2017-01-21 Saturday: 9 Trade

Greg Malivuk
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“2017-01-21 Saturday: 9 Trade”
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Homework: 7-8 test
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How often do you go shopping? What do you like to buy?
p. 105 part 3 - In pairs, discuss the answers to these questions. Make sure you understand all fo the words in the box.
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p. 106 part 1 - Make sure you understand all the words in bold (use a dictionary if you and your partner both don’t know the meaning), and then tell your partner whether each sentence is true for you.
statement = a list of each transaction into and out of the account
balance = the amount of money in the account
borrow = temporarily take
lend = temporarily give
household bills = gas, electricity, water, cable, phone bills that are part of having (or renting) a home
mortgage = bank loan to buy property (most often a house)
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part 5 - Listen to the radio program about a mobile banking system. Fix the mistakes in the sentences (some sentences are already correct).
1 five billion
2 (correct)
3 talk to your cell phone
4 Afghanistan
5 (correct)
6 National Police
7 through cell phones, not in cash
8 a text message
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of mobile banking?
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Grammar: articles and determiners
1 the world
2 banks
3 the interactive voice system
4 a new cell phone banking plan
p. 107 part 7 - What uses do the above phrases have?
1 c - There is only one of this thing. (the moon, the sun, the United States)
2 b - These things in general. (We usually do not use articles for general nouns. We use plurals or noncount nouns with no articles.)
3 d - The reference is known. (We usually use “the” when we’re talking about something that was already mentioned.)
4 a - The first reference to this thing. (We usually use “a” or “some” the first time we mention something.)
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We use “the” when both the listener and the speaker know which thing(s) are being mentioned.
“Did you buy the car?” - We both know which car I’m talking about, because for example we looked at the car together.
“Did you buy a car?” - I don’t know which car you might have bought.
“I bought a new computer.” - You don’t know which computer I bought.
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For me these pairs are pronounced differently, but for many English speakers each pair has the same sound.
bought / bot
caught / cot
naught / not
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We use “a” or “an” when at least one of us doesn’t know which thing is being mentioned, and it’s singular.
	a - the next sound is a consonant: a car, a student, a university, a one-way street, a USB drive
	an - the next sound is a vowel: an apple, an artist, an hour, an herb, an mp3 player
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We use nothing (the zero article) when at least one of us doesn’t know which thing is being mentioned, and it’s plural or noncount. (We can sometimes use “some” in this case.)
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We don’t need any article if we use another determiner instead, such as
- possessives: my computer, his car, John’s books
- quantifiers: each computer, every car, all books (“each” and “every” are singular)
- demonstratives: this computer, that car, those books
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part 10 - Choose the correct options to complete each sentence. Then decide if each one is good advice for saving money.
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BREAK
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1 a
2 your, a
3 the
4 their
5 your
6 -, an
7 all
8 each
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p. 108 part 1 - Tell your partner this information about some of the things you have with you right now.
1 It was made in ____.
2 It was made by factory workers.
3 It was made by machine. / It was made by printing the paper and then…
4 It might have come by truck. / It must have been sent by ship.
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Grammar: passive voice
passive = [be] + past participle
[be] can be in any tense for passive voice
The goods are shipped by truck. - simple present
The goods are being shipped by truck. - present continuous
The goods have been shipped by truck. - present perfect
The goods were shipped by truck. - simple past
The goods were being shipped by truck. - past continuous
The goods had been shipped by truck. - past perfect
The goods can be shipped by truck. - present with modals
The goods might have been shipped by truck. - past with modals
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part 7 - Choose the correct options to complete each sentence (active or passive).
1 is paid
2 are taken
3 have been weighed
4 get
5 are using
6 is being reviewed
7 will be contracted
8 can be packed and sold
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part 8 - First, write the correct passive form of the verbs in each sentence. Then try to guess which italic information is correct.
1 Since its launch in 2003, 250 million Nokia 1101 cell phones have been sold.
2 has been adapted - Tetris
3 has been translated - Agatha Christie
4 was nominated - The Color Purple
5 is worn - Ralph Lauren
6 has been viewed - Justin Bieber
7 were downloaded - Call of Duty
8 was bought - Picasso
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bargaining / bartering = negotiate for a better price when you buy something
auction = when something is sold to whoever offers the highest price
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Choose something you have with you (not your phone) and try to sell it to your classmates. Talk to at least three other people before you decide who to “sell” it to.
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p. 113 - What is eBay? Have you used it before?
Notice all of the information that is included in the listing for the rug.
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Homework: Write an eBay advertisement like the one on p. 113, for the product you tried to sell in class today. Make sure to include the information in part 1.
	Also: read p. 123 and do p. 122 parts 2, 5, 6