2015-12-16 Core: 11 digital communication

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/04/140403-brazil-peru-amazon-rainforest-uncontacted-tribes-finai-illegal-logging-world/ - longer article about the “uncontacted” tribe and the photographs taken of them (notice how much direct speech is used in the article)
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Homework: p. 171 practice 1
2 Anita said that she would read the news report the next day.
3 Joe said that he had visited the Amazon rain forest on his trip to South America the year before.
4 Mai asked if/whether she could give me a donation for charity.
5 Nasrin said that she had just seen the documentary about endangered languages of the world.
6 Miguel said that he had been reading the paper the previous day.
7 Simon asked if/whether I had ever met anyone from Peru.
8 Manuela said that they were meeting at nine the next day.
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Karen asked how many countries had fought in World War Two.
= Karen asked, “How many countries fought in WW2?” (The war happened once and is finished.)

Karen asked how many countries had joined the European Union.
= Karen asked, “How many countries have joined the EU?” (More countries can still join the EU.)

Karen asked how many countries had started fighting by the time the US joined WW2.
= Karen asked, “How many countries had started fighting by the time the US joined WW2?” (happened before another thing in the past)
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Karen said, “I must study tonight.”
= Karen said that she had to study that night.

Karen said, “He must be tired.”
= Karen said that he had to be tired.

Karen said, “He must have been tired.”
= Karen said that he must have been tired. (speculation about the past doesn’t change)
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p. 132 part 1 - complete the sentences with the correct words and answer the questions with your partner. Then write four more questions with the words you didn’t use.
1 Twitter
2 texting
3 Flickr
4 broadband
5 Skype
6 blog

broadband = the connection from the internet to your router or phone (mobile broadband)
wifi = the wireless connection from your router to your electronic devices
blog = web + log
vlog = video blog
jargon = the technical vocabulary used in a specific career or field

Do you prefer to read ebooks or paper books?
(For me, “ebook” refers to the file and “ebook reader” or “e-reader” refers to the device, but sometimes “ebook” is also the device, such as a Kindle.)
How many times do you tweet a week? How often do you tweet?
What’s the WiFi password?
How often do you watch videos on YouTube?
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p. 132 part 3 - What do you expect these newspaper stories to be about?
UFO = Unidentified Flying Object (usually people use “UFO” to mean alien spacecraft)
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http://www.mbta.com/rider_tools/t_alerts/ - you can subscribe to get emails or text messages when there are problems or changes with the MBTA
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Tweet your way around the world.
= Tweet a lot while you travel around the world.
or = Tweet in order to travel around the world.

He cheated his way to the top of the company. = He cheated in order to get to the top of the company.
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p. 132 part 4 - listen to conversations, and match them with the headlines
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p. 133 part 5 - listen again and complete the sentences
1 The journalist asks her Twitter followers to suggest things to do.
2 The blog reminds readers not to use telescopes.
3 The company told people not to show up for work.
4 The politician has invited aliens to meet him.
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Answer the questions in part 6 about the stories.
We can say the journalist crowdsources some of her decisions. (she uses a group or crowd of people to get the information)

Do you believe there are aliens somewhere in the universe?
Do you think they have visited Earth?

When you hear hoofbeats, do you imagine horses or zebras?
Just because I don’t understand how people did it, I shouldn’t conclude that people didn’t do it.
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1 The journalist asks her Twitter followers to suggest things to do. (her followers will suggest things)
2 The blog reminds readers not to use telescopes. (readers shouldn’t use telescopes)
3 The company told people not to show up for work. (people shouldn’t show up for work)
4 The politician has invited aliens to meet him. (aliens should meet him)
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give someone information (with “that”)
ask a question (with a question word or “if” or “whether”)
offers, invitations, requests, and instructions (with an infinitive = to + base form)

He offered to pay for lunch. (he will pay for lunch)
The teacher promised to help with pronunciation. (the teacher will help with pronunciation)
The journalist asked to go home early. (the journalist will go home early)

I want to go home early. (I will go home early.)
I want you to go home early. (You will go home early.)

I expect to pass. (I will probably pass.)
I expect you to pass. (I think you will probably pass.)
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He asked, “Would you like to come to a party?”
= He asked me if I would like to come to a party.
= He invited me to come to a party.

He said, “I will take out the trash if you want.”
= He said that he would take out the trash if I wanted.
= He offered to take out the trash.
He said, “Take out the trash.”
= He said to take out the trash.
= He told me to take out the trash.
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p. 133 part 11 - Use the reporting verbs (from part 10) and infinitives to report this speech.
1 Marta reminded Amy to turn off her cell phone.
2 Jose asked Marta to set up his email. (He asked her if she could set up his email.)
3 Amy invited Jose to (come and) watch the movie on their new flat-screen TV.
4 Marta told Amy to plug in the battery charger first.
5 Jose offered to upload those photos to the computer for Marta. (
6 Amy promised to turn it off when she was done. (Amy promised that she would turn it off when she was done.)

I offered to pay him.
I offered him money.

I promised to pay him.
I promised him money.
I promised (him) that I would pay him.
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Even if you don’t say something out loud, if you think or believe or wonder, we use the same grammar as with reported speech:

She asked where the bank was.  (She spoke aloud to ask another person this question.)
She wondered where the bank was. (She thought about the question in her mind, and if she spoke it was only to herself.)

She said that she would be a little late. (She believed it and spoke.)
She thought that she would be a little late. (She believed it but was not 100% sure.)
She knew that she would be a little late. (She believed it, she was 100% sure, and it was true.)
She realized that she would be a little late. (She suddenly knew it after something else happened.)
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I know where you live. = I know your address. (but I’m not saying it in this sentence)
I know that you live at 77 Newbury St. = I know this fact. (and I’m saying it in this sentence)
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Homework: read p. 135 and do p. 134 parts 3 and 4 (also make a list of words you couldn’t understand)