2015-11-07 Saturday: 5 Travel

Greg Malivuk
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“2015-11-07 Saturday: 5 Travel”
This is the same level and book as the “Core” class.
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Homework: Write a cover letter for one of the jobs you interviewed for today.
Read the article on p. 51 and do parts 2, 3, 4, 5 on p. 50
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p. 50 part 2
a 3
b 4
c 2
d 1
part 3
a 3
b 4
c 6
d 1
e 2
f 5
part 4
1 T
2 T
3 F
4 F
5 T
part 5
1 Developed countries went through the same changes in the past. China is changing because it is manufacturing things for foreign markets.
2 Everyone wants a good life with material things. / Everyone has materialistic dreams.
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Find someone in the class who has…
been to Moscow
visited a castle
climbed a mountain
ridden a camel
flown in a helicopter
met a celebrity
swum with dolphins
(If someone says “yes”, write their name and find additional information about the experience.)
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ride - rode - ridden
fly - flew - flown
swim - swam - swum

I have ridden a camel. (at some time in my life, which is not finished)
I rode a camel in Tunisia. (during my trip to Tunisia, which is finished)
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Present Perfect = have/has + past participle
(perfect = [have] + past participle)
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p. 58 - listen to the description and read the article about Mike Fay
What tense is used in the second paragraph? - present perfect
- These are experiences he has had, but he’s still working on the conservation project.
Third paragraph? - simple past
- These things each happened one time and are finished (except having malaria: he could have it again, so they say “He’s had malaria in Africa many times”)
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p. 59 part 7 - complete the paragraph with the simple past or present perfect of each verb
1 have also flown (during his life, and he could do it more in the future)
2 has done
3 once spent
4 didn’t have (“since” means “because”, which can go with every tense - this is about the (finished) time surveying redwood trees)
5 filled (during that same 11-month journey)
6 has used (“over the years” = during his whole career, which isn’t finished)
fill - filled - filled
feel - felt - felt
fall - fell - fallen

Since I moved to Boston, I have worked in 4 different schools.
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Is the time period finished?
yes - simple past: I drank 3 cups of coffee yesterday. I lived in Mexico in 2007.
no -
	Can that action happen more in the same time?
	yes - present perfect: I have drunk one cup of coffee today. (But I may drink more.)
	no - simple past: I didn’t eat breakfast today. (And I won’t in the future.)
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p. 66-67 - video - part 1 and 2 (what animals and birds do you expect to see in the video?)
part 4 - when do you see these things in the video?
part 5 - what does this information refer to
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Have you had any dangerous travel experiences?
caving / spelunking = walking (or crawling) in a cave as a sport or activity
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p. 59 part 9 - which tense do we usually use with these words and expressions?

I lived in France for two years. (I do not still live in France.)
I have lived in the US for two months. (I still live in the US.)

I have met many new people in the last ten years.

I have learned a lot in the last year. (From November 7, 2014, until today.)
I learned a lot last year. (2014)

Once he almost died from malaria. (at one specific finished time)
He has been to Kenya once. (on one occasion, but it may happen again)

I have enjoyed this book so far. (from the past until now, but it might change in the future)
(My house is so far from the school. = It is very far away.)
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BREAK
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p. 60 - where do you think these pictures are from?
A - Hong Kong
B - Cliffs of Moher in Ireland
C - India
D - Bali (Indonesia)
part 1 - which pictures/locations can be described with these words? (If a word doesn’t go with any of the pictures, think of another place in the world that has it.)

Read the article about different types of travel and complete the chart with the correct information.
1 cruises
2 safaris
3 bush camps
4 cultural tours
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Present Perfect Continuous:
“Recently, vacationers have been looking for a different vacation experience.”
(continuous = [be] + verb(ing))
= They started looking in the past, but they are still looking now.

I traveled around the United States. = I traveled (at a specific time in the past), but I’m not going to travel any more (during that time).

I have traveled around the United States. = I traveled sometime in the past, but I’m not traveling right now. (I might travel again in the future.)

I have been traveling around the United States. = I am still traveling now, and I started in the past.
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We’ve been tracking elephants today--we’ve taken some amazing photos.
We’ve been tracking elephants for a week. We took some amazing photos on the first day, but we haven’t seen the elephants since then.
2 I’ve been lying by the pool. I have finished my book.
3 We’ve been looking for a cheap deal, but we haven’t found one.
4 We have been touring European cities, and we’ve seen dozens of churches.
5 We have been following the coastal path, and we have walked ten miles.
6 We’ve been visiting local markets, and we’ve spent a fortune.

lie - lied - lied (She lied to me when she said she was sick.)
lie - lay - lain (I often lie in bed for a long time before I fall asleep.)
lay - laid - laid (Lay the shirt on the ironing board.)

a dozen - three dozen - several dozen - dozens (of)
a hundred - three hundred - several hundred - hundreds (of)
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How long have you been ____? = You are ____ now, and I want to know how long it has continued.
How long were you ____? = You’re not ____ now, but you were in the past. I want to know how long it continued before it finished.
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p. 61 part 13 - what other things are important in these parts of a trip?
accommodation = the place that you stay (hotel, hostel, tent, bush camp, etc.)

Individually, write a list of the 5 things about a good vacation that are most important.
Join your partner and make a list of 5 things you can agree on, which make a good vacation.
Join another pair and combine your lists.

1 weather
2 money
3 food
4 transportation
5 planning / things to do
6 company
7 accommodations
8 memories
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What are the advantages or disadvantages of traveling alone / with other people?
What other problems have you had while traveling?
p. 64 part 1
baggage allowance = how much baggage (luggage) you are allowed to bring with you
customs = when you go to another country, the documentation and process for the things you are carrying
motion sickness = nausea caused by movement (Depending on the transportation, you can be seasick, airsick, or carsick.)
altitude sickness = nausea and other symptoms caused by being at a very high altitude
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Homework: 4-5 test, and p. 62 parts 4, 5, 6