2016-09-01 Core: 11 digital media and messages

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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NO SCHOOL MONDAY SEPTEMBER 5 (Labor Day)
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Homework: read p. 135 and do p. 134 parts 3 and 4
part 3
1 a/b
2 a
3 b
4 a
 part 4
1 can change
2 might not have
3 have not started
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crucial = very important
wide-ranging = spread all over in a lot of different ways
vice versa = the other way around
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p. 134 part 9-10 - Discuss these questions in your group.
https://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway/
https://www.wired.com/2016/08/jeep-hackers-return-high-speed-steering-acceleration-hacks/
- Articles about hacking a car.
“The Internet of Things” - the trend of having more and more devices connected to the internet for “convenience”, such as your car, thermostat, refrigerator, etc.
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parts 7-8 - the word “time”
clock time - “What time is it?” “It’s time to start.” “lunch time”
quantity of time - “Do you have time for me?” “I spent a long time on this.” “How much time do I have?”
period of time - “That was a different time.” “It happened at a time when no one else had computers.”
occasion - “This is the second time.” “How many times have you seen it?”
	once, twice, (thrice) / three times, four times, etc.
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https://books.google.com/ngrams/ - Type a word or phrase (or several, separated by commas) to see how common it has been in English books.
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part 8 - Match the two parts of each exchange and decide which meaning of “time” is used in each one. Also discuss whether you agree with (2).
1 e - period
2 d - quantity
3 a - quantity
4 c - clock
5 b - (hard to categorize)

“All books will be digital.”
- This could mean every copy of every book. There will be no paper books any more.
- This could also mean each book will have a digital version (but also a paper one).
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p. 171 practice 2 - Change the direct speech into reported speech (there may be two answers for some)
2 Sarah asked me if she could borrow my laptop the next day.
  Sarah asked to borrow my laptop the next day.
  Sarah asked me to lend her my laptop the next day.
3 Jhumpa told me to download those photos to her cell.
4 Martin reminded me to take my laptop.
5 Juan promised/offered to connect me to the Internet the next day.
  Juan promised (me) (that) he would connect me to the Internet the next day.
6 Lin invited me to stay with her the next week / the following week.
7 Adam realized (that) he had been wrong the night before / the previous night.
8 Martina asked (me) where I was going on Saturday. / ...going the following Saturday.
  (With “on Saturday”, we don’t know whether she asked me on Saturday or whether I was going somewhere on Saturday. “The following Saturday” makes it clear that this is when I was going somewhere.)
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p. 136 - Taking a phone message
part 1 - Listen to the messages and complete the notes in part 1.
For: Raj Singh
From: Roger
Message: Calling about the apartment rental advertisement. He’ll call later if he doesn’t hear from us.

For: Jess Parker
From: Roger Li
Message: Returning her call. She has his number.
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part 3 - Listen to people giving the messages. How many messages are passed on, and what mistakes are made.
1 3 and 2
2 Roger did leave his phone number, and his name isn’t Simon.
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part 2 - Read the expressions used to leave and take messages.
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part 5b - With a partner, ask and answer polite requests with “can” or “could”.
1 Could you… / Could I ask you to…?
2 Could I…?
3 Could you ask…?
4 Could you make an appointment for me? / Could I make an appointment?
5 Could you call sometime? / Could you have him/her call me back sometime?
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part 6 - Leave a message (about anything of your choice) with your partner for one of the other people in your group (then switch roles). Then pass the message along to the intended recipient. Were the messages correct?
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p. 138-139 - Where are the women in the picture? What are they doing? Why?
part 4 - Watch the video and mark which order you see these things.
part 5 - Watch again and decide if these sentences are true or false.
1 T
2 T
3 F
4 F
5 F
6 F
7 T
8 T
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Homework: Make a list of questions humans and aliens might ask each other when they first meet, and some communication problems or misunderstandings they might have.