2018-10-06 Saturday: 9 Trade

Homework: unit 7-8 test
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p. 105 parts 2 and 3 - Ask and answer these questions with your group.
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p. 106 part 1 - With your partner, tell if each statement is true or false for you, and why. If you and your partner don’t know the meaning of a word, look it up in a dictionary (e.g. http://www.learnersdictionary.com)
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What’s the difference between “borrow” and “lend”?
borrow = take temporarily (“Can I borrow that?”)
lend = give temporarily (“Can you lend me that?”)
loan = lend (especially money) with a specific plan to return it
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debit - 2 syllables, pronounce the ‘b’
debt - 1 syllable, don’t pronounce the ‘b’ (It sounds like “det”.)
receipt - don’t pronounce the ‘p’
mortgage - don’t pronunce the ‘t’ (This is a bank loan to buy property, such as a house.)
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of mobile banking?
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LastPass or another password manager can let you use many difficult passwords for different websites, that you don’t have to remember yourself.
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p. 106 part 5 - Listen to the radio program and fix the mistakes in each sentence. (Some sentences are already correct.)
1 There are approximately five billion cell phones in the world today.
2 A lot of people don’t have easy access to banks. (correct)
3 With the interactive voice system, you can talk to your cell phone.
4 Afghanistan has a new cell phone banking plan.
5 In Afghanistan, the cell phone network covers every town and city. (correct)
6 The Afghan national police pay all salaries through cell phones.
7 The policemen in Afghanistan receive their salaries through their phones.
8 Each policeman gets a text message when he is paid.
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Grammar: determiners in noun phrases
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Determiners are articles and other things that go at the beginning of noun phrases.
part 7 - Why are those articles used in the first four centences from part 5?
the world - c - There is only one of this thing. (the sun, the moon, the ocean (sort of)
(zero article) banks - b - These things in general
the interactive voice system - d - The reference to this thing is known (to the listener and the speaker).
a new cell phone banking plan - a - The first reference to this thing
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If both people (listener and speaker) know which one(s) you’re talking about, use “the”.
	(If it’s something I expect each person has one of, I can use “the”, like “the bank” = your bank.)
If one or both people don’t know, use “a”, “an”, “some”, or nothing.
	a/an = singular, countable; particular
		a - before consonant sounds (a book, a new plan, a university, a one-way street)
		an - before vowel sounds (an expert, an apple, an hour, an mp3 player, an FBI agent)
	some = plural or uncountable/noncount; particular (not general) = I could go point to them.
	zero article = plural or noncount, particular or general
		I bought apples at the store. (particular)
		I like apples. (general)
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Other determiners include possessives and quantifiers
possessives - my, your, the teacher’s (possessives are specific, like “the”)
quantifiers - each, every, all, many, much, a few, several
	NOTE: “each” and “every” are singular - each person, every book, each one
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p. 107 part 10 - In each tip, choose the correct determiners to complete the sentences. Then talk about whether you think it’s a good tip and whether you do (or will do) it to save money.
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BREAK
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1 a
2 your, a
3 the
4 their
5 your
6 -, an
7 all
8 each
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p. 108 part 1 - Choose things that you have with you and ask and answer the questions in part 1 about them. (groups of 3)
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Grammar: Passive Voice
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form: [be] + past participle
meaning: the subject received the action (active = the subject performed the action)

passive: Who was it made by?
active: Who made it?
passive: How was it made?
active: How did [someone] make it?

active: Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
passive: The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci.

- The “by” phrase to tell the agent (who performed the action) is grammatically optional.
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The passive voice can be used in (almost) every tense and structure.
modals from last week: This might have been used as a footstool.
simple present: This is used as a footstool.
present perfect: This has been used as a footstool.
present progressive: This is being used as a footstool.
simple past: This was used as a footstool.
past perfect: This had been used as a footstool.
past progressive: This was being used as a footstool.
simple future: This will be used as a footstool.
(new) future perfect: This will have been used as a footstool.
(new) future progressive: This will be being used as a footstool.
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p. 109 exercise 8 - First, write the correct passive form to complete each sentence.
After you finish all of them, choose (or guess) the correct option to make true sentences.
1 have been sold - Nokia 1101 cell phones
2 has been adapted - Tetris
3 has been translated - Agatha Christie
4 was nominated - The Color Purple
5 is worn - Ralph Lauren
6 has been viewed - Justin Bieber (actually both now)
7 were downloaded - Call of Duty
8 was bought - Picasso
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bargaining: negotiating for a lower price (especially at an outdoor market)
auction: where people compete to offer the highest price for something

Choose something you have with you right now (not your phone). Try to “sell” this to a classmate.
Talk to different people to try to negotiate the best price for what you’re selling and what you want to buy.
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What did you try to sell? Were you successful?
What did you say or do to get a higher price?
What did you say or do to get a lower price?
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p. 113 - Have you ever sold something on eBay or another website?
What information do you include in your ad to sell the thing?
“$100 o.b.o” - OBO = “or best offer”
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Homework: Write an online advertisement for the item you tried to sell in class today. Make sure you include the important information from part 1 on page 113.
Also: read the articles on p. 123 and do parts 2, 5, and 6 on p. 122