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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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- p. 9 - What are the main colors in the picture? How do these colors make you feel, or what things do you associate with them?
- NGO = non-governmental organization, especially if it works with charity or environmentalism
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- With a partner, discuss the questions in parts 2 and 3 on p. 9.
- gray / grey - Both are acceptable spellings for this color.
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- p. 10 - read the article about colors
- http://www.rapidtables.com/web/color/color-picker.htm - hue, saturation, and value for different colors
- In this article, pairs like hue/color and dress/clothing are used as exact synonyms in order to avoid repeating the same word. (In other contexts they have different meanings.)
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- What is the main tense in the paragraph about identity? (simple present)
- What is the main tense in the paragraph about decoration? (present continuous)
- Why?
- The decoration paragraph is about the moment when the picture was taken. The identity paragraph is about things that happen many times or are always true.
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- Some verbs are always stative (non-action), and cannot be used in continuous tenses.
- - know, want, like
- Other verbs have both stative and dynamic (action) meanings, and can sometimes be continuous.
- - think, have, see, feel, love
- think = belief, opinion (stative)
- I think that’s true. (*I’m thinking that’s true. - incorrect)
- think = cognition, consideration (dynamic)
- I think about my family every day. / I’m thinking about my family right now.
- “love” is normally stative, the same as “like”
- I love my family. I love my wife. (*I am loving my family. - incorrect)
- Informally, it can also mean something like “enjoy”.
- “I am loving this movie.” = In this moment I am experiencing and enjoying this movie.
- have = possess (stative)
- I have one sister. I have a laptop. (*I’m having a laptop. - incorrect)
- have = experience, eat, bear (dynamic)
- I’m having a good time. I’m having lunch. She’s having a baby.
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- Sense Words:
- I see the window. (I’m not paying attention, but I can perceive it. - stative)
- I look at the picture. / I watch the movie. (I am paying attention - dynamic)
- I hear music. (I’m not paying attention, but I can perceive it. - stative)
- I listen to music. (I am paying attention. - dynamic)
- taste, smell, and feel can have both meanings (as something a person does)
- look, sound, taste, smell, feel, and seem - An object can “do” these things. They are usually stative.
- That food looks/sounds/tastes/smells delicious.
- I feel cold. I might have a fever.
- You seem happy today. = From a variety of senses, I think you are happy. (It’s not exactly something specific that I see or hear, but rather your overall actions and behavior, that make me think you’re happy. If it’s hard for me to pin down why I think this, I use “seem”.)
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- Dynamic verbs take time. You can start or stop doing them. They can be interrupted.
- You can read one book today but you can’t read 100 books today.
- Stative verbs don’t take time. You can’t choose to start or stop doing them. They can’t be interrupted.
- You can have one book and you can have 100 books.
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- p. 11 part 7 - complete the sentences with the correct (stative or dynamic) verb forms
- 1 a think (opinion)
- b are thinking
- 2 a come (origin - stative)
- b are coming (motion - dynamic)
- 3 a love
- b is loving (informal)
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- part 8 - which tense do we usually use with these expressions?
- always - simple present
- at the moment - present continuous
- often - simple present
- this fall - present continuous (if it is fall right now - this is sometimes called the extended present)
- today - present continuous
- usually - simple present
- We can use frequency adverbs (usually, always, never, often, etc.) with present continuous if we compare two actions: She is always watching TV when I visit. I’m often eating dinner when you call.
- You’re always using your phone (when I look at you).
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- http://static01.nyt.com/images/2015/02/28/science/white-or-blue-dress-1425062802757/white-or-blue-dress-1425062802757-facebookJumbo.jpg
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- workbook p. 5 - read the article about synesthesia
- part 2 - answer the questions
- A condition is an illness (mental or physical) if it has a serious negative effect on someone’s life.
- We might say “light synesthesia” or “minor synesthesia” for example where just one or two days have a color, or where the association is learned later in life.
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- Blue is not an appetizing color. Red is more appetizing. (Think about restaurant logos.)
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- Homework: parts 3 and 4 on the workbook handout
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