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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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- Homework: read p. 111 and do p. 110 parts 3, 4, 5 (also make a list of the words you don’t understand)
- part 3
- 1 Sam (the writer’s son), Mohamed (the writer’s friend), Andrew (the writer)
- They go to Morocco to bargain and buy things in the souk (market).
- 2 bottle for 200 dirham and a “treasure chest” (box) for 1300 dirham
- 3 the box
- part 5
- 1 When you hear a price the first thing you say is “Too much--bezaf” and then walk away.
- 2 Don’t always give an offer, make them continue to lower the price.
- 3 When you see something you like, ask about something else instead. Then as you walk out, ask about the thing you were interested in.
- 4 Wear something Moroccan.
- part 4
- 1 freshly squeezed orange juice
- 2 world-famous market
- 3 lethal-looking swords
- 4 soft hand-dyed fabrics
- 5 large camel
- 6 massive copper
- 7 tall cobalt-blue tear-shaped old perfume bottle
- 8 bright yellow Moroccan men’s slippers
- Freshly squeezed juice is freshly squeezed. (passive)
- A well-known market is known well (by many people). (passive)
- Lethal-looking swords look lethal. (active)
- Hand-dyed fabrics are dyed by hand. (passive)
- A tear-shaped bottle is shaped like a tear. (passive)
- An award-winning movie has won awards. (active)
- An interesting movie interests people. (active)
- An interested viewer is interested by the movie. (passive)
- (Present and past participles can be used as adjectives.)
- A three-legged table has three legs.
- A long-haired man has long hair.
- A blue-eyed woman has blue eyes.
- (We can use body parts like past participles to make compound adjectives.)
- A cobalt-blue object has the blue color of cobalt.
- A sky-blue object has the blue color of the sky.
- A jet-black object has the black color of the mineral jet.
- I have ten dollar bills. = I have $10 in one-dollar bills.
- I have ten-dollar bills. = I have some bills of $10 each.
- Catherine has a two-dollar bill. = She has a bill of $2.
- I teach twenty two-year-olds. = I teach twenty children who are each 2 years old.
- I teach twenty-two-year-olds. = I teach some students who are each 22 years old.
- (Notice that “dollar” and “year” are not plural. We almost never use plurals in any adjectives, simple or compound.)
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- a thousand dollars
- one thousand dollars
- a couple thousand dollars
- three thousand dollars
- a few thousand dollars
- several thousand dollars
- ten thousand dollars
- thousands of dollars
- tens of thousands of dollars
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- Order of adjectives:
- Opinion
- Size
- Age
- Shape
- Color
- Origin
- Material
- (OSASCOM)
- After adjectives we have nouns (for compound nouns): a mailbox is a box for mail, a sitting room is a room for sitting (these include information about the purpose)
- Before adjectives we have determiners (articles, quantifiers, possessives, and demonstratives).
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- Remember, the last noun is the head noun (it tells us what the whole phrase is about).
- Sky blue is a type of blue.
- Blue sky is a type of sky.
- An English learner is a learner of English.
- Learner English is the type of English spoken by learners.
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- p. 114-115 part 1 - answer the questions
- part 2 - which of these things do you expect to see in the video?
- part 3 - which ones did you see, and in what order?
- 1 a metal table
- 2 caftans
- 3 dates and apricots
- 4 a man carrying vegetables
- 5 carpets
- 6 a donkey
- part 4 - watch again and choose the correct option. Also, what does the carpet salesman say about a donkey?
- 1 c
- 2 c
- 3 a
- 4 b
- 5 b
- 6 a
- “Excuse me, you want to buy a camel for the price of a donkey?”
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- We usually don’t use plurals in compounds (bookbag, not booksbag; toothbrush, not teethbrush), but there are exceptions (craftsman, not craftman; pants pocket, not pant pocket; painstaking, not paintaking; almsgiver, not almgiver).
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- BREAK
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- Choose something that you have with you today, which you will try to sell to another student. (You don’t really have to give it to them.)
- Then talk to some other students, and try to convince them to buy your product for a good price. (You can talk to multiple students and try to find the best price.)
- Who bought your product, and for what price?
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- auction = the process of selling to whoever offers the most money
- bid = the amount of money a person offers in an auction (also the verb for offering it)
- auctioneer = the person who runs the auction
- drive a hard bargain = work hard to get the best deal possible
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- What things did you say (or could you do) about your product to try to sell it?
- - factual information about its features
- - comes with extra “free” things
- - problems the product will solve (even if it’s a “problem” that was invented by your advertising)
- - remind them how much money they’re saving
- - show and demonstrate the product
- - bulk discounts (lower the price if someone buys many items)
- - offer alternatives if they ask about something you don’t have
- - be very kind (or attractive) so the person will feel guilty if they don’t accept your deal
- “It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.” = This thing isn’t really a problem with the product, it’s actually a feature. (For example, “Finger Lickin’ Good” from KFC.)
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- What techniques did you use to try to buy it for a lower price?
- - ask questions about features you know it doesn’t have
- - say you won’t use the product much so you don’t want to pay that much
- - explain why you can’t afford the price they start with (“sob story” to get sympathy)
- - offer to buy more for a cheaper unit price (ask for a bulk discount)
- - walk away if you think the price is bad (and hope that they’ll lower it for you)
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- slick (adj) = smooth and convincing when trying to sell something (usually with a slightly negative connotation, like the salesperson is trying to trick you)
- slippery (adj) = a negative description of a negotiator who isn’t really being honest or fair, for example he never just answers your questions directly
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- What are some different websites where you can buy things?
- - Amazon: online store but also can connect people selling used items.
- - eBay: auction site where individuals sell to each other
- - craigslist: classified ads where people can try to buy or sell many different goods and services
- - Groupon: sells coupons for local businesses
- - wish.com: (I don’t know. You have to sign in before you can see anything there.)
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- Homework:
- Explore the websites ebay, etsy, alibaba, craigslist, and other sites where you can buy things.
- How do you buy things from the site? What is unique about the site? What kinds of things does the site sell?
- Think of some other focuses or business models you could use to make a new website. (Tomorrow you will design a store site, and you need to think of what features will make it interesting compared to similar websites.)
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