2016-06-16 Core: 12 samurai and apologies

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: p. 146 parts 4 and 5 about the reading on p. 147
part 4
1 T (“Their customs would have been familiar to a medieval European knight.”)
2 F (“during a long period of peace in Japan, things didn’t go well for the samurai”)
3 T (calligraphy, flower arranging, the theater, and the tea ceremony)
4 F (“The martial arts tradition continues in Japan to this day.”)
5 T (all of the last paragraph)
part 5
1 appeal
2 overcoming
3 fierce
4 battle-weary
5 savage
6 unarmed
7 threat
8 lone
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part 6 - With a partner, decide where these sentences should go in the article.
1 after the last sentence in the Bushido section (“his” = Terukuni Uki’s)
2 in “Samurai history”, after “...might never have existed” (“these men” = “wealthy landowners”)
3 in “Samurai identity”, after “...went to the theater” (“also” means something else was already explained before)
4 in “Samurai today”, after “...and TV dramas” (it’s a specific example of a movie, so it should go after the idea of samurai movies is first introduced)
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parts 7-8 - With your same partner, what do these expressions with “go” mean?
part 7
1 went into battle = fought (“entered battle”)
2 didn’t go well = weren’t good
3 went into decline = weakened
4 go back in time = return to the past
part 8
1 went wrong = didn’t happen as expected
2 went on = continued / kept going
3 is going up = is increasing (go down = decrease)
4 went quiet = became silent (quickly)
5 go ahead = continue after a pause or interruption
6 have a go at = try (an activity) to see if I enjoy it or am good at it
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part 2 - How can we connect these words?
An army has a lot of soldiers and is led by a general.
“warrior” is similar to “soldier” (“soldier” is professional, part of a standing army)
“combat” is similar to “fighting” (“combat” is usually related to military fighting)
“enemies” is similar to “opponents” (“opponent” means you work against the other person, “enemy” means you actually want to hurt each other)
A sword is a specific type of weapon.
Martial arts are fighting styles such as karate, taekwondo, kung fu, etc.
Duty is an important responsibility (especially if there’s an idea of honor).
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Grammar: wishes about the past
I should have studied more.
= If I had studied more, I would be happier.
= I wish (that) I had studied more.

wish + [past perfect] = a wish about the past (wish + sentence is always unreal)

She wishes that I had studied. = If I had studied, she would be happier.

She wished that she had more money. (Yesterday she wished that yesterday she had more money.)
She wished that she had had more money. (Yesterday she wished that the day before she had had more money.)
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p. 148 part 1 - In groups of 3, describe if and how you would apologize in these situations, and whether that’s typical for people in your culture.
Did you have the same ideas about which situations required apology?

saying sorry / apologizing:

I’m sorry. / I’m so/really/very sorry.
	I’m sorry for being late. - apology
	I’m sorry that I was late. - apology
	I’m sorry that you broke your phone. - sympathy
	I’m sorry to hear that. - sympathy
	I’m sorry about your phone. - sympathy
I apologize.
	I apologize for being late.

responding to an apology:
It’s okay. Don’t worry about it. It’s no problem. It’s not your fault. It’s not a big deal.
	(These are for when it doesn’t require any more action.)
Thank you for your apology. I accept your apology.
	(In these cases, you’re not immediately forgiving the person and saying everything is fine.)

becoming defensive (because you feel like you don’t need to apologize):
I couldn’t help it. It was an accident. Don’t blame me, it wasn’t my fault. I didn’t do anything wrong.
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part 4 - Listen to the conversations, and answer the questions for each conversation
conversation 1
1 guest didn’t tell the host that he didn’t eat meat, so she served him meat
2 b
3 guest will eat the vegetables and leave the meat
conversation 2
1 the man slipped and dropped a tray of glasses (which broke)
2 a
3 they both apologize to each other
conversation 3
1 the man is late because of the bus
2 c
3 the man apologizes and the woman says it’s okay
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The ‘h’ is silent in hour, honest, honor, and herb (in American English).
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p. 148 part 6 - In pairs, take turns speaking and responding with the expressions for apologies.
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part 8 - With your other partner, decide on your relationship with each other and a situation where one of you apologizes to the other. Take 10 minutes to plan the conversation you will have.
Then have a conversation in front of another pair and they have to guess your relationship.
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Good night. = Goodbye (at night).
Good evening. = Hello (at night).
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Homework: textbook p. 172 practice 2, workbook p. 71 part 3