2016-03-26 Saturday: 11 Connections

Greg Malivuk
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“2016-03-26 Saturday: 11 Connections”
This is the same level and book as the “Core” class.
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Homework: Write an email to a “friend” to ask advice about trying an extreme sport or traveling to Mars. Then write a response to this email.
Also read p. 135 and do p. 134 parts 3 and 4
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part 3
1 b
2 a
3 b
4 a
part 4
1 can change
2 might not have
3 have not started
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p. 134 part 9 - Discuss the questions with your partners.
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p. 130 part 1 - Discuss the questions

quotation marks “ ”
We call them scare quotes if they are around a word that means it isn’t really true, like “uncontacted”.

A picture is worth a thousand words.
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part 2 - What role did each of these groups play in the story?
1 Funai released the photos.
2 Survival International said the photos were genuine.
3 The government of Peru said the photos were just a strategy by groups opposed to development.
4 The BBC made a documentary (and the photos were republished at the same time).
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p. 131 part 5 - Which were the exact words these people said?
1 is
2 Is
3 We

reported/indirect speech: Survival International said they were confident. - “they” = Survival International
direct speech: Survival International said, “We are confident.”

direct -> indirect
She said, “I am studying.”
-> She said that she was studying.
She said, “I saw this movie last night.”
-> She said that she had seen that movie the night before.
She said, “I have seen this movie before.”
-> She said that she had seen that movie before.
She said, “I will see this movie tomorrow.”
-> She said that she would see that movie the next day.

indirect -> direct
John asked how many countries had fought in World War Two.
-> John asked, “How many countries fought in WW2?” (WW2 is finished, no more countries can fight in it, so we use simple past.)

John asked how many countries had joined the EU.
-> John asked, “How many countries have joined the EU?” (More countries can join the EU in the future, so we use present perfect.)
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p. 131 parts 6-7 - Find the six other examples of reported speech and change them to direct speech.
1 David Hill explained, “My organization isn’t suggesting that the tribe has never had any contact with the outside world, but that they now live without it.”
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.”
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…”
6 A Funai spokesperson said later, “One image (has) had more impact than one thousand reports.”
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p. 131 part 8 - Decide who probably said this, and change it to reported speech.
1 A funai spokesperson said that they had taken the photos to show that those people existed.
2 An anonymous poster asked how many tribes like that there were.
3 A language expert said 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 they didn’t save those tribes, that would happen to all of us.
(The first “we” might mean Funai, so we use “they”, but “all of us” means everyone, so it doesn’t change.)

“How many eggs are there in the fridge?”
I asked how many eggs there were in the fridge.
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BREAK
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p. 132 part 1 - Complete the questions with words from the box, then answer the questions with your partner.
1 Twitter
2 texting
3 Flickr / Twitter
4 broadband (maybe WiFi in a hotel or airport or on a cruise)
5 Skype
6 blog / tweet
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p. 133 part 5 - Listen to the conversations and choose the correct options.
1 The journalist asks her Twitter followers to suggest things to do.
2 The blog reminds readers not to use telescopes.
3 The company told people not to show up for work.
4 The politician has invited aliens to meet him.

What type of word is after the reporting verbs in these sentences?
- A noun for the audience or listener of the speech.
What form of the verb is after the listener?
- The infinitive. (to + base form)
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Reporting statements (declarative): use “that”
“I won’t be at work tomorrow.”
He said that he wouldn’t be at work the next day.

Reporting questions (interrogative): use “if”, “whether”, or a question word
yes/no - “Did you do the laundry?” -> She asked me if/whether I had done the laundry.
information - “Where do you live?” -> She asked me where I lived.

Reporting instructions (imperative): use infinitives
“Close the door.”
-> She told me to close the door. / She said to close the door.
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We also use infinitives for requests, invitations, reminders, offers, and promises.
ask/tell/remind/invite/advise + someone + to do something
ask/promise/offer + to do something

“Can you close the door?” = I asked you to close the door.
“Can I close the door?” = I asked to close the door.
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part 11 - Write the sentences with reporting verbs (from part 10) and infinitives.
1 Marta reminded Amy to turn off her cell phone.
2 Jose asked Marta to set up his email.
  Jose asked Marta if she could set up his email.
3 Amy invited Jose to (come and) watch the movie on their new flat screen TV.
4 Marta told Amy to plug in the battery charger.
5 Jose offered to upload those photos to the computer for Marta.
  Jose said that he could upload those photos to the computer for Marta.
6 Amy promised to turn it off when she was done.
  Amy promised that she would turn it off when she was done.
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We can also report thoughts and mental states:

I wondered, “Will I win?”
-> I wondered if I would win.
I believed, “I will definitely win.”
-> I believed that I would definitely win. (= I thought that I would definitely win.)

I knew that I would win. (= I knew, “I will win.”)
I knew who would win. (= I knew the answer to the question, “Who will win?”)
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p. 133 part 14 - Tell your partners about a time you did one of these things. What happened?
Joanna claimed she had never done any of these things.
claimed = She said this, but I (the person reporting) don’t believe it.

(The alleged terrorist was living with two roommates. - Some people have said he was a terrorist but I don’t know for sure.)
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p. 138 - Crossing Antarctica
part 5 - Watch again and decide if the statements are true or false.
1 T
2 T
3 F
4 F
5 F
6 F
7 T
8 T
Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft
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Homework: test