2016-10-27 Idioms: school, 3rd-person pronouns

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: finish p. 90
Compare your answers with your partner.
1 I
2 B
3 E (perfect or almost perfect)
4 J
5 D
6 N
7 C
8 H
9 G
10 L
11 A (flunking usually means you have to repeat a course or level)
12 M
13 K
14 F
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Other shortened fields of study or courses:
psychology = psych
economics = econ (pronounced like “ee-con”, with the same stress on both syllables)
chemistry = chem
biology = bio
literature = lit (English lit, Spanish lit, modern lit, etc.)
mathematics = math
___ science = sci
	political science = poli sci
	computer science = comp sci
physical education (gym class) = phys ed / P.E.
education = ed (as in “adult ed”)
home economics = home ec
sociology = “sosh”
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Pronunciation: reduction of third-person pronouns (we reduce he, him, his, her, them)
We often don’t pronounce the first sound in these words (we lose the ‘h’ or the ‘th’).


I think he flunked. -> I think ‘e flunked.


Will he walk her cats? = Willy Walker Katz? (which could be someone’s name)


“him” and “them” can sound the same when we reduce them:
“I told him to come.” and “I told them to come.” can both sound like “I told ‘em to come”


However: if the word is stressed (because it’s at the beginning of the sentence, or because I’m emphasizing it), we don’t remove the first sound
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p. 94 part A - Fill each blank with the correct pronunciation. (Sometimes you won’t change the word.) Then practice saying each sentence.
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Homework: p. 99 - Decide if each person is lying or telling the truth.