2017-07-01 Saturday: 5 Travel

Greg Malivuk
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“2017-07-01 Saturday: 5 Travel”
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Homework: 3-4 test
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“Find Someone Who” handout
- First ask other students whether they have done these things (“Have you ever…”)
- If the sentence is true, write their name and ask for more information to write a sentence.
Also try to find out who has been to the most different countries.
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For the negative statements (1, 7, 11), you still ask “Have you ever”, and then write the name if they say “no”.
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p. 58 part 1 - Listen to the description and choose the correct information.
1 almost 2,000 miles
2 Gabon
3 working on a project
4 on foot and by boat
5 fifteen months
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Grammar: present perfect and simple past
- What tense is paragraph 2? Why? - present perfect, because he might do these things more in the future, and because we don’t know exactly when they happened in the past
- What tense is paragraph 3? Why? - simple past, because these happened at specific times in the past (“a few years ago” or “on one trip” or “once”)
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I have eaten one meal today. - The time for eating meals today isn’t finished (I’ll have two more).
I ate breakfast today. - The time for eating breakfast today is finished.
I drank one cup of coffee this morning. = For me, the time for drinking coffee this morning is finished.
I have drunk one cup of coffee this morning. = For me, the time for drinking coffee is unfinished.
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If the time in the sentence is finished past (“yesterday”, “last year”, “a while ago”), we always use simple past instead of present perfect.
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p. 59 part 7 - Write the correct form of the verbs to complete the paragraph. Then check with your partner.
1 have also flown
2 has done
3 once spent
4 didn’t have (“that journey” = “11 months walking the Pacific coast”)
5 filled
6 has used
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Then we had been to the statue of liberty. After that we had been to Brooklyn Bridge.
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p. 59 part 10 - Complete the sentences with information that’s true for you, and then compare with your partner.
Sample answers (to check the grammar):
1 I’ve improved my English a lot in the last two months.
2 I’ve lived in the USA for four months.
3 I’ve traveled many times.
4 I’ve already decided to travel this month.
5 I had a great vacation two months ago.
6 I once worked in a nursing home for a year.
7 I ate at lunchtime.
8 After I left school, I started work.
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“here”, “there”, and “where” generally include “in”, “at”, “on”, and “to”
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BREAK
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I cooked pasta at lunchtime. = One specific lunchtime (e.g. yesterday), I cooked pasta.
I cook pasta at lunchtime. = Most days this is what I do.
I have cooked pasta at lunchtime. = “Cook pasta at lunchtime” is an experience I have had in my life.
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p. 60 - Where do you think these pictures are from?
A: Hong Kong
B: Ireland (Cliffs of Moher)
C: India
D: Indonesia (Bali)
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Vocabulary: vacation destinations
p. 60 part 1 - Where can you find each of the things in the box (from the pictures or another place)?
part 3 - Read about new trends in vacationing.
flock (v) = to move or go somewhere in large numbers
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Grammar: present perfect continuous
Interest in China has grown. = Interest grew for awhile in the past but now it’s done growing.
Interest in China has been growing. = Interest continues to grow now.
I have written a book. = The book is finished.
I have been writing a book. = The book is not finished.
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form of present perfect continuous:
have/has + been + verb(ing)
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p. 61 part 8 - Match the activities and results, then write sentences with present perfect continuous and present perfect.
1 e - We’ve been tracking elephants today. We’ve taken some amazing photos.
2 a - I’ve been lying by the pool, and I’ve finished my book.
3 b - I’ve been looking for a cheap deal, but I haven’t found one.
4 c - I’ve been touring European cities and I’ve seen dozens of churches.
5 f - I’ve been following the coastal path and I’ve walked ten miles.
6 d - We’ve been visiting local markets and we’ve spent a fortune.
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p. 65 - Writing a postcard
part 1 - Read the postcard and answer the questions.
1 She came from [somewhere] to Sydney via Bangkok.
2 friend - You would probably use your uncle’s name with family.
3 fantastic people, out-of-this-world beaches
4 surfing, sightseeing
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part 2a - Find examples of each informal feature in the postcard.
abbreviations: bc, pics, ps
parentheses: (fell off every time) (wow!)
contractions: haven’t
exclamation marks: (many places)
informal expressions: wow, Hi, Down Under
listing items: been surfing, seen the opera house, been on a boat trip
leaving out words: Finally made it to Sydney, new pics up on Flickr
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Informally, if it’s clear who does an action, we can leave out the subject of many sentences, and we also often leave out minor helping verbs and articles.
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Homework: Following the instructions and example on p. 65, write a postcard to a friend about Boston or another place you have visited. You can use some informal language, but don’t leave out words.
	Also: read p. 75 and do parts 3, 4, 5 on p. 74

Next week’s topic is food and it’s the last class of this session. Try to bring a snack-type of food from your country to share with the class. (We don’t have many plates and forks and things for you to use, so if you bring something more complicated, please also bring things to eat with and from.)