Top Notch 2 2013-11-13

Greg Malivuk
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"Top Notch 2 2013-11-13"
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Quiz: workbook p. 58 part (5)
1 can't stand looking
2 decided to repaint
3 discuss making
4 suggested taking
5 practice painting
6 need to learn
7 don't mind trying
8 chose to give
9 doesn't/didn't seem to like
10 enjoys painting
11 plan to paint
12 would like to paint

"It makes my eyes bleed."
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If you're sad, you're sad about something.
If you're depressed, you feel bad in general.

The movie is sad,        I feel sad.
The wedding is happy,    I feel happy.
The day is   depressing, I feel depressed.
The game is  exciting,   I feel excited.
The trash is disgusting, I feel disgusted.
The book is  scary,      I feel scared.
             boring             bored
             surprising         surprised
             interesting        interested
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p. 77 part (E)
1 yellow, happy
2 blue, cheerful
3 red, nervous
4 brown, depressing
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exciting / boring
cheerful / cheerless or depressing
 careful / careless
 helpful / helpless

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p. 78
"tired of the same old grind"
= tired of doing the same thing every day
 (daily grind)

what you -> "whatcha"

thanks for asking
tired of working
how about going

for, of, about: prepositions

preposition + verb(ing)

*I use my computer for to send email.(WRONG)
*I use my computer for send email.(WRONG)
I use my computer for sending email.(OK)
I use my computer (in order) to send email.(OK)
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I'm afraid for my friend.
= I worry that something bad will happen to my friend.

I'm afraid of speaking to many people.
I'm afraid of snakes.

I believe in helping the poor.
= I believe that it is good to help them.
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verb + preposition
adj. + preposition
- You need to memorize the prepositions that go with each verb or adjective. There isn't a rule.
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p. 78 (B) - gerunds after prepositions
1 in telling
2 about working
3 about having to
4 of flying (afraid of / nervous about)
5 to talking
6 with being
7 of writing
8 (of) taking
9 about having to
10 about going
11 of flying

Monday and Tuesday
Casual day - the most casual wins a prize
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I'm happy about today's being Wednesday.
(possessive + gerund)
I'm worried about paying the school.
                  having to pay the school.
                  the school's possible closing.
I'm excited about taking a vacation.
                  going on vacation.
I'm tired of not having money.
I'm sick  of having no money.
I'm sick and tired of taking a bus after school.
I'm sick of teaching people who keep speaking Portuguese in class.

Another way to say some of these:
I'm happy that today is Wednesday.
I'm worried that the school might close.
I'm excited that Friday is coming soon.
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Monday <- Moon Day = lunes (Spanish)
Thursday <- Thor's Day = Jupiter = jueves

Mercury		Odin/Woden - Wednesday
Venus		Freya/Frigga - Friday
Earth (Gaia)
Mars		Tiu - Tuesday
Jupiter		Thor - Thursday
Saturn		Saturday
Uranus
Neptune
(Pluto)
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Mars -> March (old 1st month)
April
May
June (from Juno)
July (from Julius Caesar)
August (from Augustus Caesar)
September (old 7th month)
October (old 8th month)
November (9th)
December (10th)
January (11th) (from Janus)
February (12th), sometimes one extra day
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(no homework today, but 6-7 test next Wednesday)