2018-10-20 Saturday: 11 Connections

Greg Malivuk
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p. 129 - What’s going on in this picture? What’s unusual about her language? Why is “discovered” in quotation marks? Where might languages like this exist?
part 1 - What kinds of stories could you read in each section of a newspaper (or news website)?
- Which section might you see a story about this woman’s language?
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Other sections:
- classifieds
- local/metro
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part 2 - Think of at least two ways to complete each sentence, which are true for you (if possible).
1 I get the headlines on my cell phone, so I don’t need to use newspapers.
  ...so it’s accessible to read it.
2 I don’t read the paper. It’s too boring. / It’s too slow. / It’s too hard. / It’s too big.
3 I don’t believe everything I read because some things are not real.
  ...because some things are just gossip or rumors.
  ...because it’s just opinion.
4 I turn straight to the sports pages even though I’m not a sports fan.
  ...even though I’m not interested in sports.
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p. 130 - Where do you think this picture was taken? What does “uncontacted” mean?
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Read the article.
In the middle of a word, ‘i’ can sound like one of these words: bit / bite
At the end of a word, ‘i’ can sound like “ee”, as in “ski” or “mini”.
spokesperson (and spokesman/spokeswoman) = A person who speaks for a group or organization, a representative.
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part 2 - What did each of these groups do in the story?
1 Funai released photos of an uncontacted tribe and said they were under threat from logging.
2 Survival International said that the photos were genuine.
3 The government of Peru first suggested that the story was a strategy to oppose development, but eventually they agreed to work with Brazil to stop illegal logging.
4 The BBC made a documentary about the tribe.
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Grammar: reported speech
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reported speech: reports the information that someone said, without using their exact words
quoted/direct speech: direct quotations of exactly the words someone said
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quoted: John said, “I feel sick.”
reported: John said (that) he felt sick.

reported: Funai said that the tribe was under threat because of the logging.
quoted: Funai said, “The tribe is under threat because of the logging.”
reported: People asked if the tribe was truly uncontacted.
quoted: People asked, “Is the tribe truly uncontacted?”
reported: Survival International said that they were confident that the photos were genuine.
quoted: Survival International said, “We are confident that the photos are genuine.”
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Tenses (quoted -> reported)
present -> past (simple, perfect, continuous)
past -> past perfect
past perfect = past perfect
will/can/may -> would/could/might
Pronouns - depends on the situation
Adverbs for time and place (usually)
here -> there
these/this -> those/that
today -> that day
yesterday -> the previous day / the day before
tomorrow -> the next day
- Like with pronouns, you need to pay attention to the situation, because some of these may not change, or for example if the person spoke yesterday, then “tomorrow” becomes “today”.
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For class work and tests, assume that the sentences were spoken a long time in the past and in a different place.
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+/- statements: use “that” (optional)
y/n questions: use “if” or “whether” (not optional), and statement word order (subject before verb)
info questions: use the same wh-word, and statement word order

quoted: “Why has nobody done anything to save the tribe?”
reported: Someone asked why nobody had done anything to save the tribe.
p. 131 part 8 - Decide who probably said or asked each thing.
1 c
2 b/d
3 a/c
4 b
5 d
6 c
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BREAK
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part 8 - Report these sentences and questions.
1 A Funai spokesperson said (that) they had taken the photos to show that those people existed.
2 An anonymous poster asked how many tribes like that there were.
3 A language expert said (that) the term “uncontacted” was more of a media word than a scientific term.
4 An anonymous poster asked if/whether unseen tribes existed.
5 A Peruvian government official said (that) there was no evidence they existed.
6 A Funai spokesperson said (that) if they/we didn’t save those tribes, that would happen to all of us.
	(“us” and maybe “we” refers to everyone, not just Funai)
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Vocabulary: communications
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p. 132 part 1 - Complete the sentences with words from the box. Then ask your partner the questions.
(Check online if you don’t know what one of the things is.)
1 Twitter
2 texting
3 Flickr/Twitter
4 broadband
5 Skype
6 blog/tweet/(an) ebook
wifi = the way your device is connected to a router (a physical box in your house, for example)
broadband = a fast connection to the Internet
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p. 133 part 5 - Listen to the conversations and choose the correct options.
1 The journalist asks her Twitter followers to suggest things to do.
2 The blog reminds people not to use telescopes.
3 The company told people not to show up for work.
4 The politician has invited aliens to meet him.
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Grammar: reporting speech with infinitives
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+/- statements: use “that” (optional)
y/n questions: use “if” or “whether” (not optional), and statement word order (subject before verb)
info questions: use the same wh-word, and statement word order
imperatives/instructions/requests/offers: use the infinitive (to + base form)
	(Sentences where the speaker is requesting or offering an action, not just information.)
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ask/tell/remind/invite + [someone] + infinitive (Another person will do the action.)
offer/promise + infinitive (The speaker will do the action.)
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I said, “John, don’t forget that you need to buy garbage bags after work.”
-> I reminded John to buy garbage bags after work. (The action I want from John is buy garbage bags.)
I said, “We’re having a party on Friday and you can come if you’d like.”
-> I invited you to come to my party.
	(also correct: I said that we were having a party on Friday and you could come if you wanted to.)
I said, “Don’t worry, Dad, I can buy groceries before I arrive.”
-> I offered to buy groceries for my dad.
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part 11 - Write sentences with these verbs and infinitives. Use each verb once.
1 Marta reminded Amy to turn off her cell phone.
2 Jose asked Marta to set up his email.
3 Amy invited Jose to (come and) watch the movie on their new flat screen TV.
4 Marta told Amy to plug in the battery charger first.
5 Jose offered to upload those photos to the computer for Marta.
6 Amy promised to turn it off when she was done.
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If it’s important to know that Amy was talking to Jose in 6, we can say:
	Amy promised Jose that she would turn it off when she was done.
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The same grammar can be used to report thoughts, ideas, and beliefs, even if there’s no speech:
He wondered if unseen tribes existed.
I knew I would be late to work that day.
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With your group, begin to write a conversation between humans and aliens meeting for the first time.
Example:
Human 1: Where did you come from?
Alien 1: We came in a space ship from Mars.
Human 2: How long did it take to get here?
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Homework: finish the conversation if you didn’t in class. Then write about it with reported speech.
	Also: read p. 147 and do parts 4, 5, 6 on p. 146 (in part 6, decide exactly where the new sentence will go)

Example:
The first human asked the aliens where they had come from. The first alien said they had come in a space ship from Mars. The other human asked how long it had taken to get here. …