2015-09-25 Core: 11 first contact project

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: Make a list of questions humans and extraterrestrials (space aliens) might have during first contact, and make a list of possible misunderstandings and communication problems they might have.
(Tomorrow in class, you will prepare and then perform a conversation between aliens and humans at first contact.)
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These trips draw out new things in you.
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Questions to ask: Where are you from? Do you understand Earth languages? How do you produce the energy to come to Earth? How old is your civilization? Why did you come here? What do you think about humans? What are your intentions with Earth and humans? What are you doing here? How do you eat? Did you meet anyone else before us?

Misunderstandings: how to measure time, different types of food, gender/family/reproduction
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With your group, plan a conversation between one or two humans and one or two aliens, who have just met for the first time. (Imagine the aliens have some kind of translator device, so the conversation will be in English.)
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BREAK
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Serve_Man_(The_Twilight_Zone) - TV episode from 1962
“How to Serve Humans”
People think it’s like, “how to serve your king” = how to help or assist humans
But really it’s like, “how to serve beef” = how to prepare and eat humans
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Act out your conversations for the rest of the class.
(welcome to Earth, not “at”)
(What do you do on your planet? not “in”)
(I wondered about this world.)
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“too” means there is some problem with the quantity I’m talking about:
There are too many churches. = There are more churches than I want.
I learned too much. = I want to forget some of the things that I know.
I am too young to be the president. = I can’t be president with my current age.

This food is too spicy. = I can’t eat the rest of it.
This food is so spicy. = It’s very spicy, and maybe I like that or maybe I don’t.
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It’s too big. = It’s not small enough.
It’s not too big. = It’s small enough.
It’s too small. = It’s not big enough.
It’s not too small. = It’s big enough.
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Homework: write a report to your leader or boss about the first contact experience (between aliens and humans) that you acted out today. (There should be some reported speech in your writing.)