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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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- Homework: Write a report to someone else about the conversation you just had with humans and aliens. Use reported speech to describe the conversation.
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- p. 140 part 1 - Discuss the questions.
- part 2 - Read the article. Does it agree or disagree with your answers from part 1?
- part 3 - Find six reporting verbs in the article and write what the people actually said.
- 1 Few people asked, “Are there any health risks?”
- 2 Several groups suggested, “Their overuse is dangerous and can lead to an increased risk of cancer.”
- (“their overuse” = the overuse of cellphones / cellphones’ overuse)
- 3 Several governments have told people, “Limit the time and frequency of your cellphone calls.”
- 4 The governments reminded parents, “Don’t allow your children to use them.”
- 5 Health professionals said recently, “The danger to young people has become a mental, not a physical, health issue.” (it happened before the time of speaking, but not at a specific time)
- 6 Yesterday’s report said, “Vulnerable young people are becoming addicted to the online world and unable to cope with the challenges of the real world.”
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- part 5 - Where (in a newspaper or on a news website) would you find information about these things?
- 1 features
- 2 politics
- 3 business / economy and finance
- 4 sports
- 5 local news (sometimes this is called the “Metro” section of a large city’s newspaper)
- 6 opinion
- 7 weekend edition / entertainment
- 8 world news / international news / front page (depending on how big the eruption is)
- comments and analysis = discussion and arguments about political or social opinions
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- part 6 - How do you keep in touch with these people?
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- Other Vocabulary:
- p. 136 - Taking and leaving messages
- p. 132 - Communication technology
- WiFi = wireless connection between devices and a router
- broadband = a fast connection to the Internet
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- Handout (http://www.ngllife.com/sites/default/files/Int_U11_Revision.pdf) part 1, 2-6
- 2 Sylvia asked me why I hadn’t uploaded my video on YouTube.
- 3 Connie said that their blog had had over 50,000 hits the week before / the previous week.
- 4 Kevin asked us if we knew which of those photos were copyright.
- 5 Alyssa said that they had been watching a documentary about indigenous tribes in Brazil the day before.
- 6 Julia asked me if she could phone me back later that day.
- 7 Ethan said that Facebook was having an impact on our social life that we weren’t always aware of. (“our” and “we” means everyone)
- 8 Joshua said that he wouldn’t be at the meeting that night.
- 9 Kate said she was reading the sports pages at that time.
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- Handout part 3 - Report the speech with verbs from the box.
- 2 Elizabeth invited me to come over for lunch that afternoon.
- 3 Sebastian asked where the conference would be held the next day.
- 4 Lauren offered to install that app on my iPhone.
- 5 Michael reminded me to watch the eclipse that night.
- 6 Richard promised not to read my emails again.
- John asked to close the door. = John will close the door.
- John asked me to close the door. = I will close the door.
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- part 4 - Correct the mistakes.
- 2 She told me that… / She said that…
- 3 ...if we knew...
- 4 ...that she would...
- 5 ...not to...
- 6 ...the week before.
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- BREAK
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- TEST
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