2016-06-08 Core: 11 communication technology

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: p. 131 part 9 and p.  171 practice 1
p. 171 practice 1
2 Anita said (that) she would read the news report the next day.
3 Joe said (that) he had visited the Amazon rainforest on his trip to South America the year before.
4 Mai asked if/whether she could give me a donation for charity.
5 Nasrin said (that) she had just seen the documentary about endangered languages of the world.
6 Miguel said (that) he had been reading the paper the day before. / the previous day.
7 Simon asked if/whether I had ever met anyone from Peru.
8 Manuela said (that) they were meeting at nine the following day. / the next day.

She said she’d do it next week. = next week from now (June 12-18, 2016)

She said she’d do it the next week. = the week after she said it
= She said she’d do it the following week.
(If she said it on January 7, 2016, she meant the week of January 10-16.)
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Miguel told Maria Luisa would be late. - Could be confusing if you think “Maria Luisa” is one person.
Miguel told Maria that Luisa would be late. - Now it’s clear that Miguel said to Maria, “Luisa will be late.”
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p. 131 part 9
1 had made (“recall” = “remember and tell” - it’s always about something that happened before speaking)
2 had helped
3 had followed (2 and 3 are part of the same story from 1)
4 had / had had
5 didn’t kill / hadn’t killed (use the same tense as 4)
“Although we have our own forest diseases, they don’t kill like measles and malaria.” -> simple past
“Although we had our own forest diseases, they didn’t kill like measles and malaria.” -> past perfect
6 had died
7 needed
8 didn’t have
“The people who died had knowledge that I need and now I don’t have any way of getting it.”
9 wasn’t marked (passive)
10 would take
“If the forest isn’t marked as ours, the outsiders will take it all.”
11 was (one group -> singular grammar)
12 could stop
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p. 132 - With a partner, complete the questions with words from the box, and then ask and answer the questions.
1 Twitter
2 texting
3 Flickr
4 broadband
(wifi is the connection between your device and a router, broadband is a fast connection to the rest of the Internet)
5 Skype
6 blog / tweet
(blog = web + log; vlog = video + blog)
ebook = a digital book, sometimes also the device used to read digital books
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part 3 - What kind of story do you expect with each headline?

[verb] your way [destination]
= [verb] while you go to [destination]
or = [verb] in order to go to [destination]
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BREAK
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p. 132 part 4 - Listen to the conversations and write which headline each one is about
1 5
2 3
3 1
4 2
http://www.mbta.com/rider_tools/t_alerts/ - to sign up to receive emails or text messages when there are problems with the MBTA
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p. 133 part 5
1 The journalist asks her Twitter followers to suggest things to do.
2 The blog reminds readers not to use telescopes.
3 The company told people not to show up for work.
4 The politician has invited aliens to meet him.
http://www.exocomics.com/352 - comic about viewing the sun through a telescope
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What is the reporting verb in each sentence?
What kind of word comes after this verb? - a noun
What form is the verb of the reported speech? - infinitive (to + base form)
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From yesterday:
reporting statements: that (optional)
reporting yes/no questions: if/whether
reporting information questions: what/who/etc. (the same question word)

New:
reporting instructions, requests, offers, invitations: infinitive

If another person will do the action, you need to use an object.
ask/tell/remind/invite + object + infinitive
She asked me to close the door. = I will close the door.

If the speaker will do the action, you can’t use an object.
ask/offer/promise + infinitive
She asked to close the door. = She will close the door.
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p. 133 part 11 - Use the reporting verbs above to rewrite these sentences with infinitives. (Use each reporting verb only once.)
1 Marta reminded Amy to turn off her cell phone.
2 Jose asked Marta to set up his email.
3 Amy invited Jose to (come and) watch the movie on their new flatscreen TV.
4 Marta told Amy to plug in the battery charger first.
5 Jose offered to upload those photos to the computer for Marta.
6 Amy promised to turn it off when she was done.

Some of these can be reported with yesterday’s grammar:
2 Jose asked Marta if she could set up his email.
5 Jose said that he could upload those photos to the computer for Marta.
  Jose told Marta that he could upload those photos to the computer for her.
6 Amy promised Jose that she would turn it off when she was done.
(1, 3, and 4 are imperative sentences, which can’t be reported with “that” or “if”)

offer + infinitive: I offered to pay.
offer + person + noun: I offered her some money.

promise + infinitive: I promised to pay.
promise + person + noun: I promised her some money.
promise + (person) + (that) + sentence: I promised her that I would pay.
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Reporting verbs for thoughts: think, imagine, realize, wonder, know, believe, understand
“wonder” is for questions, the others go with statements

I thought he lived in that house.
I realized I was wrong.
I knew that she was sick.

I wondered why you hadn’t paid me back.
	(I wonder, “Why hasn’t she paid me back?”)

All the same rules exist for changing pronouns, times/locations, and verb tenses.
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At this level, you should read in English to continue improving your grammar outside of class.
I suggest that you read books you have already read (or seen the movie for) in your language or with subtitles.
If you already know the story, you won’t be slowed down so much by new words. You can always try to figure out words from context, and if you know the story, you have far more context already in your mind.
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Homework: p. 134 part 3 (about p. 135) and p. 171 practice 2