2015-06-20 Saturday: 9 Trade

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: unit 8 test
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p. 105 - Have you been to a place like in the picture? (= in your whole life up to now)
(Did you go to a place like the picture. = at some specific past time)
Have you been spending a lot of money? (= starting in the past and continuing to spend money)
part 3 - ask and answer the questions with your partner
toiletries: soap, shampoo, perfume, toothbrush/toothpaste, shaving supplies, lotion
gadget: a small (especially electronic) device, usually for a specific purpose
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p. 106 parts 1 and 2 - with a partner, which statements are true for you? what do you have to change to make it true?
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balance: the amount of money in an account
debit/credit
debt (silent ‘b’) = money you owe to someone or something
in debt = in a situation where you owe more money than you currently have
to bank = to do what banks do
banking = gerund from “to bank” (all the activities that banks do, or that you do with a bank)
savings account / checking account
borrow: take or receive something temporarily (with permission--“borrowing” without permission is stealing)
lend: give something temporarily
loan: verb for lend money, or the noun for the money lent (past/past participle of “lend”)

I will lend you my phone. = I will lend my phone to you.
I will give you my phone. = I will give my phone to you.
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What are some disadvantages of mobile banking and mobile money transfers?
legalese = the type of complex language used in legal documents and contracts
AndroidLost - app you can use to control some things on your phone from a computer, using your gmail account
(You can do the same thing through the iCloud if you have an iPhone.)
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Noun Phrases (from p. 106 part 5)
the world
banks
the interactive voice system
a new cell phone banking plan
every town and city
all salaries
their salaries
each policeman

a noun phrase is a group of words that means a noun
= a head noun preceded by articles, determiners, quantifiers, adjectives, and noun modifiers (in compounds)

English classroom = a classroom (a room for class) where we teach English
classroom English = the English we use in a classroom

blue sky = the sky when its color is blue
sky blue = the type of blue that looks like the sky

a/an: singular count nouns, nonspecific or indefinite (it’s not a particular one)
an + vowel sound: an apple, an hour, an herb, an honest person, an mp3 player (“empeethree”)
a + consonant sound: a banana, a university, a one-way street, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
I bought a new computer for my office.

the: singular or plural count nouns and noncount nouns, specific or definite (it is a particular one)
     (If you use the word “the”, I don’t have to ask “which”.)
The computer is much faster than my old one. (the computer I mentioned above)
The computers are much faster than our old ones. (the computers I mentioned below)

zero article (nothing): plural count and noncount nouns, nonspecific or indefinite, or in general
Computers are getting faster and faster. (in general)
I bought new computers for my office. (nonspecific = “some”)

I like music. (in general)
I hear music. (nonspecific = “some”)
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Articles are one type of determiner.
Possessives (his, my, Greg’s) and quantifiers (some, all, every, a few) are other types.

Determiners are first in noun phrases (before adjectives, before other noun modifiers)
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p. 107 exercise 11 - complete the sentences with determiners (some have more than one possible answer)
1 some/(zero article), a
2 The
3 (zero article)
4 the (the specific money that I’m saving), my
5 each/every
6 the (the phone I talked about in 1 and 2)
7 The, a
8 a
9 the/some (the=all, some=not all) (it would probably be “some of the”, not just “some”)
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Passive Voice: [be] + past participle
[be] = am/is/are/was/were/be/being/been
My car was stolen yesterday. (simple past)
Many cars are stolen every day. (simple present)
His car has been stolen three times this year. (present perfect)
Your car will be stolen if you park it there. (simple future)
Quick! Call the police! Your car is being stolen right now! (present progressive/continuous)

I don’t know who stole my car. The important thing (to me) is my car, so that’s the subject.
(The person who stole the car is the agent.)

The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
“Leonardo da Vinci” is the agent (he painted the Mona Lisa). We include this with “by + agent” in passive.
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p. 109 part 8 - complete the sentences with the correct (passive) form of the verbs
- then choose (or guess) the correct information
1 have been sold - Nokia 1101 cell phones
2 has been adapted - Tetris
3 has been translated - Agatha Christie
(selling, adapting, and translating can all continue more in the future -> present perfect)
4 was nominated - The Color Purple
5 is worn - Ralph Lauren (or maybe “is being worn”)
6 has been viewed - Justin Bieber
7 were downloaded - Call of Duty
8 was bought - Picasso
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BREAK
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With your group, design a pop-up store in Boston.
What will you sell? What time of year?
Where will your store be located? (in the street? in a mall?)
What is your store called?
Design/draw the layout and construction of your store. (is it in a school bus? a shipping container?)
Present your ideas to the rest of the class.

Zeus - 8
Keep Moving - 3
AP - 8
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a bargain = a good price for something
to bargain = to negotiate for a better price (also “haggle”)

self-deprecating: when you say something that sort of insults or makes fun of yourself
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Homework: p. 110 parts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (with reading on p. 111), and p. 113 (write an eBay ad for a product you want to sell - you could also write a product description for something to sell in your pop-up store)