Top Notch 2 2013-09-11

Greg Malivuk
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"Top Notch 2 2013-09-11"
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boy/girl
guy/(gal)
man/woman
It doesn't matter.
As a matter of fact, I ...
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Workbook, page 5 (homework from Monday)
1 T "For example, in Japan, China, and Korea,

the bow..."
2 F - usually lower in Japan
3 ? (it doesn't tell us anything about this)
4 T

1 a handshake and kiss
2 say "hi" and shake hands.
  shake hands and kiss on the cheek.
3 hug and kiss the person
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textbook p. 10, lesson 4
(A)
1 yes
2 no
3 yes
4 no
5 yes
6 no
(B)
1. Suzy lives in Los Angeles.
   Bill lives in Chicago.
2. Suzy is a teacher.
   Bill is a musician.
3. She has been to Peru and Brazil.
4. She has flown to Peru, Brazil, Europe,

Thailand, and New York City.

Have you ridden a bus?
ride / rode / ridden
drive/drove/driven
write/wrote/written

"sheyasneatn"
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p. 11
"Have you ever tried snake?"
= Have you ever eaten it?
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When were you born?

What year were you born?
- I was born in 1983.
What date were you born?
- I was born on February 5.
What time were you born?
- I was born at 4:16pm.

Where were you born?

What country were you born in?
What state were you born in?
What city were you born in?
What hospital were you born in?
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Unit 2 (Movies)
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What are some good recent movies you have seen?
Elysium
World War Z
Parker
Spider Man
Jack Reacher
Skyfall
X-Men Origins
Gatsby
Olympus has Fallen
Fast and Furous 6

trilogy = 3 books or movies
saga = a fancy name for a longer story

mono	uni
bi	di
tri	tri
tetra	quad
penta	quint
hexa	sex
hepta	sept
octa	oct

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Movie genres (kinds of movies):
action
fantasy
comedy
horror
science fiction (sci-fi / SF) SyFy - TV channel
drama
documentary
romance
suspense
thriller
animation

subgenre: more specific kinds within a genre
crime thrillers
psychological thrillers
...

romantic comedy
historical romance
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Vocabulary from p. 14

buff (n): fan who knows a lot about something
expand (v): make something bigger
expanded (adj): something that has been made

bigger
companion (n): someone who goes with you
sensitivity (n): the ability to understand what

other people feel
- If I make a movie with sensitivity, I take

care not to insult the characters.

John Wayne

bootleg / bootlegged copy
= illegal recording of something

Hollywood - American movie industry
Bollywood - Indian movie industry

soap opera - TV series, usually in the afternoon

noir = black (in French)

Film Noir: a style of dark movies about crime
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imdb.com Internet Movie Database

Information about nearly every movie that has

been made: actors, director, plot, budget,

mistakes, quotes, etc.
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low-budget movies: movies that were cheap to

make, usually low quality

flop: a bad movie that most people don't want to

see
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Homework:
Workbook p. 7 part C
         p. 10 (all)