2015-06-18 Core: 9 bargaining and buying

Greg Malivuk
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(This is the Core class.)
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Homework: read the article on p. 111 and do p. 110 parts 2, 3, and 4
part 2 - a
part 3
1 Andrew (the writer), Sam (his son), and Mohamed (his friend)
2 perfume bottle (for 200 dirham), and an ornate box (for 1300 dirham) that Sam calls a treasure chest
3 the box (he bargains better the second time)
part 4
1 freshly squeezed
2 world-famous
3 lethal-looking
4 soft hand-dyed
5 large camel
6 massive copper
7 tall cobalt-blue tear-shaped old perfume
8 bright yellow Moroccan men’s
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exotic: uncommon, foreign (Morocco is exotic to him because he’s American)
stall: a small partly closed space, usually inside a larger structure
souk: market
fig: a type of fruit
nearby: near (“near” is a preposition, “nearby” is an adverb)
reassure: assure again / assure after something caused doubt
assure: make someone sure of something (similar to “promise”)
blossoms: flowers
(“blow”, “bloom”, “blossom”, “flow”, and “flower” all come from the same original word)
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part 5
1 The first thing you say is “Too much” and then walk away.
2 When you see something you like, you ask about something else instead. Then, when you walk out, you ask about the thing you like.
3 Don’t always give an offer. Make them continue to lower the price.
4 Wear something Moroccan.
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Compound Adjectives: two or more words that together make a single description for a noun
(freshly squeezed) orange juice - “freshly” describes “squeezed”
fresh (squeezed orange juice) - “fresh” describes the juice

10 (dollar bills) = you have 10 bills, each is a $1 bill
(10-dollar) bills = you have some bills, each is a $10 bill

I teach twenty two-year-olds. (20 children, each 2 years old)
I teach twenty-two-year-olds. (all the people I teach are 22 years old)

We don’t say, “a made vase”.
We can say, “handmade vase”, “locally made vase”, “machine-made vase”.
(The vase was made by hand. It was made locally. It was made by machine.)

We don’t say, “a winning movie”.
We can say, “an award-winning movie”.
(The movie won an award or several.)

I have a three-legged dog.
(“Leg” isn’t a verb, but this is how we say the dog has three legs.)
(This works with body parts, but not most other things.)
A brokenhearted woman.

If it’s not a body part, you can’t add -ed for the compound adjective:
I can have a five-legged table, but I write a five-page article.
(The article has five pages, but we don’t use plurals in adjectives.)
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In general, we don’t use plurals when we modify nouns, even with other nouns:
There are two shoes in the shoebox. (not “shoesbox”)
I have two shoeboxes.
I brush my teeth with a toothbrush. (not “teethbrush”)
I bought four toothbrushes.
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an award-winning marketing project (remember, the LAST noun is the head noun)

a big box of shoes (prepositional phrases go after the head noun)
a big shoebox

the building’s roof
the roof of the building

the house’s windows
the windows of the house

the car’s door = a specific door on a specific car
the car door = a specific (car door) (“car door” = the type of door that goes on a car)

a Fanta bottle = a bottle for Fanta
a bottle of water = a bottle that has water in it
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a lethal-looking sword = a sword that looks lethal (active)

a machine-made vase = a vase that was made by machine (passive)
a vase-making machine = a machine that makes vases (active)
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BREAK
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Body parts in compound adjectives get -ed endings (three-legged, flat-toothed, one-eyed)
In compound nouns, they follow the usual rules (legwarmers, toothbrush, eyeglasses)

If wine glasses are where you put your wine, what are eyeglasses for?
If olive oil is made from olives, what is baby oil?
If a wire brush is made from wires, what is a toothbrush?
(You sometimes have to guess from the context about the structure of compound nouns.)
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p. 112 part 1 - for each conversation (there are 2), answer the three questions
first conversation
1 a jewelry store
2 a silver chain
3 yes
second conversation
1 a furniture store
2 a sofa
3 yes
part 2 - who says each thing?
part 3 - do you understand these words?
part 4 - go to p. 179 (listening 40), roleplay each conversation with your partner (switch for the second conversation)
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get + noun = receive or obtain [noun]
get + adjective/adverb = become [adjective/adverb]
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p. 110 exercise 7 + p. 112 exercise 5
choose one item that you want to buy from your partner, and one item that you want to sell
(the items can be from both lists)
write some notes about each item (where is it from? how much does it cost?)
then roleplay 4 conversations with your partner, to buy and sell each item
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American English teacher
   = a person who teaches American English
or = an American person who teaches English

a student art award
   = a student award for art
or = an art award for students = an award for student art
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I saw the man from the store with the binoculars.
Did I see from the store or is the man from the store?
Did I see with the binoculars, or does the man have the binoculars, or was it a store with binoculars?
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Explore the websites ebay, etsy, alibaba, craigslist, and other sites where you can buy things.
How do you buy things from the site? What is unique about the site? What kinds of things does the site sell?
Think of some other focuses or business models you could use to make a new website.