2015-06-29 Core: 10 review and test

Greg Malivuk
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(This is the Core class.)
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Homework: write an email asking your partner for advice about some problem you have (or a problem you imagine), then respond to your partner’s email (you can Cc me in the response: [email protected])
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NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY, JULY 3
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https://www.facebook.com/events/1608549076095752/ - facebook event for July 4 - I meet with my friends and sit and eat and play games in Cambridge starting at around 1pm. I will also come to the school at 5:30pm and bring students to our location by the river to watch fireworks.
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p. 128 part 1 - under what circumstances would you do this activity that they are doing in the picture?
part 2 - in pairs, use the grammar from this unit to answer the questions (second conditional)
1 If I got to the top and I was too scared, I would…
2 If I had to go first, I would...
3 If I were the last one there, I would...
4 If it were my first time, I would...
5 If I felt sick, I would…
(Jeb Corliss is the name of the guy from the video last week. There are many other videos on YouTube of his BASE jumping.)
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part 4 - think of a definition for each of these things (using relative clauses), and an example of each
1 A life-threatening situation is a situation where you can die.
  a moment when you’re faced with death.
  a situation that threatens your life.
2 Bravery is when you don’t give up. Bravery is when you try many times. Bravery is when you are unafraid.
  Bravery is a feeling that makes people fight for what they want. ...people risk their lives.
3 A dangerous place is a place where you can have a life-threatening situation.
  a place where you can’t be safe.
  a place where there is a lot of danger.
  a place which has a lot of risks.
4 Extreme sports are sports which are in dangerous places.
  Extreme sports are sports in which participants have a lot of adrenaline.
  Extreme sports are sports where participants have a lot of adrenaline. (It’s not a location, but if I can use “in which”, I can also use “where”.)
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Jeb Corliss is a man whose jumping was famous.
Jeb Corliss is a man who likes extreme sports.
Jeb Corliss is the man whom you watched on YouTube last week.
   (...who you watched.)
   (...that you watched.)
   (...you watched.)
2013 was the last year when Corliss jumped.
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If I were brave, I would be happier.
I wish I were brave.

If he had more money, she would be happier.
She wishes he had more money.
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What would you do if you were rich?
I would buy a house.
I would travel more.
I would give money to my friends and family.
I might quit my job.
I might move to Hawaii.
I could buy a sports car.
I could start a business.
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The books 1491 and 1493 are about the Americas before and after European colonization.
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BREAK
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Test
part 1 - use the second sentence to make a relative clause
Jeb Corliss is a man. His jumps are famous.
-> Jeb Corliss is a man whose jumps are famous.