Audio Notes 25/1

Audio notes 25/01/2012

Notebook 1 pp. 97~99
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Thanks,
Lewis

Jaume's presentation graphic (scale of the universe)

The Scale of the Universe
http://primaxstudio.com/stuff/scale_of_universe/index.php

Names of large numbers

English, like some other languages, treats large numerals as nouns (cf. "there were ten soldiers" and "there were a hundred soldiers"). Thus,dozens is preferred to tens, while hundreds and thousands are also completely acceptable.

Plurals of numbers differ according to how they are used. The following rules apply to dozen, score, hundred, thousand, million, and similar terms:

• When modified by a number, the plural is not inflected, that is, has no -s added. Hence one hundred, two hundred, etc. For vaguer large numbers, one may indifferently say several hundred or several hundreds.
• When used alone, or followed by a prepositional phrase, the plural is inflected: dozens of complaints, scores of people. However, eithercomplaints by the dozen or complaints by the dozens is acceptable (although differing in meaning).
• The preposition of is used when speaking of nonspecific items identified by pronouns: two hundred of these, three dozen of those. The ofis not used for a number of specific items: three hundred oscilloscopes. However, if the pronoun is included with the specific item, the ofis used: five million of those dollar bills.

Today's efforts

Today we:
read/listened to "So Long Marianne" by Leonard Cohen as a warm-up
gave speeches
took 5 minutes to write spontaneously about something, with follow-up questions

HW:
prepare your presentation for next week if it's your turn (max 10 minutes)
phrasal verb handout

Vocabulary:

absent-minded	despistado
distracted	distraído
put things together	poner las cosas juntas
take things apart	desarmar las cosas
prank	broma
prankster	bromista
every cloud has a silver lining	no hay mal que por bien no venga
scar	cicatriz
everday things	cotidiana las cosas
training wheels	ruedas de entrenamiento
inspired by	inspirado por
plant	infiltrar, colocar
set a goal	establecer una meta
reach a goal	alcanzar una meta
with the naked eye	a simple vista
devil's advocate	abogado del diablo
upset about something	disgustado por algo
put a strain on the relationship	poner una tensión en la relación
put a strain on something	poner una tensión en algo
storm	tormenta
live through something	sobrevivir, vivir
worthy	digno
it's worth it	vale la pena
trustworthy	digno de confianza
seaworthy	en condiciones de navegar

Speeches and Presentations

Notebook 1 pp. 75~76
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Conversational strategies

Today's class: presentations, speeches, conversational strategies (face2face book p.57, #5,6).

Homework:

• prepare a one-minute speech with the idea of creating some kind of emotional impact on your audience--make them laugh, cry, beg, shout--you get the picture (in your own words, or from any source).
• read through Harper's index--does anything catch your attention? surprise you? seem unbelievable?vocabulary/grammar questions?
• face2face p.58 #1a & Junior Apprentice reading at the bottom of the page, then p.59 #5 writing.

That's all folks!

Is it Andreu or David Attenborough?

Dramatic Speeches

Notebook 1 p. 65
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Handguns

Today we:

• Read and discussed handgun classes offered in the state of Texas.
• Prepared and gave speeches from famous films.  The text of the speeches are given on p.25 (extra photocopies).
• Face2Face book: vocabulary on page 56.

The video files from youtube are below.

Homework:  

• Read and practice a one-minute speech to be given next class (any topic).
• p.57 Conversational Strategies

Video files:

Alec Baldwin

Clint Eastwood

Cher

Mel Gibson

Audio notes from last class (graph explanation)

Notebook 1 pp. 50~52
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