Level 5: 02/21/13

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Speaking: Comparative Review A view of the Golden Gate Bridge is more beautiful than...

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1. a view (景色,vista, вид) of the wall next door

a view of the Golden Gate Bridge (beautiful)
2. mathematics algebra (代数 алгебра) (hard)
3. Safeway Costco (expensive)
4. Mr. Trego you (short)
5. soccer football (American)
6. a Muni ticket a lottery ticket (cheap)
7. Canada Mexico (cold in the winter)
8. giving a present giving a gift certificate (thoughtful 体贴的，为他人考虑的, considerado)
9. cotton wool (羊毛 , lana, шерсть) (cool)
10. New York Miami (warm in December)
11. Mr. Trego’s English your English (good)
12. smoking not getting enough sleep (bad)
13. potato chips bread (salty)
14. San Francisco Los Angeles (big)

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Speaking: Comparative Review New York is farther from San Francisco than...

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15. L.A. or New York (far from San Francisco)
16. France Haiti (rich)
17. The Nile River The Amazon River (long)
18. Old Navy Nordstrom (high-priced)
19. the city the countryside (peaceful 平安的，平静的, tranquilo)
20. a car a motorcycle (easy to park)
21. a university professor a high school teacher (educated)
22. an avocado a banana (sweet)
23. a slice of pizza a slice of bread (fattening)
24. aluminum (铝, aluminio) steel (钢铁, acero) (heavy)
25. plastic metal (strong)
26. getting a speeding ticket robbing a bank (serious)
27. dinner at a nice restaurant a ballgame (romantic 浪漫的)
28. adding numbers in your head using a calculator (quick)

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Two-Part Verbs for Test #2 on Tuesday

Verbs 10-21 on your two-part verb list will be on Quiz #2 on Tuesday. "Look up" will not be on the test; we have already studied it. Here are the verbs:

10. getˬup: get out of bed, rise. I got up at 5:20 this morning.

11. goˬon: continue. After this stopover, this plane goes on to L.A.

12. growˬup: live in a place when you are young. I grew up in Idaho. 长大, criarse, провел детство

13. growˬup: change from a child to an adult. Look at you! In the last year, you’ve completely grown up! You’ve become a young man!

14. help sb out: help. Please help out the teacher with the chairs. Please help the teacher out with the chairs. Please help him out with the chairs.

~~15.~~ ~~look~~st up: search for information (in a dictionary, a phone book, an encyclopedia, on the Internet). Look the new words up in the dictionary. Look up the new words in the dictionary. Look them up in the dictionary. 查~~, buscar, посмотреть~~

16. pick sb up: go somewhere to meet someone. I’m going to pick up my friend at the airport. I’m going to pick my friend up at the airport. I’m going to pick her up at the airport. 接, recoger/ir a buscar, забира́ть, подбира́ть

17. put st back: return s.t. to where it was. I told you not to touch anything! Now put back that toy. Now put that toy back. Now put it back. 放回, poner otra vez en su sitio, класть, положи́ть на ме́сто

18. take st off: remove. Take off your pants. Take your pants off. Take them off.

19. talk st over: discuss. Let’s talk over this issue (那件事, tema/asunto, вопро́с). Let’s talk this issue over. Let’s talk it over. 仔细商讨, hablar/consultar/discutir, обговаривать

20. throw st away: put in the garbage, discard. Could you throw away your gum? Could you throw your gum away? Could you throw it away? 扔, tirar/botar, выбрасывать

21. turn st down: refuse, reject. He turned down their job offer because the pay wasn’t high enough. He turned their job offer down because the pay wasn’t high enough. He turned it down because… 拒绝 , rachazar, отклонять

Reminder: Retake Quiz #1 on Monday

If you failed the quiz on two-part verbs, you must take it again on Monday. Here are the verbs for the test on Monday:

1. call something (st) off: cancel. We had to call off the meeting. We had to call the meeting off. We had to call it off. 取消, cancelar/anular, отменять

2. call someone (sb) up: phone someone. I called up my brother. I called my brother up. I called him up.

3. drop sb off: take someone somewhere. I dropped off my daughter at school on my way to work. I dropped my daughter off at school on my way to work. I dropped her off on my way to work. 将... 送到, dejar, высаживать

4. drop st off: deliver; bring and leave. Doug came by, and he dropped off this package. He came by, and he dropped this package off. He came by, and he dropped it off.

5. figure st out: solve, finally understand. After I thought about it for awhile, I figured out the riddle (谜语, acertijo, загадка). After I thought about it for awhile, I figured the riddle out. After I thought about it for awhile, I figured it out. 领会, 理解, encontrar la respuesta/solución, понимать

6. fill st out: complete. I filled out the forms. I filled the forms out. I filled them out.

7. find st out: learn for the first time, to uncover some information. I just found out his dirty little secret. I just found his dirty little secret out. I just found it out. 查明, descubrir, узнавать

8. getˬback: return. I just got back from vacation.

9. getˬby: have just enough to manage or survive. She barely makes enough money to get by. 过得去, 应付, arreglárselas, apañárselas, обходиться

Speaking: Irregular Simple Past Negative, Verbs Starting with "S"

Irregular Simple Past Negative, S

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Verbs starting with s

1. You said it too quickly. No, I …

2. You saw them yesterday. No, I …

3. They sold it to their neighbors. No, they …

4. You sent him a get-well card. No, I …

5. You set the table. No, I …

6. She shot him twice in the leg. No, she …

7. He shut all the doors. No, he …

8. She sang at the wedding. No, she …

9. You sat in the armchair. No, I …

10. You slept until 10:00 yesterday. No, I …

11. You spoke about it in class yesterday. No, I …

12. You spent a lot of money. No, I …

13. The disease spread throughout the country. No, the disease …

14. You stood up and left. No, I …up and leave.

15. He stole the money out of my backpack. No, he …

16. You stuck a note in his mailbox. No, I …

17. She swam all afternoon. No, she …

Speaking: Irregular Simple Past: Affirmative H-R

Irregular Simple Past Tense Tense Affirmative H-R

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Verbs h-r

1. Did you hang up the phone? Yes, I …

2. Did you have a headache yesterday? Yes, I …

3. Did you hear about the accident? Yes, I …

4. Did he hide it in the closet? Yes, he …

5. Did you hold on to the rail? Yes, I …

6. Did you hurt yourself when you fell? Yes, I …when I fell.

7. Did you keep the receipt? Yes, I …

8. Did you know that she was here? Yes, I …where she was.

9. Did she lead the discussion? Yes, she …

10. Did you leave work early yesterday? Yes, I …

11. Did you lend us this screwdriver? Yes, I …

12. Did she let him go to the ballgame? Yes, she …

13. Did you lie down and rest for a while? Yes, I …and rested for
a while.

14. Did you lose it? Yes, I …

15. Did she make an appointment? Yes, she …

16. Did he mean what he said? Yes, he …

17. Did you meet the new boss yesterday? Yes, I …

18. Did you put a stamp on the envelope? Yes, I …

19. Did you read it? Yes, I …

20. Did you ride on the cable car in San Francisco? Yes, I …

21. Did you ring the doorbell? Yes, I …

22. Did you run all the way to work? Yes, I …

Flight 207, New York to Frankfurt

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Yesterday I took a flight from New York to Frankfurt, and something very frightening (=scary) happened. After I (board) 1boarded the plane, I (find) 2found my seat, and I (fasten) 3fastened my seatbelt. Soon we were in the air, and I looked around to see what was happening. Some passengers (read) 4were reading. Others (sleep) 5were sleeping, using their laptops, or waiting to use the restroom. The flight attendants (push) 6were pushing their carts down the aisle and serving lunch to the passengers.

In the back of the plane, there was a man who was wearing dark clothes and sunglasses. He seemed nervous. Suddenly, he (stand up) 7suddenly and he (rush 冲, 奔, precipitarse) 8rushed up to a flight attendant. He (grab 抓住, 夺过, asir, agarrar) 9grapped her. Then he (pull) 10pulled a gun out of his pocket and put it to her head. He said, “Shut up and don't move! This plane is going to Murobia!” A woman who was sitting next to him screamed, so he (shoot) 11shot her.

Two men who (sit) 12were sitting behind the man (jump) 13jumped up and (attack) 14attacked the hijacker (劫机者, pirata áereo). One of them (hit) 15hit him twice in the back of his head. Then the other man (kick) 16kicked him twice very hard in the stomach. The hijacker (fire) 17fired a shot from the gun, but nobody (get) 18got hurt. Then the pilot (come) 19came out of the cockpit. (驾驶舱, cabina de mando) He (handcuff, 给…戴上手铐, esposar) 20handcuffed the hijacker.

Mixed-Up Story: A woman (possibly) stole something.

A woman (possibly) stole something.

She got in her car because she wanted to get out of the city.

She was driving fast because she didn’t want the police to catch her.

She called someone on her cell and began talking.

Two men began to cross the street even though (虽然,aunque, несмотря́ на то, что, مع أن، دون أن ) the sign said DON’T WALK.

Suddenly, she saw two people in the street.

She tried to stop, but she couldn’t.

She ran into one of the pedestrians.

A pedestrian's head got hurt and he started bleeding.

Someone called an ambulance.

The paramedics treated (=gave medical attention to) his head wound. 創傷,una herida, ра́на, جُرح

The police came and questioned the driver.

Put the two sentences together. Begin with While...

Put the two sentences together. Begin with While… In some sentences, both parts may be in past continuous. In others, one part may be in past continuous and the other part in simple past.

Examples

a. The man talk. His friend eat an ice cream cone.

à While the man was talking, his friend was eating an ice cream cone.

b. The woman drive. She suddenly see a man in the street.

à While the woman was driving, she suddenly saw a man in the street.

1. The man cross the street. A car suddenly hit him.

2. The woman talk on her cell phone. She drive way (=much) too fast.

3. People wait for the ambulance to come. A witness (证人, testigo, свиде́тель, شاهد) answer a police officer’s questions.

4. One paramedic take the victim’s pulse (脉搏, pulso, пульс, سرعة النبض). Another paramedic clean his wound and bandage his head.

5. Everyone in the crowd watch. The police handcuff (们把扣上手铐, esposar, над|ева́ть, يكبل،يصفد) the driver.

1. While the man was crossing the street, a car suddenly hit him.

2. While the woman was talking on her cell phone, she was driving way too fast.

3. While people were waiting for the ambulance to come, a witness was answering a police officer’s questions.

4. While one paramedic was taking the victim’s pulse, another paramedic was cleaning his wound and (he was) bandaging his head.

5. While everyone in the crowd was watching, the police handcuffed the driver.

Read the story. When the accident happened...

Read the story. When the accident happened…

1. …how many pedestrians were crossing the street? 2

2. …were the pedestrians paying attention? NO

3. …how many people were there in the car? 1

4. …how fast was the driver going?

__She was driving below the speed limit.

__She was driving at the speed limit.

X She was exceeding (=going above) the speed limit.

5. …did the driver see the pedestrian? YES

6. …did she honk? IT DOESN’T SAY.

7. …did anyone get hurt? YES

8. Did the sign at the crosswalk say WALK or DON’T WALK? DON’T WALK

9. Was it a “hit and run” accident? (=The driver hit someone and didn’t stop. He drove away.)

YES NO

10. The police said the driver was a “burglary suspect.” This means they think that maybe she stole (or had stolen) something.

(verb)

Imagine you saw an accident and a police officer is asking you...

Imagine (想象, imaginarse, представлять) you saw an accident and a police officer is asking you questions about it. Make questions. Choose between simple past and past continuous. Only change the words in italics (用斜体, en cursiva/bastardilla, курсив, خط مائل).

a. When the accident happened , the driver stop?

→ When the accident happened , did the driver stop?

1. When the accident happened , # pedestrian crossing the street?

→ When the accident happened , how many pedestrians were crossing the street?

2. When the accident happened , the pedestrians paying attention?

→ When the accident happened , were the pedestrians paying attention?

3. When the accident happened , # people in the car?

→ When the accident happened , how many people were there in the car (or: were in the car)

4. When the accident happened , the driver going how fast?

→ When the accident happened , how fast was the driver going?

5. When the accident happened , she see the pedestrian?

→ When the accident happened , did she see the pedestrian?

6. When the accident happened , the driver honk?

→ When the accident happened , did the driver honk?

7. When the accident happened , anyone get hurt?

→ When the accident happened , did anyone get hurt?

A Traffic Accident

A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

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Fill in the blanks. Use these words: attention causes cell fast paying push red

REPORTER: What was the cause of the accident, Officer?

POLICE OFFICER: Well, it looks like there were several 1_______. First of all, the driver was driving much too 2_______. She is a burglary suspect, and she was trying to leave town. While she was driving, she was talking to someone on her 3_______ phone, so she wasn’t 4________ attention to the road. When she saw the pedestrian, she immediately stepped on the brakes, but it was too late. The victim wasn’t paying 5_______, either. When the car hit him, he was crossing against a 6_______ light. He didn’t see the car approaching because he was busy talking to his friend, who was eating an ice cream cone and not looking where he was going. When his friend saw the car coming, he tried to 7_______ the man out of the way, but it was too late.

REPORTER: How is the victim doing?

POLICE OFFICER: Well, when the paramedics arrived, his head was bleeding badly, but the doctors bandaged the wound, and they think he’ll be all right.

1. D

2. A

3. C

4. B

5. E

6. F

7. i

8. G

9. L

10. K

11. H

Bottom

1. causes

2. fast

3. cell

4. paying

5. attention

6. red

7. push