (lick, writ, mitt, miss, with). It pretty much only sounds like /i/ in words borrowed from other languages (ski, pizza, spaghetti).
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Saturday, November 7, at 2pm, I’m going to meet with some students in front of Park Street Station to walk on part of the Freedom Trail.
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- The President is chosen by the Electoral College, which meets in December.
- Each state has a number of electoral votes which is more or less based on population. (Massachusetts has 11, for example, while California has 55. The exact number is the number of senators plus representatives from each state. States all have 2 senators and a number of representatives based on population.)
- In most states, whoever gets the most individual votes (even if it’s still less than 50%) will get all the electoral votes. (Maine and Nebraska split some of their electoral votes: the 2 “senator” votes go to whoever wins the state, and the “representative” votes go to whoever wins that district of the state.)
- (This is related to the fact that many laws are different from one state to another, because each state has some power of its own, separate from the federal government.)

https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/written-explanation - Movement to get enough states to agree that all of their electoral votes should go to whoever wins the national popular vote.
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“Better late than never.”
“Better late than pregnant.”
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Complete the mid-semester course evaluation and let me know when you’re finished.
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https://acleddata.com/2020/10/21/standing-by-militias-election/
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fight or flight response = The burst of adrenaline that prepares your body to either fight or run away.

p. 86 part D - Are the affirmative or negative statements true for you?

Do as I say, not as I do.

doomscrolling = continuing to scroll through the news or social media even though it is very stressful (and a lot of what you see are stories about “doom” - very bad and unavoidable things)
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BREAK
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leak/lick
sheep/ship
meet/mitt
leave/live
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Letter: 	A	E 	I 	O  	U
Lonɡ: 		eɪ 	iː 	aɪ 	oʊ 	uː
Short: 		æ 	ɛ  	ɪ  	ɑ   	ʌ

(Other vowels: ə ʊ ɔ ɑʊ oɪ)

The “long” vowel sounds are usually formed with two vowel letters (often a silent ‘e’ at the end of the word)
	We learn the rule: “When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking.”

Long A: paid, make (but also “eight” and “fiance”)
Long E: see, eke, caffeine (but also “ski”, “happy”, “believe”)
Long I: like (but also “light”, “height”)
Long O: toad, rode (but also “show”)
Long U: cute (but also “boot”, “shoe”)

The “short” vowel sounds are often made when the vowel is alone (especially in one-syllable words):
A: sat, had, mad, bag
E: beg, bed, red, wreck
I: big, bid, rid, mid (give)
O: hot, mod, rod, sod, bot
U: but, mutt, rut, up (love, of)

Other vowels:
ə (schwa) - the most common unstressed vowel sound: photography /fəˈtɑgrəˌfi/
ʊ: wood, good, could, should, would
ɔ: bought, caught, taught, awful, boss (Many people around Boston don’t pronounce this differently from “short O”)
ɑʊ: round, out, about
oɪ: joy, boy, oil
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Look! Luke met Mitt.
(Be careful that you don’t say “luck” or “meet” in this sentence.)
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What is the difference between compassion and empathy?
In common usage, compassion is more or less empathy plus a desire to help.
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compassion/empathy
empathy/sympathy
courage/bravery
- People will often give contrasting definitions for their own use, but these aren’t necessarily universal. (Some speakers may make the opposite distinction, and others may use the words interchangeably.)
Take it with a grain of salt (be a bit skeptical about it; don’t believe it completely) when someone tells you the difference between two very similar words.