2017-04-04 TOEFL: word roots, business vocab

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Front of the card: economy
Back of the card: A market _____ is one that is based on the interaction of supply and demand.
	(n) way of managing resources in a country
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Word roots list 5 - With your partner, try to think of a word or two to explain the meaning of each root.
morph = form
multi = many (usually more than 2) (this is the Latin root)
nat = birth
neo = new
nom/nym = name
nov (novelty) = new
nov (November) = nine
ob = front / in the way of
omni = all (this is the Latin root)
opt (optimal) = best (usually “optim”)
opt (optician) = eye
paleo = old
pan = all (this is the Greek root)
path = feeling (in many contexts, it specifically means feeling ill or sick, so a pathologist studies disease)
ped (pedestrian) = foot
ped/paed (pediatrician) = child
peri = around
phil = love (In many cases, “phile” or “philia” at the end of the word suggests a sexual love for something.)
phob = fear
phon = sound
photo = light
pod = foot
poly = many (this is the Greek root)
port = carry
post = after
proto = first
pseudo = false
psych = mind/soul
pute = think
pyro = fire
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pyro -> fire
pod -> foot
pater -> father
quod -> what
Grimm’s Law describes sound changes in Germanic languages (which includes English)
Voiced stops lose voicing: b -> p, d -> t, g -> k
Stops become fricatives: p -> f, t -> th, k -> /x/ or h
quod -> hwaet -> what
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Business and Economics Vocabulary - Match the words with their definitions
1 B - economic (adj), economics (n), economist (n)
2 K - supply (n/v), supplier (n), supplied (adj)
3 D - demand (n/v), demanded (adj)
4 G - inflate (v), inflationary (adj) [“deflation” is the opposite]
5 V
6 C
7 L - capitalist (n), capitalism (n), capitalize (v)
8 R - invest (v), investment (n)
9 S
10 T - budget (n/v), budgeting (adj), budgetary (adj)
11 J - allocation (n)
12 O
13 M - generator (n), generation (n)
14 P - profit (n/v), profitable (adj)
15 I - measure (n/v), measurement (n), measurable (adj)
16 U
17 N - promotion (n), promoter (n), promotional (adj)
18 H - market (n/v), marketing (n), marketer (n), marketable (adj), marketability (n)
19 Q - collapse (n/v)
20 A
21 F - competition (n), competitor (n)
22 E - consume (v), consumption (n), consumerism (n)
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BREAK
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Handout p. 45 part A - Write the correct form of words from the list to replace the italic phrases in each sentence.
1 a compete
  b consumer
2 a budget
  b economy
3 a investors
  b capital (Investors to start up a new company are venture capitalists.)
4 a measured
  b output
5 a Inflation
  b crisis
6 a sector
  b generates
7 a firms
  b promote
8 a demand
  b supply
part B - Complete the paragraph with the correct forms of the words.
1 promoting
2 firm
3 consumers
4 market
5 competitive
6 demand
7 profit
8 budget
9 allocated
10 supply
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Listen to the lecture and take notes. Then answer the questions on p. 46.
1 A - main idea
2 C - detail
3 B - detail
4 A - inference
5 C - function
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This lecture format is very similar to what you might hear for speaking task 6. Then you will be asked to summarize the main points of the lecture using examples from the professor.
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Reading time management:
First skim the text and note the main ideas in each paragraph.
Then read the questions and try to answer as many as you can without reading the full article.
Then read or skim the article if necessary to answer the remaining questions.
DELTA p. 440 (test 1 reading) - Take 20 minutes to answer the questions about the text.
14 A - “there is a series of shallow areas called banks. … the Grand Banks, huge shoals on the edge…”
15 B
16 B
17 D
18 C
19 C
20 C
21 A
22 A
23 D
24 B
25 B
26 A
27 A C E