San Francisco Pics

Out and About in San Francisco

I have finally figured out how to embed a slideshow on the blog, so now you don't need to link to another site. Nonetheless, if you like a picture and want to download it, you can go to:
https://picasaweb.google.com/rolandsf/OutAboutInSanFrancisco?authuser=0&feat=directlink
Click on a picture. Under ACTIONS at the top, you can select DOWNLOAD PICTURE.

These pictures were all taken in San Francisco. How many of the places have you been to?
(present perfect: in your whole life)

have been and have gone

In present perfect,have been can mean have gone when a destination (终点, destino, ме́сто назначе́ния, وجهة) comes after it:

 

Have you ever been to Cuba? = Have you ever goneto Cuba?

 

Watch out! You cannot switch BE and GO in other tenses:

Wrong: I was to Canada three times last year.

Right: I wentto Canada three times last year.

Wrong: I am to Cuba twice a year.

Right: I go to Cuba twice a year.

What is an SLO? What are the SLO's for our class?

Level 5 SLO's

(Student Learning Outcomes)

*结果, resultados, исхо́д / результа́т

By the end of the semester, you should be able to:

1. understand the general idea and some details (细节, detalles, деталь) of long conversations

2. understand and talk about everyday topics, such as housing, illness, accidents and emergencies, work, transportation, and shopping

3.    understand and use new vocabulary related to (=about) the everyday topics in #2 above

4. a. read and understand materials written for English learners

   b. read and understand real materials (i.e., your ESL teacher hasn't changed the materials so the language is easier for you to read and understand)

5. use the following grammar:

   a. simple present tense, present continuous, simple past, past continuous, future with will, present perfect

   b. phrasal verbs (=two-part verbs)

   c. comparative and superlative adjectives

   d. used to + base form for habitual (=repeated) past events

   e. gerunds and infinitives

   f. and…too/and…either

   g. forming yes/no questions and wh- questions in the predicate

   h. must not and don't have to

6. write a paragraph with:

         a.      clear ideas, correct capitalization, and correct punctuation

Filoli Gardens

I took this picture at Filoli Gardens several years ago. Here is the link to my album. (Click on SLIDESHOW in the upper left-hand corner.)

https://picasaweb.google.com/rolandsf/Filoli?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCLK8zbLu1vPF-AE&feat=directlink


Filoli is located about 40 minutes south of San Francisco, off Highway 280. The best time to visit is in mid-April, when all the daffodils and fruit trees are blooming. It's best to get there in the morning. You cannot enter after 2:30, and they close at 3:30. You need at least a couple of hours to see everything.


Here is a Google map showing you where Filoli is:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Filoli+Gardens,+Old+Canada+Road,+Woodside,+CA&hl=en&ll=37.494473,-122.319031&spn=0.213831,0.381088&sll=37.269174,-119.306607&sspn=13.711557,24.389648&oq=filoli+gardens&hq=Filoli+Gardens,+Old+Canada+Road,+Woodside,+CA&radius=15000&t=m&z=12


If you go to the Filoli Web site, you can see what flowers are blooming.
http://www.filoli.org

Listening Link Added: It was a horrible, bloody battle.

I have added a listening link for:

Past Continuous to Describe a Scene:  It was a horrible, bloody battle (posted on 2/26/2013). Here it is:

5-96F51127Restructured-1

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It is also part of the original document now. 

 

Used to: Before I came to the U.S., I used to be...

Before I came to the U.S., I use to used to be healthy, and I didn’t used use to get sick very often. Here, I catch colds all the time. Last year, I have had six colds! Maybe it's because of the cool weather here. (=Maybe the reason I had six colds last year IS because of the cool weather here.)

Speaking: Past Participles, Pt. B

To listen and repeat, click on 'Permalink'.

5-PastParticiplesPtB

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he buys he bought he has bought
he catches he caught he has caught
he teaches he taught he has taught

he builds he built he has built
he chooses he chose he has chosen

he comes he came he has come
he becomes he became he has become

it costs it cost it has cost
he cuts he cut he has cut
he lets he let he has let
he puts he put he has put
he hurts he hurt he has hurt
he hits he hit he has hit
he quits he quit he has quit
he sets he set he has set
he wets he wet he has wet
he upsets he upset he has upset

he draws he drew he has drawn
he withdraws he withdrew he has withdrawn

he begins he began he has begun
he drinks he drank he has drunk
he rings he rang he has rung
it shrinks it shrank it has shrunk
he sings he sang he has sung
he swims he swam he has swum