2016-10-01 Saturday: 9 Trade

Greg Malivuk
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“2016-10-01 Saturday: 9 Trade”
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Homework: Units 7-8 test
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p. 105 part 3 - Discuss these questions with your partner.
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p. 106 part 1 - Tell your partner if each statement is true for you and why or why not. (Ask or look up words you don’t know.)
debit - we pronounce all the letters
debt - the ‘b’ is silent (like “doubt” and “receipt”)
borrow = take temporarily (When you buy a house, you borrow money from the bank.)
lend = give temporarily (When you buy a house, the bank lends (or loans) you money.)
mortgage (the ‘t’ is silent) = a loan to buy a house
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part 5 - Listen to the presentation and correct the factual errors in each sentence. (Some are already fine)
1 There are approximately five billion cell phones in the world today
2 A lot of people don’t have easy access to banks. (correct)
3 With the interactive voice system, you can talk to your cell phone.
4 Afghanistan has a new cell phone banking plan.
5 In Afghanistan, the cell phone network covers every town and city. (correct)
6 The Afghan National Police pay all salaries through cell phones.
7 The policemen in Afghanistan receive their salaries through their cell phones.
8 Each policeman gets a text message when he is paid.
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What are some advantages and disadvantages of mobile banking?
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https://dev.csync.org/passhash.html - You can type the site name (such as “google.com”) and one “master” password that you never need to change, and it will give you a strong password.
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p. 107 part 7 - Which bold phrase does each sentence (a-d) explain?
1 There are approximately five billion cell phones in the world today. - c
2 A lot of people don’t have easy access to banks. - b (it’s about all banks in general)
3 With the interactive voice system, you can talk to your cell phone. - d (we mentioned the system before)
4 Afghanistan has a new cell phone banking plan. - a (we didn’t mention the plan before)
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Articles:

the - the speaker and listener *both* know which thing(s) the speaker is talking about
a/an - singular and countable, but we don’t both know which one the speaker is talking about
	a - the next word starts with a consonant sound (a teacher, a uniform, a one-way street)
	an - the next word starts with a vowel sound (an apple, an hour)
∅ (zero article) - plural or noncount, we don’t both know which one (including general nouns)

Other determiners (articles are one type of determiner):

possessives - their salaries, our class, my teacher
quantifiers - each policeman, every town and city, all salaries, a few books, some money, a lot of time
	“each” and “every” must go with singular count nouns, “all” goes with plural or noncount nouns
(demonstratives - this policeman, those books)
(interrogatives - what movie, which class, whose book)
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p. 107 part 10 - Choose the correct options to complete each sentence (- is for the zero article). Then tell your partner whether you do any of these things to save money.
1 a
2 your, a
3 the
4 their
5 your
6 - (zero article), an
7 all
8 each

(the supermarket)’s house brand - we need “the” for “supermarket”, and then “the supermarket’s” is the possessive determiner for “house brand”
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buyer’s remorse = the regretful feeling you sometimes get after buying something you shouldn’t have
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p. 108 part 1 - Answer these questions about one thing you have today, with your partner.
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BREAK (15 minutes)
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Grammar: passive voice
form: passive = [be] + past participle
“be” can be in any tense:
	This building was built in 1867. (simple past)
	Many new buildings have been built in this neighborhood. (present perfect)
	A new building is being built on my street. (present continuous)
	A new building will be built on my street. (simple future)
	Many books can be bought online. (modal passive)
	It might have been used as a mirror. (I wrote this sentence last week.)
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Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa. (active)
The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci. (passive)
- We use the passive when we want to emphasize the receiver of an action, instead of the agent that did the action.
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p. 109 part 8 - With your partner, complete each sentence with the correct passive form of the verb. Then choose the italic phrase that you think is factually correct.
1 have been sold (“since 2003” -> present perfect, “250 million” -> plural, so “have”)
	(Nokia 1101 cell phones)
2 has been adapted (because it could be adapted for more platforms in the future)
	(Tetris)
3 has been translated (it could happen more, and “the work” is noncount)
	(Agatha Christie)
4 was nominated
	(The Color Purple)
5 is worn (this sentence is about the present: “More people wear Ralph Lauren than any other brand.”)
	(Ralph Lauren)
6 has been viewed
	(Justin Bieber)
7 were downloaded
	(Call of Duty)
8 was bought
	(Picasso)
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bargain (v) = negotiate for a lower price to buy something (also “haggle”)
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Choose one thing that you have (which isn’t your phone) that you will try to “sell” to another classmate.
Talk to at least three people to try to get the best price.

What techniques did you use to get a better price? Were they successful?
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p. 113 - eBay ad
part 1 - Look at the ad and find all the listed information. Why is this useful information to include?
http://boston.craigslist.org - A much better site if you want to buy or sell things locally.
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What information in the listing is irrelevant and can be removed?
part 3b - Which of these sentences could be added to the listing? Where?
1 yes - after “The rug is in used condition.”
2 no
3 yes - after “...it is in good condition.”
4 no
5 yes - after “Local pick-up preferred.”
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Homework: Write an eBay listing for the item you tried to sell in class today. Make sure to include all the relevant information mentioned on p. 113.
	(If you weren’t in class, choose something you have at home to try to sell on eBay.)
	Also: p. 122 parts 2, 5, 6 about the articles on p. 123.
	Optional: p. 168 practice 1 and 2 (about the grammar from today)
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NO CLASS NEXT SATURDAY (OCTOBER 8) - see you on October 15