2016-06-07 Core: 11 uncontacted tribes

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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p. 129 - Where was the picture taken? What is special about the Koro language?
Where else in the world might there be “undiscovered” languages?

If this is an interview for a newspaper, what part of the newspaper would it be in?
What kinds of stories can you read in these other parts of a newspaper?

puff-piece = a news article about something light and unimportant
feature = a longer article about some specific topic than you usually find in a newspaper
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part 2 - With your partner, think of different ways to complete these sentences (one way should be true for you).
1 I get the headlines on my cell phone, so I check it to see what’s going on.
2 I don’t read the paper. It’s too boring. / too long. / too expensive. / too wasteful. / too unreliable.
3 I don’t believe everything I read because the newspapers lie.
	because they are just opinions. / because it’s too sensationalistic.
4 I turn straight to the sports pages even though I don’t understand anything about sports.
	even though I hate it. / even though there is also important news in other sections.

Other ways to get the news:
- on TV
- on my phone
- someone tells me (= word-of-mouth)
- posters and billboards
- social media
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p. 130 - Where do you think these people are? What does “uncontacted” mean?
Why are there quotes around “uncontacted”?
- Uncontacted means they have never had contact with other people. This is probably not true, so we use quotes to show that we don’t really believe that word.

Read the article about the last uncontacted tribe.
footage = film (video)
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part 2 - What role did these organizations play in the story?
1 FUNAI (the Brazilian department for indigenous groups’ affairs) - released photographs of an “uncontacted” tribe
2 Survival International - said the photos were genuine
3 the government of Peru - suggested it was a strategy to oppose development, later they agreed to work with Brazil to stop illegal logging
4 the BBC - made a documentary about the tribe
part 4 - Which of these things caused the pictured to have more impact the second time? b, c, d
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BREAK
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p. 131 part 5 - Look at the highlighted sentences in the article. What were the exact words these people said?
1 is
2 Is
3 We
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Grammar: reported speech = with the information someone else said but not their exact words
(quoted speech = with the exact words someone else used)
In some books, reported = indirect and quoted = direct.

On Saturday, Sarah said, “I will be late tomorrow.” (quoted speech)
-> On Saturday, Sarah said that she would be late the next day. (reported speech)

Things we often have to change between quoted and reported speech:
- pronouns: When Sarah talks about Sarah, she says “I”. When I talk about Sarah, I say “she”.
- words for time and place: When Sarah said “tomorrow” on Saturday, she meant Sunday. If I say “tomorrow” now, I’m talking about Wednesday.
- verb tenses: When Sarah said “will”, she was talking about her future (Sunday). It’s my past, so I can’t use “will”.

Quoted			Reported
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present			past
(simple, perfect, continuous, and perfect continuous)

simple past		past perfect

past cont.		past perfect continuous

will			would

am/is/are		was/were + going to
    + going to

can				could

may 			might

must			had to
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should
would			no change
could
might
past perfect
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p. 131 part 6 - Find six more examples of reported speech in the article, and change them to quoted speech.
1 David Hill explained, “My organization isn’t suggesting that the tribe has never had any contact with the outside world, that they now live without it.” (present perfect, because it’s about all the past up until now)
2 The Peruvian government suggested, “The story is no more than a strategy by groups opposed to development of the area’s resources.”
3 Survival International said, “The images spread across the world within minutes.” (simple past, because it happened and was finished after only a few minutes)
4 A typical post asked, “Why has nobody done anything to save these tribes?”
5 The Peruvian government announced, “We will work with the Brazilian authorities to stop illegal logging in the area.”
6 A FUNAI spokesperson said later, “One image has had more impact than one thousand reports.”
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Past perfect in reported speech can be three different tenses in quoted speech.

He asked how many countries had joined the European Union.
	He asked, “How many countries have joined the EU?” (because more can still join)
He asked how many countries had fought in WW2.
	He asked, “How many countries fought in WW2.” (because it happened and is finished)
He asked how many countries had joined WW2 by the end of 1941.
	He asked, “How many countries had joined WW2 by the end of 1941.” (because it’s about something that happened before another past time)
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p. 131 part 8 - With your new partner, decide who probably said these things, and then write sentences with reported speech.
1 A FUNAI spokesperson said that they had taken the photos to show that these people existed.
2 An anonymous poster asked how many tribes like this there were.
3 A language expert said that the term “uncontacted” was more of a media word than a scientific term.
4 An anonymous poster asked if/whether unseen tribes existed.
5 A Peruvian government official said that there was no evidence they existed.
6 A FUNAI spokesperson said that if we didn’t save these tribes, this would happen to all of us.
	(In this sentence, “we” and “us” mean everyone.)

She asked, “Where do you live?”
She asked where I lived.

She asked, “Where is the bank?”
She asked where the bank was.

She asked, “Can you help us with our homework?”
She asked if I could help them with their homework.
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report statements (affirmative or negative) with “that” (optional)
report yes/no questions with “if” or “whether”
report information questions with the same question word (“what”, “who”, etc.)
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Homework: p. 131 part 9 and p.  171 practice 1