Wednesday, 25 September 2024

EF45 Class 17

 


Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Return Quiz#2 -compound sentences

Go over the quiz

Optional RW for one bonus point

·      New dialogue “Going to a Walk-In Clinic”

·      Continue verb tenses- present progressive

Exercise 3 from homework

·      Continue vocab exercises

 

Thursday

·      Begin complex sentences

·      New dialogue “Going to a Walk-In Clinic”

 

REMINDER: Please write your full name and class in the top right corner of your paper. Also please write what the paper is: Quiz#2, Test#RW, etc.

Everyday I get about 100 pieces of paper from students. I want to be able to keep track of everything efficiently

 

Quiz#2- Monday

Write a compound sentence for each:

SV, SOBA SV.

SV; TRANS, SV.

1.    therefore   beach

It is raining today; therefore, we won’t go to the beach.

2.    also             read

3.    however    travel

4.    and              concert

Jun and I went to the concert, and we saw/met/ran into our friends there.

PHRASAL VERB verb+preposition

run + into- meet unexpectedly, meet without having a plan

I was in Metrtown last weekend, and I ran into Wafaa.

5.    as a result  job

6.    so                study

 

REMINDER: If you a quiz and/or test, you can replace it on the second last day of the course. That will be Thursday, October 31st.

 

exam ww

Farsi- exam- majot test, 2-3 hours

test- small test, 1 hour

quiz- tiny, 15-20 minutes

 

travel(v)

trip(n)

Jun organized a travel trip/vacation to Japan.

Jun likes to travel.

Jun likes to take trips.

 

I have a retail job.  retail – selling in a store

I do manual labour.

I have an entry-level job.

It is a survival job.

 

 

I have a test tomorrow, so I have to study for the test.

I bought a new phone, and I like the phone.

I am going to study, so don’t bother/disturb me.

DO NOT DISTURB- hotel room doorknob

 

 

I have a travel vacation/holiday/ a few days off/two weeks off, so I want to travel.

I want to travel. I want to take a trip to Chicago. I want to have a getaway to Seattle.

IDIOM a getaway- a quick one or two day vacation

 

She took a one-day getaway to Seattle.

I don’t want to travel this summer. I want to have a staycation.

 

I should hard study. wo

I should study hard.

 

OPPOSITE MEANINGS hard/hardly

She works hard. She is hardworking.

She hardly works. Se is very lazy.

hardly- almost nothing

It is hardly raining today. – drizzle, mist, sprinkling

It is raining hard. pouring, heavy rain, cats and dogs

I can hardly wake up in the mornings. I am so tired.

I can hardly understand what you are saying. The phone is breaking up.

 

I don’t have much vacation time thus year, so I am going to go on a quick getaway to Calgary.

 

 

 

 

**We are at a crossroads in the course.

IDIOM crossroads- a time when we have to make a decicison, set a new direction

 

 

 

New dialogue:

Going to a Walk-In Clinic

 

Let’s get into some small groups (4-5 people).

*Warm-Up Questions

MD- medical doctor

a family doctor

There is a shortage of family doctors.

shortage-not enough

walk-in- no reservation,   first-come, first-served

Emergency is walk-in. Nurses do triage.

triage- putting patients in order of seriousness

pneumonia-

Emerg- Emergency Room at VGH, Children’s Hospital

 

*Vocab Preview

restaurant- Do you have a reservation?

Party of four.

You have to line up to get on the bus.

My son went to volleyball clinic. (special training)

gymnasium- gym, place for sports

 

car insurance, life insurance, travel insurance, house insurance, medical insurance, pet insurance,

supplementary insurance-

VOCAB supplementary- extra

Students may be covered under the insurance of the post-secondary institution.

VOCAB covered- protected

You have ICBC coverage.

You can get life insurance.

 

 

In Canada, you may have a pension from your job.

You will get Canada Pension Plan if you worked and paid into CPP.

Also, you may get OAS (Old Age Supplement) if you are low-income.

You can also save money in your RRSP (Registered Retirement Savings Plan).

 

*Practice dialogue

 

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