2015-06-06 Saturday: living space

Greg Malivuk
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coral reef
p. 81 - discuss the questions in 2 and 3 with your group
Are there rooms that you only use when you have guests?
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p. 82 part 1 - which of these features is the most important in a house? least important?

Cappadocia is in Turkey and you can visit there.

Mesa Verde is in Colorado.

Some rivers flood every year.
If you build a house near them, you might put it on stilts.
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p. 83 part 5 - comparatives and superlatives
housing - houses, apartments, rooms for rent, condominiums, etc. (any place to live)

What are some differences between a tipi and a modern house?
A house is bigger than a tipi.
A modern house is stronger than a tipi.
A modern house is taller than a tipi.
A modern house is more comfortable than a tipi.
A modern house is more expensive than a tipi.
A tipi is more gentle with the environment (more environmentally friendly).
A tipi is more portable than a modern house.
You can build a tipi faster than you can build a house.
A tipi is easier to build than a house.
A tipi is more artistic than a house.

A tipi is less comfortable than a modern house. (= not as comfortable as a modern house)
A tipi is less expensive than a modern house. (= not as expensive as a modern house)
*A tipi is less big than a modern house.
-> A tipi is not as big as a modern house.

cheap - cheaper
nice - nicer / not as nice
big - bigger / not as big
pretty - prettier / not as pretty
simple - simpler / not as simple
(one-syllable adjectives, or two if the second syllable is just -y or -le)

careful - more careful / less careful = not as careful
expensive - more expensive / less expensive = not as expensive
interesting - more interesting / less interesting = not as interesting
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good - better / not as good
bad - worse / not as bad
far - farther / not as far

much/many - more
little - less (as a quantifier, because “littler” = “smaller”)
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p. 83 part 7 - with a partner rewrite the sentences using the words in parentheses
1 Houses are less appropriate for local conditions.
2 A cave house is not as small as you think.
3 An igloo is not as cold inside as you might think.
4 New houses are/get/become more and more expensive every year.
5 My tent is the best in camp.
6 This house is the oldest [house (that) there is.]
7 A house on stilts survives more easily in floods. (adverb)
8 You can put up a ger more quickly than a brick house. (adverb)
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p. 84 - How can we compare Manhattan in the past and today?
Manhattan was greener in the past than today.
It was more beautiful in the past. (It is more beautiful today.)
It was cleaner in the past. It was quieter in the past.
(It is dirtier and noisier/louder today.)
It is more industrial than before.
In the past there were more animals. Now there are more people.
It was wilder / more wild before.
Manhattan is (just) as dangerous now as in the past.
Manhattan is brighter now than in the past.

part 2 (in pairs) - use the words in the box to complete the sentences below
1 atmosphere
2 public transportation (mass transit)
3 financial
4 modern
5 built-up
6 skyscrapers
7 residents
8 neighborhoods
run down = older buildings in poor condition, usually poor, dirty

https://welikia.org/explore/mannahatta-map/
(the website for the project to show what Manhattan used to look like in 1607)
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Manhattan used to be much greener.
In the past there used to be more animals.
Manhattan used to have more animals.
Animals used to live in Manhattan.
Millions of people didn’t use to live in Manhattan.
Where did you use to live?
What kind of animals used to live in Manhattan? (subject question)
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Subject question: when the wh-word is also the subject of the question, we don’t use “do” or “did”, and the verb is in the conjugated normally:
Who lives here?
Who used to live here?
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“used to” = anything (actions, conditions, states) that was different in the past for a long time
“would” = past repeated actions (habits), may or may not be true today
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(Careful: “would” can also mean conditional sentences - “If I were you, I would wake up earlier.”)
(It can also mean “future in the past”: “I always knew that I would be a teacher.”)
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I recommend young adult books, especially if you already read it in your language or saw the movie.
(Harry Potter, Twilight, Divergent, Hunger Games, etc.)
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When I was a child, I would go to the park every day after school. (= I used to go to the park…)
When I was a child, I used to live in Michigan. (NOT “would”, because “live” is not repeated)
When I was a child, I used to have red glasses. (NOT “would”, because “have” is not an action)
In 1998, I visited New York City. (NOT “would” OR “used to”, because it wasn’t repeated)
In 2009, I lived in Somerville. (NOT “used to”, because I still live in Somerville today)

(p. 85 parts 9, 10, and 11 for homework)
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(p. 86 parts 1-5 for homework, with reading on p. 87)
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p. 88 part 2
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p. 89 part 1 - what kind of website is this?
part 2
paragraph 3: “As a city-dweller myself, I know…” = As someone who lives in a city, …
(I am a city-dweller myself, and consequently I know…)
paragraph 1: “like many other historic downtown neighborhoods, it has a lot of charm”
(Similar to many other historic downtown neighborhoods, it has a lot of charm.)
part 6
1 As (I am a life-long resident)
2 like (I love parks that are similar to this one)
3 as (It is a vacation destination, and it’s ideal.)
4 like (similar to a palace)
5 Like (it’s similar to all good cafes)
6 like (my studio is similar to yours, but it is not yours)
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Homework:
	p. 85 parts 9, 10, and 11 for homework
	p. 86 parts 1-5 for homework, with reading on p. 87)
	p. 89: Write 3-4 paragraphs to describe your neighborhood (either here or in your country), using some of the grammar and vocabulary from today.