2017-04-29 Saturday: 9 Trade

Greg Malivuk
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“2017-04-29 Saturday: 9 Trade”
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Homework: 7-8 test
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p. 105 part 3 - Discuss the questions with your partner.
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Vocabulary: money
p. 106 part 1 - With your group, discuss whether the statements are true for you. Why or why not? (Use a dictionary if you don’t know what a word means.)
“debt” has a silent ‘b’ (like “doubt”)
“receipt” has a silent ‘p’
I borrowed money from my dad to buy a computer. (borrow = take temporarily)
My dad lent me money to buy a computer. (lend = give temporarily)
loan = money you borrow (especially from a bank)
mortgage (silent ‘t’) = loan to buy a house or other property
down payment = money you have to pay at the beginning for something you buy with a loan
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What are some advantages and disadvantages of mobile banking?
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https://milliways.cryptomilk.org/passhash.html - Use the same “Master Key” for everything, and change the “Site Tag” for each website, and this will give you a more secure password, which you can use the same site to get each time you need it.
https://www.lastpass.com/ - app and browser extension to manage all your passwords
This is the sentence I will use for all of my passwords now.
-> TitsIwufaompn.
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part 5 - Listen to the radio program and fix the incorrect information. (Some of the sentences are correct.)
1 five billion, not two
2 (correct)
3 talk to your cell phone / talk to the computer system
4 Afghanistan
5 (correct)
6 National Police, not army
7 they receive their salaries through their phones
8 a text message, not an email
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Grammar: articles and determiners
In the first four sentences above, why are these articles used?
1 the world - there’s just one of these
2 banks - banks in general, not some specific banks
3 the interactive voice system - talking about the same system that was already mentioned before
4 a new cell phone banking plan - this is the first time the plan is mentioned
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We use “the” when both the speaker and the listener know which one(s) we’re talking about.
We use “a”, “an”, or “some” when at least one of them doesn’t know which one(s) we’re talking about.
- “a” when the next sound is a consonant: a house, a hotel, a university
- “an” when the next sound is a vowel: an hour, an honest mistake, an umbrella
- “some” can often be omitted
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We usually don’t use any article (or the “zero article”) when talking about something in general:
Water is important to your health.
Apples are delicious.
Cigarettes are bad for you.
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We don’t need any article if we use another determiner instead, such as
- possessives: my computer, his car, John’s books
- quantifiers: each computer, every car, all books (“each” and “every” are singular)
- demonstratives: this computer, that car, those books
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part 10 - Choose the correct determiner for each sentence (‘-’ means zero article). Then discuss if each suggestion is a good way to save money, and if you do it or not.
1 a
2 your, a (“your” is specific, so it would mean we already both know about your particular jar for change)
3 the (this article is just for “supermarket”; it’s not some other people’s supermarket, so we don’t say “their”)
4 their
5 your
6 -, an
7 all
8 each
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p. 108 part 1 - With your partner, ask and answer these questions about two or three things you have with you right now.
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Grammar: passive voice
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa. (active)
The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci. (passive)
passive form = [be] + past participle

The audience was bored by the movie. (passive voice)
The audience was bored. ([be] + adjective)
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Passive can be used in (almost) every tense:
simple present: Newspapers are read by many people every day.
present continuous: Dinner is being eaten right now.
present perfect: Dinner has been eaten already.
simple past: The Mona Lisa was painted by da Vinci. I was told to call this number.
past continuous: The Mona Lisa was being painted at the time.
past perfect: The Mona Lisa had been stolen three months earlier.
(simple) future: Dinner will be eaten at 8.
present modal: Dinner might be served in that room.
past modal: The Mona Lisa might have been damaged.
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With the same information each time:
The goods are shipped by truck. - simple present
The goods are being shipped by truck. - present continuous
The goods have been shipped by truck. - present perfect
The goods were shipped by truck. - simple past
The goods were being shipped by truck. - past continuous
The goods had been shipped by truck. - past perfect
The goods are going to be shipped by truck. - future
The goods can be shipped by truck. - present with modals
The goods might have been shipped by truck. - past with modals
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p. 109 part 8 - Complete the sentences with the correct passive forms of the verbs. After you write all the verb forms, try to guess which information is correct.
1 have been sold, Nokia 1101 cell phones
2 has been adapted, Tetris
3 has been translated, Agatha Christie
4 was nominated, The Color Purple
5 is worn, Ralph Lauren
6 has been viewed, Justin Bieber
7 were downloaded, Call of Duty
8 was bought, Picasso
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What is bargaining?
- The action of trying to negotiate for a lower price before you buy something, especially at a market.
What is an auction?
- The practice of getting offers (bids) from different buyers, and selling to the one who offers the most.
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Choose something you have with you today and try to sell it to a classmate. Talk to at least three people to find the best price you can. Also bargain for a lower price on things other students are selling.
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What techniques did you use to lower the price of something you wanted to buy?
What did you say to raise the price of something you wanted to sell?
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p. 113 part 1 - Find all of this information in the listing. Why is this information important to include?
part 3a - What information in the listing is irrelevant?
part 3b - Which sentences give relevant information that could be added to the listing?
(1, 3, 5)
(http://boston.craigslist.org would be a more useful place if you want local pickup)
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Homework: p. 110 parts 2, 3, 4, 5 about the reading on p. 111
	Write an ebay ad for the thing you tried to sell in class today. Make sure to include all the relevant information but not irrelevant information. (p. 113 part 4 lists the things you should include)