2015-12-05 Saturday: 9 Trade

Greg Malivuk
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“2015-12-05 Saturday: 9 Trade”
This is the same level and book as the “Core” class.
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Homework: 6-7 test
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Warm-up: Did you go shopping on Black Friday? How much do you like shopping? Are you good with money?
p. 106 - Money
part 1 - are these statements true for you? If not, what’s different?

loan = a lump sum of money that you borrow from a bank, which usually has rules about exactly how much you have to pay back at what time

installment plan = agreement to pay for an expensive item in several smaller payments (or installments) over a period of time
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“debit” - pronounce the ‘b’
debt, doubt, receipt - don’t pronounce the ‘b’ or ‘p’
“recipe” - pronounce each letter
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household = a home and everything in it (including the people)
household bills = bills you pay for things in your house (electricity, gas, etc.)
household chores = the chores you do to maintain your house

mortgage = the loan you take out when you buy real estate (usually a house) (the ‘t’ is silent)
down payment = the percentage of a mortgage that you have to pay (from your own money) at the beginning
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What are some things that you have saved up to buy?
p. 107 part 11 - with a partner, complete the sentences with articles (including the “zero article” = nothing), possessives, or each/all/every
1 -/some/my, a
2 The
3 - (chocolate in general, and we usually don’t use articles for general nouns)
4 the (it’s the same money mentioned in 1), my
5 each/every
6 the (the same phone from 1 and 2)
7 The, a
8 a
9 the
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Graduation next Saturday.
Email this week about a survey and an exit test (for people who are graduating).
Email this week about the level test (for people who are continuing).
NO CLASS December 19 or 26 or January 2. (December 12, then January 9)
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Articles:
“the” = we both (speaker and listener) have a specific idea about which thing I’m talking about
I need to get a new phone. (No one has a specific idea of which phone.)
I got a new phone yesterday. (I have a specific idea, but you don’t.)
I heard you got a new phone yesterday. (You have a specific idea, but I don’t.)
I bought the phone yesterday. (We’ve both talked about this phone, and we both have a specific idea about which phone.)

a/an (indefinite articles)
a: the next sound is a consonant sound (a one-way street, a university)
an: the next sound is a vowel sound (an hour, an honest person, an honor)
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Determiners: words that go at the beginning of noun phrases, which “determine” which noun it is
- articles
- possessives (my, your, his,...)
- quantifiers (each, every, all, some, many, several,...)
- demonstratives (this, that, these, those)

All nouns have a determiner, but sometimes it’s the zero article. (Singular nouns can’t have the zero article, so they must have another word at the beginning.)
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Remember that the head noun always goes last in English:
English learner = someone who is learning English (a learner of English)
learner English = the type of English that learners speak
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p. 108 part 1 - choose two things your partner has with them, and ask these questions about them
How did it get to the store?
It might have been transported by train. = Maybe it was transported by train, but I don’t know.
It must have been transported by plane. = I’m pretty sure, because other explanations don’t make sense.
It can’t have been transported by truck, because it crossed an ocean. = I think this is impossible.

might/must/can’t = speculation (with different degrees of certainty)
have + past participle = perfect form = something about the past
be + past participle = passive voice = the action happened to this thing
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BREAK
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We use passive voice to focus on the recipient of an action.
It was made in China (by Chinese factory workers).
p. 109 part 7 - choose the correct options to complete the paragraph (active or passive)
1 is paid (by us, the people who work with direct trade)
2 are taken
3 have been weighed (by the people who work at the central collection point)
4 get
5 are using
6 is being reviewed (by us)
7 will be contracted
8 can be packed and sold
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The people that will be contracted to handle shipping are contractors. (This is different from how most -er/-or endings work.)
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Are you good at bargaining? (negotiating for a better price)
auction = when you try to find who can pay the most for something and sell it to that person
bid = the action of offering a price for an auction (and the noun for the money offered)
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Choose one thing that you have with you, that you want to sell to another student. Then talk to several other students and try to sell it (and also try to buy their products for a good price).
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Error correction:
*I can offer you for $7.
-> I can offer it to you for $7.

*How could you offer my product for her?
-> How could you offer my product to her?

Buy it for her. Cook it for her. Do it for her. (Do the action and then she benefits.)
Give it to her. Offer it to her. Send it to her. (She is included in the action itself.)

*You can’t buy it for less $200.
-> You can’t buy it for less than $200.
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What were some strategies or techniques you used to sell your product for a better price?
- lies (about the material and quality and original price)
- emphasize the rarity of the product
- talk about the quality of the product (waterproof, etc.)
- talk about how much money they’re saving compared to the original
- Tell if it’s handmade or antique.
- Emphasized that it is not used (much). “gently used”
- Use euphemisms like “secondhand” and “pre-owned” which sound nicer than “used”.
- Demonstrate the use of the product.
- Let the potential buyer see and handle the product.

What techniques did you use to try to buy for a lower price?
- Don’t show a lot of interest.
- Say you want to check out other options (like a competing store).
- Say you found a lower price somewhere else.
- Offer some other thing with your low price (like socks).
- Say that you only have a certain amount of money.
- Say it’s fake. / Question the quality of the object.
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Have you bought or sold anything on ebay?
- You buy directly from other people (not from the company).
- Usually the products are secondhand.
- It is primarily an auction site. (Sellers can list a starting bid, and then buyers offer more and more money, and whoever offers the most will get the product at the end of the auction.)

“He has more money than sense.”
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p. 113 - writing an ebay ad
What information in the example is unnecessary or irrelevant?
- It was a gift from my parents.
- New house is in the country, so we are going to have rustic themed decor.
part 3b - which of these sentences contain useful information and where can it be added to the listing?
1 - after “It was a gift from my parents.”
3 - after “otherwise it is in good condition.”
5 - after “Local pick-up preferred.”

Maddalena is the student who is sitting next to the door. (adjective clause)
Maddalena is the student sitting next to the door. (participle adjective phrase)
Maddalena is the student next to the door. (prepositional phrase)
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Homework: Write an eBay ad for the thing you tried to sell in class today.
	Also read p. 111 and do p. 110 parts 2, 3, 4, 5