2015-10-28 Core: 4 predictions

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: read the article on p. 46 and do part 3
also make a note of what words you need to look up, and what words you still don’t understand
Meena Shekaran: accountant for an import company
Tamil Selvan: senior technician for Hyundai
Kashinath Manna: farmer (self-employed)
Morten Andersen: manager at a Nokia factory

immediate family = your parents and your siblings
extended family = all the people you consider your relatives (grandparents, cousins, etc.)
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p. 47 part 4 - Which of these four people thinks this about the the road?
1 Morten Andersen
2 Meena Shekaran
3 Kashinath Manna
4 Tamil Selvan
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Predictions:
It will be difficult. - I’m pretty sure.
It may be difficult. - It’s possible.
It might be difficult. - It’s possible.
It could be difficult. - It’s possible.
It will certainly be difficult. - I am certain that it will be difficult.
It will definitely be difficult. - (more informal, but basically means the same thing)
It will probably be difficult. - I’m pretty sure, but not 100%.
(if negative: It certainly won’t be difficult. / It probably won’t be difficult.)

may = might = could = possibly
may not = might not = possibly not
could not = not possible
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Look at those clouds! It’s going to rain soon.
Be careful, your coffee is going to fall.
(If I see evidence right now that it will happen very soon.)
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part 10 - with your partner, make sentences using these words (choose just one of the words in parentheses)
2 Tamil Selvan will probably buy a car.
3 Kashinath Manna’s life might not change.
4 The Nokia factory will probably expand.
5 Job opportunities will definitely increase.
6 Traveling around will certainly be easier.
7 People’s standard of living might improve.
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p. 47 part 13 - tell your partners about predictions for your country or city (over the next ten years)

The economy is growing. (“grow up” is what children do when they become adults)
(The opposite of “grow” is “shrink”.)

opposites:
increase / decrease (with specific numbers, like unemployment rate, family size, prices)
improve / get worse
economic crisis / economic boom
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BREAK
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job: (count noun) the specific position or a task you have to do
work: (noncount noun) the location or the effort you put into something
work: (verb) the action that you do at work
(work: (count noun) a piece of art or literature - “the complete works of Shakespeare”)
career: (count noun) the overall path of your related jobs
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major - the “career” you focus on in college, what your degree is in
university - the name of a 4+-year institution you can attend after graduating from high school at 18
college - the name of a 4 (or less) year institution you attend after high school
college - the name of a subdivision within a university (“college of music”, “college of literature, science, and the arts”)
college - the general name of post-high-school academic education (in American English) (especially your first four years of this education)
school - the general name of primary, secondary, and post-secondary education
school - the name of a subdivision within a university or college (“school of music”, “law school”, etc.)
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p. 47 part 11 - complete the sentences with “work” or “job”, and ask and answer 1-4 with a partner
1 work
2 job
3 work
4 work
5 work
6 work
7 jobs (tasks) / works (artwork)
8 work
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p. 49 part 10 - complete the two timelines of possible education paths. which one is more similar to your own?
1 pass a test / stay in school
2 get bad grades / fail an exam
3 take a training course
4 get a degree in…

Do you know someone who had an unconventional or unusual education path? (For example, someone who dropped out but then got a degree late in life, or who dropped out and started a successful business, etc.)
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Phrasal Verbs:

drop out (of school) = quit school
drop someone off = drive someone somewhere and leave them
pick someone up = get someone somewhere and drive them home

Remember: With separable phrasal verbs (where the object can go in the middle of the verb), pronoun objects must go in the middle.
Drop off your children.
Drop your children off.
Drop them off.
(NO) *Drop off them. (WRONG)
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Homework: read the article on p. 51 (again write any words you still don’t understand), do p. 50 part 4