2015-07-09 Core: 12 samurai & apologies

Greg Malivuk
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(This is the Core class.)
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Homework: p. 146 parts 4, 5, 6 (about the article on p. 147)
(bring your phone or other Internet device on Friday - you will do some research in class for the project)
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p. 146 part 4
1 T (“their customs would have been familiar”)
2 F (They eventually disappeared after a long period of peace in Japan, when people didn’t need samurai.)
3 T (e.g. calligraphy, flower arranging, and the theater)
4 F (There are still schools that teach those skills.)
5 T (“The samurai have inspired hundreds of...dramas.”)
part 5
1 appeal
2 overcoming
3 savage
4 battle-weary (“weary” = tired after a lot of action)
5 fierce
6 unarmed
7 threat
8 lone (There was a lone gunman. The gunman was alone.) (Adjectives with a-, like “alone”, “awake”, “alive”, “asleep”, and “afraid”, almost always go after a verb like “be”, not before the noun.)
part 6
1 Bushido, at the end of the paragraph
2 Samurai history, after “...might never have existed.”
3 Samurai identity, after “...went to the theater.”
4 Samurai today, after “...TV dramas.”
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p. 147 part 7 - what do the expressions with “go” mean?
1 a
2 b (same sense as “How is it going?”)
3 b
4 b
part 8 - with a partner, identify the full expressions with “go”, use your own words to explain them
1 went wrong = failed, didn’t work well, didn’t work as intended
2 went on = continued
3 going up = increasing
4 went quiet = stopped, became silent
5 go ahead with = do, carry out (especially after some delay or disagreement that paused the plan)
6 have a go at = attempt, try
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p. 148
apologize (verb) = express regret for something you did wrong
apology (noun) = the act of apologizing or the words used to apologize
sorry (adjective) = guilty or regretful (about something you did), or sad (about another situation)
(You can say, “I’m so sorry,” both to sympathize and to apologize.)
part 1 - Would you apologize in these situations? What would you say?
I’m sorry that I’m late. / I’m sorry for being late. (sorry + sentence / sorry for + gerund phrase)

excuse (noun) = an explanation for why you did something that isn’t very believable or important
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BREAK
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p. 148 part 2 - what situations do you think the three conversations will be about?
part 3 - listen to the conversations and check your ideas
part 4 - listen again and answer the questions about each of the three situations

making an apology: I’m so sorry to keep you waiting. Sorry I got upset. Sorry about that. I’m really sorry you’ve gone to all this trouble. Sorry, I should have asked you if there was anything you couldn’t eat.

accepting an apology: There’s no need to apologize--it’s not a problem. It’s not your fault. Don’t worry about it. It’s just one of those things. It doesn’t matter, you’re here now. Thank you for apologizing. I accept your apology. (to accept an apology without saying there’s no problem)

accepting fault/responsibility: It’s my fault, I’ll make you something else. My bad. My mistake.

refusing to accept fault/responsibility: I couldn’t help it--I slipped. Don’t blame me--this floor is slippery. Look, it was an accident. It could have happened to anyone.
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The husband got defensive when his wife criticized him.
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p. 148 part 6 - with your partner, roleplay conversations that start with each of these sentences
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Are Americans more or less apologetic than people in your country? (opposite: unapologetic)
She is very sorry. = In this moment, she feels sorry about something.
She is very apologetic. = This is her personality. She apologizes a lot.
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non-apology: something that looks like an apology (and maybe includes “sorry”), but which doesn’t accept the fault or responsibility
example: I’m sorry you were offended. I’m sorry you got so upset.
(A real apology would be, “I’m sorry I said something rude.”)
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What are some other things (about behavior) that people from your country should know if they’re going to live in the US?
Do you have specific suggestions for someone who is staying with a host family?
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Homework: p. 172 grammar practice 1 and 2 (“should have”, “could have”, and 3rd conditional)
also bring a smartphone or something that can access the Internet tomorrow