2015-11-19 Core: 7 Adjuntas, buy/rent, like/as

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: read p. 87, do p. 86 parts 2, 3, 4, and 5
part 2 - c
part 3
a paragraph 3
b paragraph 2
c paragraph 5
d paragraph 4
part 4
1 They are graceful; they parade through the town on holidays.
2 It is elegant and large with fountains and stone benches.
3 It’s small and immaculate.
4 It’s little and men meet there to swap stories and have a drink.
part 5
1 a town where the most important product is coffee
2 respectful and polite habits
3 water that is pumped through the pipes in your house
4 the main or “truest” love in her life
5 islands where their ancestors came from
6 to share and exchange stories with each other
7 the information spread quickly between people
8 an art that people don’t practice (much) any more
(“descendant” is the opposite of “ancestor”; it means your children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and so on)
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“spawn” and “breed” are often used with animal reproduction, or as verbs that mean something inspired or resulted in another thing.
“The new technology spawned a series of exciting inventions.”
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Participial Adjectives (adjectives made from present and past participles of verbs):

surrounding mountains = mountains that surround something
running water = water that “runs” (through the pipes in a building)
exhausting day = day that exhausts someone
confusing story = story that confuses someone
confused reader = reader that is confused by something
surrounded village = village that is surrounded by something
broken arm = arm that was broken by something
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p. 88 - What city is in the picture? What do you know about housing prices there?

After you pick a city, what important things do you consider when deciding where to live in that city?
rent or mortgage payment
size / number of bedrooms
safety
parking
location (nearness to restaurants, to transportation, etc.)
neighborhood
school system
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What does the realtor say about the ages of different buildings? Old buildings are less likely to have elevators.
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She says there is more privacy in a large city.
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Expressing preferences:
would rather + base form (“rather” is an adverb, and “would” is always followed by the base form)
I would rather rent (than buy).

prefer + noun
I prefer cities (to small towns).
prefer + gerund
I prefer living here (to living in a small town).
prefer + infinitive
I prefer to walk. (We don’t say things like “I prefer to walk to to drive.” We can’t use infinitives after prepositions.)

I prefer an apartment. = I know this already. I have experiences with apartments.
I would prefer an apartment. = This is my opinion about a future option.
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She said, “I’ll give it to you tomorrow.” = These were her exact words.
She was like, “I’ll give it to you tomorrow.” = She said something with this meaning, but not exactly this.
p. 85 part 10 - with a partner, complete the paragraph with the simple past, “would”, or “used to”
1 moved
2 used to stand / would stand
3 were (today they are still taller than anything he had ever seen before coming to NYC)
4 were
5 would run / used to run
6 didn’t go / wouldn’t go / didn’t use to go
7 didn’t use to own / didn’t own
8 took / would take / used to take
9 had / would have / used to have
10 went / would go / used to go
11 was
12 was / used to be
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part 11 - In groups of three, complete the sentences with information that is true for you. Then share your answers with your partners and compare your past lives.

“He didn’t use to do that.” = He didn’t do that in the past, but now he does that.
(So it’s strange to use this for someone who is dead.)

“He used to do that.” = He regularly did that in the past, but now he doesn’t do it.
(This is okay to use for someone who is dead, or who stopped doing it for any other reason.)
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http://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=box - historical weather data for Boston
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What were you like as a child? = Describe your personality and habits when you were a child.
What did you like as a child? = Describe your preferences and opinions when you were a child.
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I cried as a child. = I cried when I was a child.
I cried like a child. = I cried similarly to how a child cries (but I was already an adult at the time).

She is dressed as a witch. = She is wearing a witch costume (for Halloween, for example).
She is dressed like a witch. = She is wearing black clothes that make her look similar to a witch.
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Tomorrow you will design an unconventional house. (Any kind of house that is NOT a typical four-walls-and-a-roof made of wood or brick in a city somewhere.)
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Homework: list locations or materials that would make a house unusual
	AND: p. 165 practice 1 and 2 (grammar)