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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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- Homework: p. 98 parts 2, 3, 4 (from the reading on p. 99)
- What are the three theories?
- 1 She ran out of fuel and crashed in the Pacific ocean. (official theory)
- 2 She landed on Nikumaroro and later died there.
- 3 She was captured on a mission to Japan and later returned to the US.
- part 2
- 1 The theory that she landed on Nikumaroro.
- 2 DNA testing
- 3 It will prove that Earhart was on Nikumaroro.
- part 3
- 1 His family is partially funding the project.
- 2 There are no known samples of her hair.
- 3 Human DNA is 99% the same, so they need a larger amount of DNA to test.
- part 4
- 1 funding
- 2 reveal
- 3 archive
- 4 ensure
- 5 assumption
- 6 profile
- 7 identical
- 8 log
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- p. 97 part 10 - Imagine that you are an archaeologist who found these things from 2000 years ago. What can you guess or conclude about the people who lived there at that time? (Discuss in groups.)
- People might have used the stones for a ceremony.
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- BREAK
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- Wordbuilding: noun -> adjective (-al and -ous)
- tradition -> traditional, nation -> national, education -> educational, etc.
- nature -> natural
- music -> musical, magic -> magical, mathematics -> mathematical, economics -> economical
- industry -> industrial (= related to or about industry; “industrial agriculture” is agriculture that functions like an industry)
- space -> spacious
- mystery -> mysterious
- industry -> industrious (= very productive; and industrious person is resourceful and works hard)
- (There are many other -ous adjectives that don’t come from nouns: precious, continuous, etc.)
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- What are some other suffixes that change nouns into adjectives?
- -ific: terrific, horrific
- -ly: friendly, lovely, leisurely, motherly, daily, weekly, monthly, etc. (noun-ly = like a noun)
- -y: windy, cloudy, sunny, rainy, foggy, snowy, icy, salty, fruity (noun-y = with a lot of noun)
- -ful: careful, hopeful, helpful, beautiful (noun-ful = full of / with a lot of noun)
- -less: careless, hopeless, helpless, homeless (noun-less = without noun)
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- p. 100 part 1 - what is each headline probably about?
- shock = something very surprising
- forged = fake
- alert = warning
- “to join”, “to double” - infinitives in headlines often mean something is going to happen
- slash = cut (reduce, when it’s about a price)
- “slashed” - past participles often mean something has been done (prices have been slashed)
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- Headlines can be ambiguous, with 2 or more possible meanings:
- “Stolen Painting Found by Tree”
- = It was found near a tree.
- = The tree found the painting.
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- Listen to conversations about the headlines in part 1. Which headline (a or b) is each conversation about?
- 1 b
- 2 a
- 3 b
- part 2 - answer the questions about each conversation
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- part 3 - Listen again. Write the number of the conversation where they say each thing.
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- You’re pulling my leg! = You’re kidding me! = You’re putting me on! = You’re joking!
- Apparently, _____. = I’m not sure, but the newspaper says that ____.
- Come on! = Don’t lie! / Stop pulling my leg! = Come off it! (more common in the UK)
- You’re kidding me. = You’re messing with me. (okay) = You’re fucking with me. (rude)
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- There are many phrasal verbs with “fuck”, which all have different meanings.
- http://www.amazon.com/English-Second-cking-Language-Effectively/dp/sitb-next/031214329X - a book about swearing in English
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- Homework: p. 167 practice 2
- Also, look at the list of places on p. 97 part 9, and think about what makes them mysterious.
- (Tomorrow you will design a monument or landmark to confuse future archaeologists.)
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