2016-04-21 Core: 4 predictions and requests

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: p. 161 part 2
2 I’ll buy - if this is the first time the speaker decides to get sugar
  I’m going to buy / I’m buying - if the speaker decided previously to get sugar
3 I won’t spend - if this is the first time the speaker noticed the sunburn
  I’m not going to spend / I’m not spending - if I noticed and decided earlier and now I’m telling you
4 is taking - already planned and (probably) arranged
5 I’ll have - this is typical in a restaurant situation, but “I’m going to have” is also okay
6 I’ll get - if this is the first I’ve heard about your headache
7 I’m going to buy / I’m buying
8 are you flying - the flight is already planned and arranged
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Reduced pronunciation: “going to” -> “gonna”

“I’m going to meet my friends.” -> “I’m gonna meet my friends.”
“I’m going to the restaurant.” - NO REDUCTION (“going” is the main verb and is pronounced with stress)
“I’m going to go to the restaurant.” -> “I’m gonna go to the restaurant.”

We can reduce “[be] going to [base form]” to “[be] gonna [base form]”. But we still need to use “be”, and there must be a verb after “going to”.
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p. 46 - From the pictures and the title of the article, what do you think the article will be about?
Read the article about a new highway in India.
Swede = someone from Sweden
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parts 3 and 4 - in pairs
part 3
1 accountant
2 senior technician (his family are coconut farmers)
3 Hyundai
4 farmer (subsistence farmer - he grows the food his family needs to eat)
5 manager
6 Nokia factory
part 4
1 Morten
2 Meena
3 Kashinath
4 Tamil
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Grammar: predictions about the future

Your mug is going to fall. = It’s at the edge of your desk and I see right now that it’s about to fall.

It will rain tomorrow. = I’m pretty sure about this, but I don’t see any evidence for it right now.
(= It’s going to rain tomorrow.)

It may/might/could rain tomorrow. = It’s possible that it will rain.
It may/might not rain tomorrow. = It’s possible that it won’t rain.

It will certainly/definitely rain. = I’m 100% sure of this.
It will probably rain. = I’m >50% sure of this.

It will probably not rain. / It probably won’t rain. (notice the position of “probably”)
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p. 47 part 8 - cross out the option that doesn’t make sense
2 may not
3 will
	He might get a promotion. = The promotion is new information or a new possibility.
	He might not get a promotion. = The promotion isn’t new information. It’s what we expected first.
4 might not
5 will (We haven’t seen plans, so we don’t know anything for sure.)
	(The difference between “may” and “might not” depends on my previous expectations.)
6 may not

I might die tomorrow. = No one expects me to die tomorrow, but I’m telling you that it’s possible.
I might not die tomorrow. = I’m doing something very dangerous tomorrow and people expect me to die. I’m trying to be optimistic by talking about the possibility that I will survive.

This ^ comes from the assumption that what we say is relevant and useful information.
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p. 47 part 13 - Compare the predictions you have for your country in the next ten years in the areas listed or others of your choice.
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p. 52 part 1 - Answer the questions about the job.
qualifications: skills and abilities, especially if they come with a diploma or certificate
personal qualities: personality characteristics (like responsible, organized, independent)

part 2 - Which qualities are useful for the job? Which do you have?
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part 4 - Listen to the conversation and answer the questions.
1 Yes
2 No
3 a suit
part 5 - Listen again and mark which expressions are used in the conversation.
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Homework: p. 52 part 7b, p. 161 practice 1