2015-02-17 Evening: gambling

Greg Malivuk
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Optional attendance for tomorrow's make-up class.
Homework: book p. 170-173 (reading and questions/vocabulary about the reading)
p. 172
1 support
2 concession
3 support
4 support
5 support
6 support
7 support
8 concession
9 concession
10 concession
11 support
12 concession
13 concession
14 support
15 support
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p. 173
1 runs out of money
2 lots of people (score = 20)
3 will try to influence their decisions (to be favorable to the gambling industry)
4 society's ability to adapt to new technologies
5 new casinos probably won't bring in more total revenue
6 there will be more casinos and gambling / they'll keep allowing gambling
7 + pay for educational and other government programs
  - also cause problems like addiction and homelessness for the population
8 didn't really know what was going on
9 all states have their own state lotteries
10 been mixed with water
11 people are not gambling enough in those casinos

It probably has less alcohol.
It has probably been mixed with water.
It has probably had water added to it.
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1 c (tough = strong, not difficult, in this expression)
2 a
3 b
4 c
5 a
6 b
7 c
8 a
9 b
10 c

high and dry = safe and secure

They funnel $21 billion into the economy through wages.
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p. 167
A
1 a
2 b
B
1 T
2 F - he lost everything and became homeless
3 F - he converted after he was homeless
4 T
5 T
6 F - 20%
7 F - 86%
8 T
9 T
10 T (they depend on it, but not completely)
11 F - they do spend money on this
12 F - he calls it "civic corruption", while Smookler calls it "spiritual corruption"
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Homework for Thursday: complete the text on p. 168-170 with words that make sense

(Wednesday we'll talk more about grammar, Thursday we'll check the homework and then move onto a new topic.)