2015-10-27 Core: 4 future job plans

Greg Malivuk
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Acting on an anonymous phone call, the police raid a house to arrest a suspected murderer. They don't know what he looks like but they know his name is John and that he is inside the house. The police bust in on a carpenter, a truck driver, a mechanic and a fireman all playing poker. Without hesitation or communication of any kind, they immediately arrest the fireman. How do they know they've got their man?
Ask yes/no questions to try to figure out the answer.
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red herring = information that seems important but is actually distracting from the important information
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When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
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p. 45 part 2 - Did you want to do any of these jobs when you were a child?
vet = veterinarian
part 3 - which jobs can be described with these adjectives?
dangerous / safe
secure / insecure
A safe job means you probably won’t be injured or killed on the job.
A secure job means you probably won’t be fired.
A demanding job is one that requires you to work very hard. (The job “demands” a lot of effort.)
(“Responsible” really only describes people, not jobs.)
reliable = dependable = Other people can rely or depend on you.
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p. 48 part 1 - Have you made any important life decisions recently?
part 2 - International Women’s Day: March 8th
listen to the radio program and choose the correct information in the sentences
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All Hallows’ Eve (= All Saints’ Eve) -> Hallowe’en -> Halloween
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part 3 - listen again and correct the information in the sentences
1 at this job forever
2 test next month
3 start a new business
4 meeting the bank manager
5 study in the United States
6 next week
lay off = when a company stops employing you because they can’t afford it (it usually means the position itself is cut, not just you)
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BREAK
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p. 175 - With your partner, look at the script for track 13, number 1 (about Devi)
1 Find something Devi has already decided to do (but maybe hasn’t arranged).
2 Find something Devi has decided and made arrangements to do.
3 Find something Devi decides to do as she is speaking.

1 “I’m not going to stay in this job forever.” (future with going to)
2 “I’m taking the entrance exam next month.” (future with present continuous)
3 “I suppose I’ll tell him soon.” (future with a modal)
The exam starts at 12:00. (simple present - routine or scheduled event)
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Forms to talk about future plans:

I’ll meet with him tomorrow. (I make this decision as I’m speaking.)

I’m going to meet with him tomorrow. (I made this decision in the past, maybe arrangements or not.)

I’m meeting with him tomorrow. (I made some arrangements for the meeting, like I told him about it.)

I meet with him tomorrow. (Tomorrow’s meeting was always on the schedule.)
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p. 49 part 8 - choose the correct options to complete the paragraph
1 I’m taking
2 I’m starting (she made the decision and some arrangements)
3 I’m going to take (she already made this decision)
4 I’m going to manage (If she doesn’t know, it means she doesn’t have arrangements.) (Also, this is more of a prediction than a plan, and we use “going to” or “will” for predictions.)
5 they are going to do (without a future time expression, “they are doing” looks like present)
6 I’m going to be (this is her mom’s prediction)
(ALSO: “be a good mechanic” is not an action, so it can NEVER be continuous)
7 I’ll have (uncertain prediction)

My mom thinks I’m graduating on Friday. = She has a mistaken belief about my plans/arrangements.
My mom thinks I’m going to graduate on Friday. = She has a (mistaken) belief about my plans.
My mom thinks it’s going to rain on Friday. = She has a prediction about the weather.
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This is a very subtle topic. = The distinctions are sometimes small and hard to notice.
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part 9 - what form(s) are most logical for the conversations
1 I’m going to take / I’m taking
2 I’ll help (offers are usually decisions made at the moment)
3 is getting (or “is going to get”, but that’s longer and we are lazy)
4 I’m going / I’m going to go
5 ‘ll open (offer = decision made in the moment)
gap year = a year between high school and university or between university and a job, often to travel or do other things before “settling down”
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Homework: read the article on p. 46 and do part 3
	also make a note of what words you need to look up, and what words you still don’t understand