2016-04-14 Core: 3 "get" and telling stories

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Reminder: There is NO CLASS NEXT MONDAY, April 18.
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Homework: read the rest of Eric Sala’s story on p. 39 and do p. 38 parts 3, 4, and 5
With a partner, check your answers to the homework.
part 3
1 two (more or less) (a couple < a few < several < many = a lot)
2 afraid
3 stop
4 It was difficult for me.
5 stop swimming
6 quickly
part 4
1 go swimming on a stormy day - he swallowed sand and salt water and had to fight the waves
  call it a day and return to shore - he realized he couldn’t get to the beach (he was caught in the surf zone)
  give up fighting against the waves - the waves took him to shore
2 He loves her as mother, sister, and home.
3 If there are no fish, it’s because of humans.
part 5
1 F - It’s dangerous when there’s a storm, but not normally.
2 T - “In a moment of Catalan bravado,” he decided to go swimming.
3 T - He felt “lucky to be alive”.
4 F - “Every time I think about it, my heart races and my guts jump to my throat.” - He still feels panic when he remembers it.
5 T
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The cove [where I used to swim every day] was hit by a storm.
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GET

part 6 - Rewrite the sentences using expressions with “get” from the article.
1 I got into the pool.
2 The weather got worse. (The weather didn’t get better.)
3 I couldn’t get to the shore. (= “reach” or “arrive at”)
4 I wasn’t getting closer to the land.
5 We get so much from nature.
6 I’d gotten out of that dangerous situation.
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Get in. / Get into the car.
Get out. / Get out of the car.
Get on. / Get on the bus. (“onto” exists, but isn’t necessary in this case)
Get off. / Get off (of) the bus.

If you are in something, you can get out of it.
If you are on something, you can get off of it.
If you are near or at something, you can get away from it.
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“get” generally means something like “become” (or “arrive”), or something like “obtain” (or “receive”)

become/arrive:
I got home, now I am (at) home.
I got sick, now I am sick.
I got married, now I am married.
I got into the car, now I am in the car. (sometimes the preposition changes)

obtain/receive:
I got money, now I have money.
I got a new job, now I have a new job.
I got milk, now I have milk.
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“get” sometimes means “arrive”, but “get” has grammar of movement and “arrive” has grammar of location:
get to the bank / arrive at the bank
get to Boston / arrive in Boston
get to my street / arrive on my street
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p. 37 exercise 9 - Complete the paragraph with your partner using simple past or past perfect.
1 was
2 began
3 had discovered
4 felt
5 had sunk
6 (had) hit
7 had already made
8 retired
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BREAK
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(p. 40 and maybe the video with Kim)
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Homework: Make a list of the most serious problems an underwater city would have to solve, and think of some possible solutions. (Your solutions can use technology that doesn’t exist, but don’t use anything “magical” or too crazy.)