2015-09-12 Saturday: 7 Living spaces

Greg Malivuk
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“2015-09-12 Saturday: 7 Living space”
This is the same level and book as the “Core” class.
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Jewish (adjective for the people)
Judaism (name for the religion)
Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year - today)
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neighbors = the people who live near you
neighborhood = the area near where you live
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p. 82 part 1 - in groups of 3, talk about which of these things is the most important for where you live
One meaning of “terrace” is what we call “row houses”: a group of connected houses with one long roof
garden: flower garden or vegetable garden, specific purpose to grow that type of plant
yard: a larger area mostly covered with grass
closet: part of the house, a small room where you can keep your clothes
wardrobe: a piece of furniture which has a similar function to a closet
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What advantages and disadvantages does each type of house have? Why would someone live there?
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An igloo is warmer inside than outside, but it is not warm.
stilts
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p. 83 part 4 - listen and complete the sentences with the correct information
1 bad weather
2 more basic
3 shelter
4 brick or stone
5 house
6 your house
7 design
8 cities
A shelter is to protect people from the elements (storms, wind, sun, heat, cold, etc.).
A house has different rooms for different purposes, and is a place to spend time even if you don’t need protection.
We sometimes use the word “yurt” for what the book calls a “ger”. (second picture on p. 82)
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Comparatives:
comparing two things:
An igloo is warmer than the outside weather.
A house is more expensive than a ger.

a process that changes over time:
Modern houses in cities are getting smaller and smaller.
Houses are getting more and more expensive.

two things that change together:
The colder the climate (is), the warmer your house (needs to be).
The bigger the house is, the more expensive it is to heat.
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She’s not as good as her friend.
An igloo is not as warm as my house.

A cave house is as cool as an air-conditioned house.
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Like a child, she got very excited about the last Disney movie. = She isn’t a child, but she was similar to one.
As a child, she got very excited about the last Disney movie. = This happened when she was a child.
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one syllable - add “-er” or “-est”
three or more syllables - add “more” or “less”, “most” or “least”
two syllables - if the second syllable is -y or -le, add “-er” (happier, prettier, simpler)
	- if the second syllable is anything else, add “more” (more basic, more careful)
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p. 83 part 7 - rewrite the sentences with the words in parentheses, with the bold word as the subject
1 Houses are less appropriate for local conditions. (than traditional shelters)
2 A cave house is not as small as you think.
3 An igloo is not as cold inside as you might think.
4 New houses get more and more expensive every year.
5 My tent is the best tent in camp.
6 This house is the oldest one.
7 A house on stilts survives more easily in floods. (easily is an adverb describing “survives”)
8 You can put up a ger more quickly than a brick house.
A house on stilts survives well in floods. It survives better than normal houses.
A house on stilts survives easily in floods. It survives more easily than normal houses.
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How can we compare Boston and New York City?
NYC is bigger than Boston.
NYC is more crowded than Boston.
NYC is dirtier than Boston.
NYC is more expensive than Boston.
(Boston is expensive, but it is not as expensive as NYC.)
Boston is a less well-organized city than NYC. / Boston is not as well organized as NYC.
The shopping in NYC is better than in Boston.
The buildings in NYC are taller than in Boston.
Boston is colder and snowier than NYC.
NYC has better entertainment than Boston.
Transportation in Boston is as good as NYC.
The MBTA in Boston closes much earlier than the MTA in New York.
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run-down: old and in bad condition, especially because the people there don’t have much money
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https://welikia.org/explore/mannahatta-map/ - a map of the NYC area 400 years ago

New York used to be a forest. (but now it isn’t)
This area used to be desert. (but now it isn’t)
I used to go to college. (but now I don’t)
My grandparents didn’t use to live in a big house. (but now they do)
= it was true for a while in the past, but the opposite is true now (actions or situations)

The people would come to the river to wash their clothes. = past repeated action (nothing about now)
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p. 85 part 9 - write the sentences with “used to” if possible
1 New York used to be greener than it is now.
2 There used to be a lot of forest and natural landscapes.
3 (no change - “The early residents didn’t use to live in a big city” = now the early residents do)
(Residents didn’t use to live in a big city. = Now residents do.)
4 People used to hunt beavers for their skins.
5 (no change - this happened only once)
6 What originally used to be in the area where Fifth Avenue is now?
(“What” is the subject of this question, so we don’t need “did [subject] use to”.)
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Who called you? (“who” is the subject)
Who did you call? (“you” is the subject)

What used to be here? (“what” is the subject)
What did Fifth Avenue use to be? (“Fifth Avenue” is the subject)
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p. 88 - To rent or to buy? (advantages and disadvantages of each)
What do you consider when deciding where to live?
part 2 - What six things does the woman say are necessary when deciding where to live?
1 downtown
2 to rent
3 an elevator
4 two bedrooms (small but not too small)
5 age of the building isn’t important
6 doesn’t need a garage
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part 3 - listen again and complete the sentences in the box
I would rather + [base form] (than [other option])
I would rather live in a city than (live) in a small town.
I would rather stay home. (than go out)

I prefer something small. I prefer towns to cities. (prefer + [noun])
I prefer to walk or ride a bike. (prefer + [infinitive])
I prefer living here. I prefer walking to driving. (prefer + [gerund])
(gerund = verb+ing form, when it functions like a noun in a sentence)
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Homework:
- read the article on p. 87 and do parts 2, 3, 4, 5 on p. 86
- follow the instructions on p. 89 (parts 7, 8, 9) to write a description of your own neighborhood or another one you know
Optional: do the grammar exercises that we skipped, as well as the practice on p. 165