Top Notch 2 2013-11-25

Greg Malivuk
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"Top Notch 2 2013-11-25"
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Duolingo - app and website for learning English (if you speak Portuguese)

Podkicker - Android app for podcasts

iTunes (on a computer) has a large selection of podcasts
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"dark" mood = sad, depressed, etc.

"To each his own." / "To each their own."
= Everyone can have their own opinion about what's good or bad.

"It takes all kinds." = We need all kinds of people to make life interesting.
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Kinds of Art:

painting
drawing
photography
sculpture
fashion design (and tailoring)
film
pottery
dancing (and choreography)
singing
other music (performance and composition)
poetry
acting
architecture
interior design
hairstyling
makeup
graffiti
writing
cooking
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p. 88 - passive voice

Picassso painted the Guitarist in 1903.
active - the subject is the one that did the action.

The Guitarist was painted by Picasso in 1903.
passive - the subject is the one that "received" the action

Someone stole my car.
-> My car  was   stolen    (by someone).
subject + [be] + past   +   by + agent
                 participle
                 (verb 3)
The agent is the person or thing that did an action.

We use the passive in two basic situations:
1) We don't know or care about the agent.
2) We want to focus on the object instead of the person.

The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
It was stolen in 1911.
It was found again in ... .

(B)
2. That photograph was taken by Imogen Cunningham in 1903
3. The Starry Night was painted by van Gogh in 1889.
4. La Strada was directed by Fellini in 1954.
5. That painting was made by K.H. over a century ago.
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Homework: workbook p. 67 (6) and (7)