2017-07-22 Saturday: 8 Weird news

Greg Malivuk
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“2017-07-22 Saturday: 8 Weird news”
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Homework: Write a description of your neighborhood to potential new residents. Why should they move there?
	Also: read p. 99 and do parts 2, 3, 4 on p. 98
part 2
1 The theory that she crashed on Nikumaroro
2 DNA testing
3 It would prove that she was on Nikumaroro.
part 3
1 His family is funding the project.
2 There is no known sample of her hair available.
3 Human DNA is 99% alike, so they need a lot of material.
part 4
1 funding
2 reveal
3 archive
4 ensure
5 assumption
6 profile
7 identical
8 log
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find - found
fund - funded
found - founded
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p. 94 - What do you think the pictures show?
part 2 - Complete the sentences with the words from the box (use a dictionary if you don’t know what they mean). Then guess which picture(s) the word will be used to talk about.
1 Nitrogen, oxygen, atmosphere
2 butterflies, flies, insects
3 Radiation
4 Ants, beetles
5 stem
6 Particles
7 Predators, species
8 spikes (Leaves can be or have spikes, pine trees have needles, and roses have thorns.)
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Pronunciation: vowel sounds and spelling
“long” vowel sounds are usually spelled with that vowel and another, or with a silent ‘e’ at the end
a: bait/bate
e: beet/beat
i: bite
o: boat
u: butte, boot
“short” vowel sounds are spelled with just that vowel
a: bat
e: bet
i: bit
o: bot
u: but
(We also have the vowel sounds of “book” and “bought”, which aren’t long or short versions of any of the vowel letters.)
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part 4 - Are these sentences true or false?
1 F
2 T
3 T
4 T
5 F
6 T
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http://darksitefinder.com/maps/world.html - Find places with dark enough skies to see the stars.
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Grammar: modals for speculation (about the present)
They can’t be natural. = I think it’s impossible for them to be natural.
They must not be natural. = I believe they’re not natural.
They must be man-made. = I believe they’re man-made.
This might be a painting or a work of art. = I think it’s possible that this is a painting.
It may not seem logical. = I think it’s possible that it doesn’t seem logical.
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You must be tired. = This is the only reasonable explanation.
You may/might/could be tired. = This is one possible explanation.
You may/might not be tired. = This is one possible explanation.
You must not be tired. = This is not a reasonable explanation.
You can’t/couldn’t be tired. = This is not a possible explanation.
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p. 95 part 8 - Circle/write the options that are possible in each sentence. (Sometimes both are possible.)
1 must be
2 might recognize / could recognize
3 could use / may use
4 could mean
5 can’t be
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Vocabulary: “look” and other sense verbs
1 The action that a person does:
	Look carefully at the picture.
	Watch the movie.
	Listen to the music.
	Smell this flower.
	Taste the soup.
	Feel my forehead.
2 The passive thing a person does
	I see the window.
	I can hear cars on the street.
	(The other verbs are the same.)
3 The passive thing someone or something else does
	The food looks delicious.
	The music sounds cheerful.
	The food smells delicious.
	The food tastes delicious.
	Your forehead feels hot.
	(We can use the same grammar for “seem”: You seem sick.)
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look + adjective: You look fabulous.
look like + noun: You look like a movie star.
look as though + sentence: You look as though you’re going to the Oscars.
(look like + sentence is very common in informal speech and writing: You look like you’re going…)
look + adverb: Look carefully at this picture.
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p. 95 part 10 - Complete the sentences with expressions with “look”.
1 look
2 looks like
3 looks as though (or looks like)
4 look
5 look as though (or look like)
6 look
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What does he like? = What are his interests?
What is he like? = What is his personality?
What does he look like? = What is his appearance?
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Vocabulary: history
p. 96 part 1 - Complete the sentences with the words from the box. Then ask your partner each question.
1 ancient / sacred
2 period
3 prehistoric
4 century
5 sacred
6 society
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Read about the Nazca Lines
What ideas have people had about their purpose?
- The lines must have been part of an astronomical calendar.
- They might have been ancient Inca roads or irrigation systems.
- They could have been landing strips for alien spacecraft.
- The Nazca lines may have been part of a long tradition.
What sentences in the article describe impossible things?
- The Nazca people who made these patterns 2000 years ago couldn’t have seen them from above.
- The same group of people can’t have created them.
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Grammar: modals for speculation (in the past)
modal + have + past participle
(For questions, we only use “might” and “can”/“could” for speculation.)
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Using the perfect structure, [have] + past participle, we can talk about the past with structures that normally require a specific form of the verb.
I expect you to have finished cleaning by the time I get home.
Having finished my homework, I watched a movie.
Having watched a movie, I finished my homework. = I watched the movie, then I finished my homework.
Watching a movie, I finished my homework. = While I watched the movie, I finished my homework.
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p. 97 part 8 - Rewrite these sentences with modals so they have the same meaning.
1 Water can’t have been easy to find.
2 The rivers might have dried up.
3 The lines must have been very important.
4 The lines may have had a religious significance.
5 The animal drawings couldn’t have been roads.
6 The animals must have lived in the region.
7 The Nazca people could have used simple tools.
8 It seems people must have maintained the lines carefully.
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With your group, try to figure out what each of the things in the pictures could have been in the past.
1 pillow
2 brooch
3 razor and mirror
4 snow goggles
5 map
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People might have used this to shave. (active)
This might have been used to shave. (passive)
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p. 100 part 1 - What would you expect each article to be about, with these headlines?
Which headline is each conversation about?
1 b
2 a
3 b
http://hoaxes.org/aprilfool
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Homework: units 7-8 test