2016-03-22 Evening: 12 saving money

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - Notes from all my classes
“2016-03-22 Evening: 12 Saving money”
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p. 141 - What can you guess about this person from her coat and car?
What are other things people do to show off their wealth?
conspicuous consumption = buying things to display (to be conspicuous), such as fancy cars or jewels
Would you buy things to show off if you were very rich?
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p. 142 - What do you know about Norway?
Read the article about Norway’s economy and quality of life.
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Look at these three sentences from the reading:

1) Norway’s success is not only the result of its huge reserves of oil.
2) Laws just recently passed by the government emphasize the importance of family and time off.
3) It is not even invested in new schools and hospitals.

With a partner, explain the meanings of the sentences without using the underlined words.
part 5 - which option describes the position of these adverbs? - c

1) It’s not all about the reserves of oil. There are many different factors.
2) [emphasizes that it’s very recently]
3) They didn’t invest it in anything, including these things that usually are invested in.

Only Mike could play the guitar. = Mike and nobody else.
Mike could only play the guitar. / Mike could play only the guitar. = The guitar and no other instruments.

Mike could only read English. = English and not another language.
Mike could only read English. = Read but not speak or write.
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These are called focus adverbs. They focus on one part of the sentence, and moving them can change the meaning of the sentence.
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p. 143 part 7 - Match the sentences to what follows logically.
1 g
2 e (if “think” is pronounced strongly)
3 d (This is the same meaning as if you pronounce, “Visitors only think NORWAY is expensive.”)

4 b
5 f (“just” = “only”)

6 a
7 h
8 c
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It’s so easy that even a child could do it.
(Children are not very capable. It’s surprising that they could do something.)
It’s so difficult that even Einstein couldn’t do it.
(Einstein is very capable. It’s surprising that he couldn’t do something.)
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“too”, “as well”, and “also” are also focusing adverbs
part 9 - Rewrite these sentences with “also” in the correct position.
1 Norwegians can also expect to get a good education.
  Also, Norwegians can expect to get a good education. (“also” can go at the beginning, with a comma)
2 It is also due to the Norwegians’ thrift.
3 Norwegians also work hard.
4 The country is also saving for the future.

“also” goes after the first auxiliary verb (and after “be” if it’s the only verb), but before everything else

The country has also saved for the future.
The country has also been saving for the future.
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part 11 - Where can “also” go in these sentences? (2 is a bit tricky, because “also” doesn’t go together with any of the verbs in the sentence)
1 would also like
2 and also a lot
3 they also get
4 and also support
5 is also expensive
6 can also use

(When “also” is in a part of a sentence without a verb, it goes directly after “and”.)
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part 12 - Use words from part 11 to make phrases with the same meaning
1 payment
2 investment
3 borrowing (this sounds very British to me) / debt    (borrowing = the money you have borrowed)
4 spending
5 loan (money lent by a bank)
6 debt (= the money that you owe)
7 salary
8 grant

wage = the amount you earn per hour or day of work
salary = the agreed amount you earn per year (or month)
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p. 146 - What do you think a gift economy might be?
Discuss with your partner what this might include and what an example might be.

What do you know about gifts in Japanese culture?
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Homework: read p. 147 and do p. 146 parts 3 and 4
	Also, p. 143 part 8 (add “just”, “only”, or “even” to the sentences, and say if it’s true in your country)