2015-11-25 Core: 8 Headlines and Earhart

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: p. 167 practice 2
2 may have been
3 must have
4 might have
5 couldn’t have
6 might have
7 can’t have
8 could have
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p. 100 part 1 - What would we expect each story to be about, from these headlines?
forge = to make a fake version of something (a forged document, a forged signature)
forgery = the crime of forging things (He was arrested for forgery.) / the thing that was forged (This passport is a forgery.)
counterfeit = fake or forged money

USA TO JOIN EURO ZONE = The United States is going to join the Euro Zone.

GAS PRICES SLASHED = Gas prices have been slashed.
GAS PRICES TO BE SLASHED = In the future, the gas prices will be slashed.
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Ambiguous headlines:

STOLEN PAINTING FOUND BY TREE (= A stolen painting was found by a tree.)
= A stolen painting was found next to a tree. (“by” = “next to”)
= A tree found a stolen painting. (“by” + agent)

INCLUDE YOUR CHILDREN WHEN BAKING CAKES
= Invite your children to join you in the activity of baking cakes. (Include them in the activity.)
= Put your children in the cake. (Include them in the cake.)

KIDS MAKE NUTRITIOUS SNACKS
= Kids cooked or prepared snacks which were nutritious.
= Kids are nutritious snacks. (like “Apples make nutritious snacks.)
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part 1 - Listen to the conversations and choose which headline each one is about.
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“You’re pulling my leg.” = You’re joking. / You’re kidding me.
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/05/origin-phrase-pull-someones-leg/ - article about possible origins of the phrase
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part 2 - listen again and answer the questions about each of the 3 conversations
In the third conversation, how should the father know she is lying, even if it’s not April 1st?
(Check the audio script on p. 178. This is track 34.)
She couldn’t have put gasoline in the car and then driven home, so she must be lying.
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April 1st is April Fool’s Day. People play tricks and pranks on each other on this day. It’s common for newspapers and websites to have fake stories or other funny changes.
(Some “newspapers” always have fake stories, such as http://www.theonion.com/ and other satire sites.)
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part 5b - take turns sharing this “news” with your partner, and reacting with surprise or disbelief
Really? - surprise, but I might believe you
Come on! - I don’t believe you, stop expecting me to believe you.
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http://hoaxes.org/aprilfool/ - 100 April Fool’s Day fake headlines
http://www.snopes.com/ - Explanations (including whether something is true or false) about many different fake stories and urban myths/legends (like what your friends might share around Facebook).
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BREAK
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p. 101 - In pairs, read the news article and decide if you think it’s true or false, and why.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/06/georgian-woman-cuts-web-access - real newspaper article about this story
Normally major internet cables are deep and protected. What does the article say might have happened to leave this cable near the surface?
http://www.cablemap.info/ - map of undersea internet cables
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What four things happened after she cut the cable?
Armenia lost internet.
The damage was detected.
Security responded.
She was arrested.
What two pieces of background information does the article give?
Georgia provides 90% of Armenia’s Internet service.
Armenia has 3.2 million people.
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Summary of the main event
Beginning of the main events in detail
Background information
End of the main events
Consequence / Prediction for the future
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part 3a - what do these adverbs mean?
accidentally = by mistake
unfortunately = by bad luck
temporarily = for a short time
immediately = at  once (as soon as / at the same time)
apparently = it seems that

adjective + -ly = adverb (in a [adjective] way)
noun + -ly = adjective (like a [noun])
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part 3b - choose the adverb that is correct in the sentence (sometimes both are correct)
1 Apparently
2 Fortunately / Incredibly
3 gradually
4 Coincidentally (= These things also happened, but are not related.)
  (= by luck, but not necessarily good luck or bad luck)
5 deliberately (= on purpose, not accidentally)
6 Hopefully
“quickly” is an adverb of manner, and goes next to the verb it modifies
“apparently” is a sentence adverb, and can also go at the beginning or end of a sentence
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Sadly, the weather was bad and we had to postpone the wedding. = the situation is sad
She looked sadly at the photo album. = Her look was sad or she was sad while she was looking.
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p. 98-99 - Amelia Earhart
She was the first woman to fly solo (alone) across the Atlantic Ocean.
She disappeared in the Pacific Ocean while attempting to be the first woman to fly around the world.
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Homework: read the articles on p. 99 and do p. 98 parts 2, 3, 4, 5
Also, try to find information about any famous disappearances in your country or region. (Which you will share with the class on Monday.)