2018-06-09 Saturday: 9 Trade

Greg Malivuk
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“2018-06-09 Saturday: 9 Trade”
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Homework: units 7 and 8 test
	A digital version of the test and a link to the Google Form where you can put your answers is at the link I gave you in class.
(If you submitted your answers online, and you want to know your score on Monday, send me an email and I will reply to it with your test score.)
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p. 105 part 3 - Discuss the answers to these questions with your partner.
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Vocabulary: Money
p. 106 part 1 - Discuss the statements with your partner. Are they true or false for you? Why?
There’s a silent ‘b’ in “debt” and “doubt”, and a silent ‘p’ in “receipt”. The ‘t’ in “mortgage” is silent.
“savings” is always plural when it’s a noun for money you have saved
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What are some advantages and disadvantages of mobile banking (with your phone)?
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part 5 - Listen to the radio show and decide if each statement is true or false. If it’s incorrect, fix the information.
1 F - five billion
2 T
3 F - talk to the bank computer
4 F - Afghanistan
5 T
6 F - National Police
7 F - through their phones, not in cash
8 F - text message (SMS)
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Grammar: noun phrases (articles and other determiners)
p. 107 part 7 - Why are these articles used?
the world - There is only one of this thing. (the moon, the sun, the ocean)
___ banks - These things in general. (music, information, dogs - no “the” for generic nouns)
the interactive voice system - The reference to this thing is known. (known by the listener AND speaker)
a new cell phone banking plan - The first reference to this thing. (the listener doesn’t know which one)
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Articles:
a/an: singular (count) nouns, not specific (at least one of the listener or the speaker doesn’t know which)
∅ (zero article): plural or noncount nouns, not specific (or generic)
	nonspecific: I bought eggs. = I bought some eggs.
	generic: Dogs are good pets. NOT= Some dogs are good pets.
the: any noun, specific (both the listener and the speaker know which one(s) you’re talking about)
Other Determiners:
this/that/these/those (demonstratives): I’m “pointing” to the one(s) I’m talking about.
all/every/each/some (quantifiers): to say how many things
	Note: “every” and “each” are singular: every day, each person (not “every days” or “each people”)
my/your/Greg’s/their (possessives): to say whose thing
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(possessive ‘s can go at the end of any noun phrase: my new teacher’s old apartment building)
	{[(my teacher)’s friend]’s daughter}’s husband’s dog
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p. 107 part 10 - With your new partner, choose the best article to complete each sentence, then discuss whether these are good tips and whether you do any of them.
1 a
2 your, a
3 the
4 their
5 your
6 -, an
7 all
8 each
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BREAK
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p. 108 part 1 - In groups of three, each person pick something you have with you today and answer these questions about it.
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Grammar: passive voice (all tenses)
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form: [be] + past participle
	(“be” can be in any form or tense)
meaning: to say that the subject received the action, instead of doing the action
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active: Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa. (Leonardo did the action of painting.)
passive: The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci. (The Mona Lisa “received” the action.)

subject/object = parts of a sentence (“Mona Lisa” is the subject of the passive sentence)
agent/receiver = roles in an action in the world (Leonardo is the agent in both sentences.)

A verb must be transitive (have an object) in order to be passive.
The cat killed the mouse. -> The mouse was killed by the cat.
The mouse died. -> [no passive form]
My dad gave me this gift. -> I was given this gift by my dad. OR This gift was given to me by my dad.
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Passive forms can be used in (almost) every tense. Change the last verb to [be] in the same form and then add the past participle:
English is taught here.
English has been taught here for 7 years.
English is being taught here right now.
*English has been being taught here for 7 years.
	(“been being” sounds bad, so perfect continuous is very uncommon in the passive)
English was taught there.
English had been taught there.
English was being taught there.
English will be taught here.
English will have been taught here.
(English will be being taught here. - This sounds strange with “be being”.)
- We can also use modals: This might have been used for fishing.
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p. 109 part 8 - With your partner, complete the sentences with the correct passive forms.
AFTER you write all the correct verb forms, choose which noun you think is correct.
1 have been sold - Nokia 1101 cell phones
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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auction: when buyers bid/offer more and more money, and the highest bid gets the item
bargaining: when the buyer tries to negotiate for a lower price than the original one
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Choose one thing you have with you (not your phone). Try to sell it to another student. You should talk to more than one person to try to get the highest price, but also if you’re going to buy something, try to get the lowest price you can.
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Have you ever sold something online? What kinds of things do you say about the product if you want to sell it for a good price?
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p. 113 - writing an eBay ad
starting price: the lowest price at an auction, and hopefully buyers will offer more
OBO = or best offer: The seller is willing to bargain with you for a lower price.
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Homework: Write an online ad to try to sell the same thing you tried to sell in class today. Include the information mentioned in part 1 of page 113.
	Also: read p. 111 and do p. 110 parts 2, 3, 4