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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk
- (This is the Core class.)
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- Homework: p. 50 parts 2, 3, 4 (about the reading on p. 51)
- part 2
- a 3
- b 4
- c 2 “The movement of people from the countryside to the cities…”
- d 1
- (You should be able to find these answers very quickly, just by looking for key words.)
- part 3
- a 3
- b 4
- c 6
- d 1
- e 2
- f 5
- part 4
- 1 T
- 2 T
- 3 F (probably) - schools have been successful and many people are looking for better training (though there is nothing specific about drop-outs)
- 4 F
- 5 T “The nation has become successful by making products for overseas customers.”
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- p. 50 part 5 - with a partner, explain these two sentences in your own words
- “Nobody in the developed world should criticize China without taking a look in the mirror.”
- = The developed world wants cheap workers, so it is the cause of a lot of the changes in China now. (“The nation has become successful by making products for overseas consumers.”)
- also = The developed world caused (and causes) many environmental problems with its own industrialization, China just has more people.
- “There’s nothing foreign about the materialistic dream of the average Chinese worker.”
- = People have materialistic dreams in general, in every country, not just China.
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- p. 50 part 6 - are each of these things positive, negative, or both, in the author’s opinion?
- 1 P (“standard of living” = average or typical “level” of lifestyle, including food, housing, entertainment, health, education, etc.)
- 2 B
- 3 N
- part 7 - which option is the author’s overall opinion about China?
- - c
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- p. 50 part 9 - think of a job that each sentence describes
- 1 engineer, doctor, actor, businessperson
- 2 elementary school teachers, politicians
- 3 police officer, teacher, (union jobs)
- 4 scientist, pilot, athlete (salary = a certain amount per week, month, or year)
- (wage = a certain amount per hour)
- 5 (they can choose 6-2, 7-3, 8-4, 9-5, 10-6, etc.) software engineers, professional painters
- 6 businessperson, scientist, banker (promotion = an increase in position and benefits, which may be salary or may be other things like paid vacation and health insurance)
- 7 firefighters, engineers, nurses, doctors, workers, police officers
- 8 government workers, businesspeople, teachers (sometimes)
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- BREAK
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- p. 48 part 1 - have you made any important decisions recently?
- International Women’s Day - March 8
- part 2 - listen to the radio program and choose the correct option
- part 3 - listen again and correct the mistakes in the sentences
- 1 Devi isn’t going to stay at her job forever.
- 2 Devi is taking a test next month.
- 3 Elisabeth is going to start a new business.
- 4 Elisabeth is meeting the bank manager on Wednesday.
- 5 Sahera’s friend is going to study/continue her studies in the United States.
- 6 Sahera’s friend is leaving Kabul next week.
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- p. 175 (audioscript)
- 1 What is something Devi has already decided to do? - leave her job
- “I’m not going to stay in this job forever.”
- 2 What is something Devi has arranged to do? - take the entrance exam
- “I’m taking the entrance exam next month.”
- 3 What is something Devi decides to do as she is speaking? - tell her boss
- “I suppose I’ll tell him soon.”
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- PLANS for the future (these are things I can decide to do)
- future with “[be] going to” + base form: a decision made before speaking
- future with present continuous: a decision and arrangements were made before speaking (action verbs)
- future with “will” + base form: a decision made while speaking
- (future with simple present: scheduled events, especially transportation timetables)
- PREDICTIONS of the future (these are things I cannot directly decide)
- future with “[be] going to” + base form: any prediction, including if I see evidence right now that makes me sure about something (“Careful! Your cup is going to fall!”)
- future with “will” + base form: more general predictions, not including when I see strong evidence now
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- p. 49 part 8 - with a partner choose the correct option for each sentence
- 1 I’m taking - already arranged
- 2 I’m starting - already arranged
- 3 I’m going to take - already decided
- 4 I’m going to manage - more of a prediction than a plan
- 5 they are going to do - “They don’t know what they’re doing” = right now
- (“They don’t know what they’re doing next year.” - okay)
- 6 I’m going to be - more of a prediction than a plan, “be a mechanic” is not an action
- (It’s still necessary to use action (dynamic) verbs in continuous tenses.)
- 7 I’ll have - decision made while speaking, “maybe” = it’s not a strong intention or goal
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- Oh, it looks like I don’t have any more time today. I’ll meet with him tomorrow.
- Earlier, I realized I didn’t have enough time today. I’m going to meet with him tomorrow.
- I told him that I wouldn’t have time to meet today. I’m meeting with him tomorrow.
- We scheduled the meeting weeks ago. I meet with him tomorrow.
- I looked at the weather report. It will rain later today.
- I looked at the weather report. It’s going to rain later today. (maybe I’m more sure of this one)
- Look at those clouds! It’s going to rain soon.
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- p. 49 part 10 - put appropriate words in the two different educational sequences
- 1 pass a test, retake a test, stay in school
- 2 get bad grades, fail an exam/test
- 3 take a training course
- 4 get a degree in…
- apprentice = a junior or student position when you’re learning a profession, such as electrician, welding, making shoes, etc., with someone who is an expert in the field
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- Homework: p. 161 practice 1 and practice 2
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