2016-03-12 Saturday: 9 Trade

Greg Malivuk
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“2016-03-12 Saturday:  ”
This is the same level and book as the “Core” class.
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Homework: Write a fake news story in the same style of the article on p. 101. (You can use one of the headlines from p. 100 part 1.) (You can look at http://pastebin.com/b3PudCps for more work on this page.)
	Read p. 111 and do p. 110 parts 3, 4, 5
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part 3
1 Sam, his father Andrew (the author), and Mohamed (their friend); They go to Morocco to help Sam learn how to bargain and to see Morocco.
2 a tall cobalt blue tear-shaped perfume bottle for 200 dirham
  a “treasure chest” for 1300 dirham
3 the treasure chest
part 4
1 freshly squeezed orange juice
2 world-famous market
3 lethal-looking swords
4 soft hand-dyed fabrics
5 large camel bones
6 massive copper lamps
7 tall cobalt-blue tear-shaped old perfume bottle
8 bright yellow Moroccan men’s slippers
part 5 (four pieces of advice)
Don’t always give an offer. Make them continue to lower the price.
The first thing you say is “Too much--bezaf” and then walk away.
Wear something Moroccan.
When you see something you like, maybe a lamp, you ask about something else instead. Then, as you walk out, you ask, “And how much is that lamp?”
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auction: a sale where potential buyers bid the price they are willing to pay, and whoever bids the most gets the item for that price
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Choose something you have with you today (not your phone). Then talk to the other students and try to sell it for the best price you can. (And also offer prices you’ll pay for their items.)
What techniques did you use to sell your item for a high price?
What did you say to try to get a lower price?
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Compound Adjectives = adjectives made of more than one word

Lethal-looking swords are swords that look lethal (but may not be).
(lethal = deadly)
Hand-dyed fabrics are fabrics that were dyed by hand.
(We can also have handmade or hand-woven cloth.)
Well-known celebrities are known well by many people.
An award-winning movie is a movie that has won (one or more) awards.
A tear-shaped bottle is a bottle that is shaped like a tear. / a bottle that has the shape of a tear.

A three-legged table is a table with three legs.
A long-haired woman is a woman with long hair.
A one-armed pirate is a pirate with one arm.
A three-headed dog has three heads.
(Body parts can look like verbs in compound adjectives.)

A 200-page book has 200 pages. (It’s not a “200-pages” book, because we don’t pluralize adjectives.)
A 30-year-old man is 30 years old.
A 10-dollar bill is worth 10 dollars.
(We also don’t pluralize the first noun in compounds: shoebox, not “shoesbox”.)
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With many compound nouns and adjectives, you need to guess what the meaning is from context:
Olive oil is oil made from olives.
Baby oil is oil for babies.

A student award could be an award for students, or an award given by students, or both.
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p. 106 part 1 - With a partner, discuss whether the sentences are true for you, and why or why not.

I am poor. I need to borrow money from my parents to buy a car.
I am rich. I can lend money to my friends when they need it.
(I am a bank. I can loan money to customers.)
(“loan” is the same as “lend”, but specifically for money, and it’s also the noun for the quantity of money)
A mortgage is a loan in order to buy property (especially a house).
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Articles and other determiners:
I don’t carry cash. - no article because I’m talking about cash in general
I usually keep receipts. - no article (or “zero article”) because I’m talking about receipts in general
I like to do all my banking online. - “all” and “my” are both determiners
I borrowed money to buy a new car. - “a” because there are many new cars, and the listener doesn’t know which one I’m talking about
It’s the worst bank in the world. - “the” because it’s specific (there’s only one world), both the listener and the speaker know which one

My company bought computers last week. - non-specific (But not general), = “some computers”
Computers are getting faster and faster. - general, = “all computers”

All banks are evil.
Every bank is evil. (“every” and “each” can only go with singular count nouns)
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Determiners include articles, possessives, quantifiers, and demonstratives (this/that/these/those)
	All singular count nouns must have a determiner.
	(Plural and noncount nouns can have the zero article as a “determiner”.)

A noun phrase is a determiner, modifiers, and a noun together.
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The free classes are hit-or-miss, meaning they might be good or they might be bad, just by chance.
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p. 107 part 10 - Choose the correct options to complete the “Top Saving Tips”, and then share with your partner whether you do these things or any other things to help save money.
1 a
2 your, a
3 the
4 their
5 your
6 -, an
7 all
8 each
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Do you care about how or where the things that you buy were produced?

This food was processed with equipment that also processes nuts.
This product was not tested on animals.
Our products are not tested on animals.
This is made with 100% _____.
This can be recycled after use.
This produce was grown using organic farming methods.
These eggs were laid by free-range chickens. (or cage-free chickens.)
This clothing was not made in a sweatshop.
This food is certified GMO-free.

All of these sentences use the passive voice.
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Passive = [be] + past participle

We can use passive voice in every tense (and with modals).

The food is being eaten by the students (right now).
It will be certified as GMO-free.
It has been recycled already.
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part 8 - in groups of three, complete the sentences with the correct passive forms of the verbs, and then choose what you think is the correct information
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 (being) worn - Ralph Lauren
6 has been viewed - Justin Bieber
7 were downloaded - Call of Duty
8 was bought - Picasso
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p. 114 - What does the caption mean?
part 2 - What do you think you’ll see in this video (about bargaining in Morocco)?
part 3 - Watch the video and check which things you see and in what order.
1 a metal table
2 caftans
3 dates and apricots
4 a man carrying vegetables
5 carpets
6 a horse (probably not a donkey)
part 4 - Watch again and complete the sentences with the correct information.
haggle = bargain (as a verb)

“You want to buy a camel for the price of a donkey?”
= You’re trying to buy a valuable thing for a cheap price.
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p. 112 - Do you understand all the vocabulary in part 3?
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Homework: units 8-9 test