2015-09-03 Core: 8 Earhart and fake news

Greg Malivuk
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(This is the Core class.)
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REMEMBER: 15-minute breaks today (second half starts at 10:45, modules at 12:30, 1:30, 2:30)
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ALSO: No School Monday, September 7 (Labor Day). (We will have our test on Tuesday.)
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Homework: read the article on p. 99 and do p. 98 parts 2, 3, 4
p. 167 practice 2 - choose the correct option (you did it yesterday, but we’ll check it now)
1 can’t have
2 may have (this looks like a type of pencil, so maybe they could write)
3 must have
4 might have
5 couldn’t have
6 might have
7 can’t have
8 could have
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part 98 part 1 - what are the three theories?
She ran out of fuel and crashed in the ocean.
She (crash-)landed on the island of Nikumaroro and died there.
She was captured while on a secret mission and later returned to the US with a new identity.
p. 98 part 2
1 The second article is about the theory that she landed on Nikumaroro.
2 DNA testing
3 that the bone found on Nikumaroro was Earhart’s (which would prove the second theory)
part 3
1 He is paying for the project.
2 They don’t have a sample of her hair.
3 They need to have enough DNA to test because 99% of humans’ DNA is identical.
part 4
1 funding
2 reveal
3 archive
4 ensure
5 assumption
6 profile
7 identical
8 log
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p. 98 part 8 - discuss the questions with your group
2 It could be from a turtle. It might be from another animal. It may be from Fred Noonan (her navigator). It could be from another person.
3 No, because she had a secretary for a lot of her correspondence (= letters written to correspond/communicate with other people).
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headlines

Stolen Painting Found by Tree = The stolen painting was found by a tree.
= A tree found the stolen painting.
= The stolen painting was found near the tree.

Include Your Children When Baking Cakes
= Make a cake using your children.
= Teach your children how to bake cakes when you are baking.

Miners Refuse to Work After Death
= Miners will not work after they die.
= Miners go on strike after someone else died in the mine.
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Ambiguous sentences (sentences with two or more possible meanings):
I saw the boy with the binoculars. (Who had the binoculars?)
= I saw the boy who had the binoculars. (= the boy had them)
= I saw the boy while using the binoculars. (= I had them)
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Do you know why we use the article in this sentence?
(This could be a yes/no question about your knowledge, or it could be an indirect question and I want you to explain the grammar to me.)

smartass: someone who would intentionally answer the wrong question to be funny
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p. 100 - do you understand all the headlines in part 1?
forged = fake, counterfeit
alert = warning, announcement, alarm
part 1 - listen to three conversations and decide which headlines they are talking about
part 2
First conversation
1 sheep cause global warming by reflecting the sunlight
2 no
3 ? (but probably April 1)
Second conversation
1 blue 20-euro bills are fake
2 yes
3 April 1
Third conversation
1 she put gas(oline) in a diesel engine
2 yes
3 April 1
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http://hoaxes.org/aprilfool/ - 100 famous April Fool’s Day fake news stories

hoax: fake story shared as the truth, especially to get attention
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part 3 - how do we pronounce these expressions of disbelief?

Oh yeah? - I am interested and would like more information.
Oh yeah. - I remember that you’re telling me something true. (“Thanks for reminding me.”)

You’re pulling my leg. = You’re putting me on. = You’re kidding me. = You’re messing with me.
Are you pulling my leg? = Are you kidding me?

Come off it! = Stop pulling my leg! = Be serious!
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p. 100 part 5b - in pairs, practice giving these news items and either believing or not believing them
(use the expressions in part 3 with the correct pronunciation)
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Homework: make a list of characteristics that a building or monument (a new “wonder of the world”) could have to confuse archaeologists in 2000 years (similar to how archaeologists today are sometimes confused by things like Stonehenge)
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/ireland_newgrange - example of a mysterious tomb in Ireland