2015-07-16 Core: 1 idioms & weaving

Greg Malivuk
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(This is the Core class.)
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Homework: p. 156 practice 1 and p. 157 practice 2
p. 156 part 1
2 Do you want
3 is studying
4 don't like
5 are changing
6 is wearing
7 Does Shui know
8 doesn't come ("come" is stative when it means the origin of something)
p. 157 part 2
2 How do they go (more common: How do they get to work?)
3 Do...dress
4 Are you
5 Who bought
6 Can I go
7 Why does Nanoko always wear
8 How many blue shirts does Alex have?
arrive + in/at/on, NOT "arrive to"

Can I come to the movies? = You are at the movies now, or you are also going to watch a movie, and I want to come join you. (In this case, you know what's playing.)
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In imperative sentences (instructions), the subject is understood to be "you", but we don't say it.
"Help yourself." - "yourself" is only possible when the subject is "you"
"Help yourselves."
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Color idioms handout
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p. 143 part A - try to guess the meanings of the idioms without checking p. 142
1 a
2 a
3 b
4 a (it's clear because it's written down)
5 b
6 b
7 a
part B - with a partner, and checking 142 if necessary, complete the sentences
1 blacked out
2 paint the town red
3 in the black
4 green with envy
5 the pot calling the kettle black
6 a bolt from the blue
7 in the pink
8 out of the blue

black money, black ops, black budget, black market = hidden/secret/(probably illegal) things
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p. 145 part A - what could you say (in one or more sentences) in each situation?
1 He always sees the world through rose-colored glasses.
2 Let’s paint the town red.
3 Yes, it was like a bolt from the blue.
4 There’s nothing in black and white?
(What advice would you give the person in 4? What words would you say to that person?)
You should have something in black and white before flying out to start a job.
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Do the colors in part B have similar or different associations in your language and culture?
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Share with your group the answers to the questions at the bottom of p. 145. Ask follow-up questions to find out more information about your partners’ situations.
- notice that in 3, you would roll out the red carpet for someone, not someone would roll it out for you

Her friends are going to do that.
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BREAK
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p. 19 - Peruvian weavers
part 2 - watch the video and complete the summary with the correct words
weaver = someone who weaves textiles
weave/wove/woven = a way to make cloth
wool = material from sheep to make yarn and textiles
part 4 - watch again and put the statements in the correct order
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part 5 - with a partner, try to remember the answers to these questions in complete sentences
1 Nilda Cayanupa is the founder and director of the Center for Traditional Textiles, which manages the cooperative.
2 She started the cooperative because women her age didn’t know how to weave, and weaving was disappearing.
3 Her dream was to keep weaving alive with younger generations.
4 One man started helping with the sheep because weaving now makes more money than farming.
5 The women can make a reasonable amount of money.

for-profit
non-profit

cheap / chip / cherry / chair / chin
sheep / ship / sherry / share / shin / chef / Chicago / champagne
beet / bit
read / rid
seat / sit
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part 7 - what does, “Many threads together are stronger than one alone,” mean?
= A group of people working together is stronger than each one alone.

“A chain is as strong as its weakest link.” - if the weakest link can only hold 100lbs, then the whole chain can only hold 100lbs, even if the rest of the links can hold 1000lbs.

These expressions are both metaphors.
Life is a journey. -> at a crossroads, in a rut, walks of life, go with the flow, the road less traveled
Knowledge is light. -> bright/brilliant, in the dark, “black” things
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p. 16 part 4 - which expressions are used in the conversation?
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(no homework because the printer isn’t connected)