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Long time, no see.

We have the midterm test/exam in two weeks. I will tell you the words and grammar to study next week.

We must do a writing assignment each semester.

It is worth 10% of your grade. We have to do two stories. Let us do that today so we don’t have to worry about it later. The reason we need to write five or more sentences per paragraph is to develop the idea. Not hygienic. In English, we eat soup, not drink it. In America, you cannot pick up the bowl. It is considered rude.

 

I have written my name.

Let’s check the homework now. We will write the paragraphs after the break. We will write them at 4.10

 

 

Grammar: Infinitive

To + Verb

I like to eat vanilla ice cream.

Gerund

Verb + ing

I enjoy eating vanilla ice cream.

I will choose the students randomly.

Today’s lesson: This is the meaning of life.

Life is random events.

Preposition: in, on, up, down, across, between…

Extrovert: a person who likes to talk

I am starting to believe Betty is an extrovert.

Introvert: a person with a shy personality

Rarely: seldom   Stop spacing out.

Apologize: say sorry. I want to apologize.

Idiom:

I have too much on my plate. I have too much work or responsibilities.

Object: refuse or say “no”

Details: information

Indent

        I talked to Mia Chen this afternoon. Mia used to

 

work at Friday’s restaurant. Her favorite foreign

 

restaurant is The Tokyo Harbor. She usually orders

 

sushi for dinner. She drinks whisky highballs there.

 

She will have four or five every time.

        I talked to Sunny Tsai this afternoon. She used

 

to work in an Italian restaurant called Mario and

 

Luigi’s. Her favorite restaurant is Hera because the

 

pepperoni pizza is tasty. She also ordered pasta.

The first five sentences. The

 

For a beverage, Sunny prefers black tea.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Listening Practice:

Could you please repeat that?

How do you spell ++++++++?

Kazakhstan    occupation: job    Andy’s

Adrenaline tacky

 

 

 

Kazakhstan    kowtow   drop  dropped

Kiss butt   Occupation: job   Andy’s   Tacky

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short Notice

 Chilliwack, British Columbia. View of a pond from the window. 

Let’s check the homework. BTW, Patrick Cowsill

Notice: look at; pay attention to

Featured: emphasized; shown

It’s pretty short notice: why didn’t you tell me before? I need more time

Whether: if

Up for that: Do you want to do that?

You sound a little down: sad, depressed, a little blue

I thank my lucky stars: I am lucky

I just can’t stand the guy: I don’t like that man; I hate that guy

Alternative: another way; a different way to do it

Awful: bad, terrible, sucks, no good

Brainstorm: think of ideas

Figure it out: understand; know, etc.

1. I just can’t stand the guy: I hate him; I dislike him, etc.

I will choose the students randomly.

Do NOT use sign language to talk to your teacher.

 

It’s up to you:

You can go vertically. You go horizontally. You can go diagonally. You can go backward(s).

Toward / towards

The elephant in Chinese chess goes diagonally.

Do you like Korean food?

What kind of Korean food do you like?

Please use a sentence when you talk in this class to practice grammar. If they say YES with a sentence, write down his/her name. If NO, do NOT write.

Have you ever been to Seoul?

Yes, I have been to Seoul.

Ever is only in the question, not answer.

Why did you go there?

I went there to look at pretty women.

State it: talk, say

Spouse: husband or wife: married

Superficial: shallow

Top

Bottom

Corner

Kimchi is not bad.

Do you want a chicken burrito or a beef burrito?

 

Spouse: husband or wife

Siblings: brothers and sisters

How many brothers and sisters do you have? = How many siblings do you have?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please write down your partner’s answers in English, NOT Chinese.

 

 

1. Yang Ming Mountain is a dormant (sleeping) volcano.

If a volcano erupts within 10,000 years, it is a dormant and not extinct volcano.

2. The police use German shepherds because these dogs are easy to train. They are smart.

3. Vampires don’t like garlic.

4. The smartphone distracts

 

 me because it has messages and gossip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Listening Practice:

I will talk. Write down what I say. If you don’t understand, ask:

Could you please repeat that?

How do you spell ______?

Difficult    Distractions

What happened…?   Trampoline

Gorilla

 

 

 

 

 

Difficult    Distractions

 

What happened…?   Trampoline

Gorilla

 

 

 

 

1.          Perhaps the most difficult thing the human being is called upon to face is long, concentrated thinking.

Is called upon: must

 

3.          A hundred years later and the problem has only gotten worse.

 

Get/got/gotten

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wood (n)    Wooden (adj)

What happened…?  20%

Trampoline        Gorilla   Genre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distractions   Wood (n)   Wooden (adj)    Helmet    What happened…?   Trampoline

Genre: kind of movie or book: science fiction, comedy, cartoon, romance, etc.   Gorilla

 

Gotten worse

Multi-tasking: do many jobs at the same time

 

 

 

 

 

Rules: Write down your partner’s answer in English.

English Collocation

 I have cut and pasted the notes below for last week's class:

Grade Breakdown:

Final Exam (Test) is 30%.

This is the vocabulary (words) and grammar from the textbook.

Placement Test: 15%. You did that last week.

Midterm Exam (test) 15%: I will tell you what words to study before.

Homework / classwork: 20%

Attendance: 10%, come to class. For every hour of class you miss, I deduct (minus) 1%. If you miss nine hours, you just fail

Writing: 10%

Rules: Try to talk English.

Please don’t translate something and try to make me read your phone. Don’t talk with your hands or point. No sleeping in this class. This is a classroom, not a bedroom.

Please speak up. If people can’t hear you, you are wasting their time.

The food I detest is an apple.

The celebrity I have met is

Please answer your partner with a sentence in English. Write down your partner’s answer. If I see lots of writing, I will give you 10/10.

Random: no reason / not on purpose

If we answer with a sentence, we can practice grammar.

Detest: hate

Toss: throw

2/8

Make happy: cheer up

Collocation: the natural order of how we talk; there is no reason, just habit, salt and pepper, black and white

Preposition: in, on, at

Write under You. Don’t write under Classmate. Do NOT

write Chinese. Do not write “no” or “I don’t know.”

8. lightsaber

3. My nationality is Taiwanese.

Taiwan is a country. Taiwanese is a nationality.

Detest: hate

Country: America or U.S.A. (noun)

Nationality: American (adj.)

Rules: If your classmate agrees, write down his/her name.

If your classmate disagrees, do NOT write a name.

Use a sentence to practice grammar.

Community service project: Volunteer

1.    RULES: Write down your partner’s (new friend’s) answers in English. I will give you 10/10 if I see lots of writing.

Cheer up: make happy

 

 

 

 

Listening Practice:

Write down what I say. If you do NOT understand, ask:

Could you please repeat that?

How do you spell _________?   Weather   Harry’s

Lightsaber      What happens…     Steve’s

Genre

1.    Where are they?

They are at lumberyard / warehouse.

2.    How is the weather?

It is sunny.

3.    How much time do they have?

They have three minutes.

4.    What color is Harry’s lightsaber?

His lightsaber is green.

5.    What happens to Steve’s head?

His head is cut off.

He was decapitated.

6.    What genre is this movie?

It is science fiction because they have lightsabers.

7.    Harry lost because it took 3 minutes and 18 seconds, but he only had 3 minutes.

I will give 10/10 for homework too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Core English Weeks One and Two

 

WEEK ONE AND TWO.

This is Core English class. My name is Patrick Cowsill.

Here are some rules for our class.

Grades:

10% Attendance. Come to class. For every hour you don’t come to class, I deduct 1%. If you miss 9 hours, you fail this class.

Midterm Exam: 20%

Final Exam: 30%

Classwork and homework: 40%

Please don’t show me your phone so I can read it. I have presbyopia.

Don’t use your hands to talk to me. I don’t understand most hand gestures.

I was born in Berkely, California. I grew up in Prince George, Canada. I went to university in Vancouver. Then I went to university in Taipei. I have worked for 12 years.

I own a restaurant and bar in Yonghe. My wife is Taiwanese. I have one daughter.

BTW: and, furthermore

Tour: trip, travel

Pleasure to: nice to

Ecuador: equator (at 0 degrees)

Random: not on purpose

Please speak up.

What’s your nationality?

I’m a dual citizen. I am both American and Canadian.

Taiwanese.

I am Chinese. I am Malaysian.

 

Write down the first thing you think about under You.

Do not write under Classmate.

Answer with a sentence to practice grammar. If your classmate has the same answer, write down their name.

If they have a different answer, do not write down their name.

Designer    An office worker   Chambermaid

My nationality is Taiwanese. Where were you born?

I enjoy pasta.

Taro

He has bad hand writing.

Write down your partner’s answers in English. If I

see lots of English writing, I will give you 10/10.

Please answer with a sentence. We can practice grammar. 95 percent English.

If they agree, write down their name.

Let’s take a break first. Then we will check the answers after the break.

Occupation: job

Greet: say hello

I will talk. You must write down what I say. Listening practice.

If you don’t understand, ask:
Could you please repeat that?

How do you spell _______?    Weather   lightsaber

What happens to…   Steve’s

 

Core English Notes

 

This is Core English class. My name is Patrick Cowsill.

Here are some rules for our class.

Grades:

10% Attendance. Come to class. For every hour you don’t come to class, I deduct 1%. If you miss 9 hours, you fail this class.

Midterm Exam: 20%

Final Exam: 30%

Classwork and homework: 40%

 

Write down the first thing you think about under You.

Do not write under Classmate.

Answer with a sentence to practice grammar. If your classmate has the same answer, write down their name.

If they have a different answer, do not write down their name.

Designer    An office worker   Chambermaid

My nationality is Taiwanese. Where were you born?

I enjoy pasta.

Taro

He has bad hand writing.

Write down your partner’s answers in English. If I

see lots of English writing, I will give you 10/10.

 

 

For the Final Exam English

 For the final exam, we need to review technology, art, painting, sculpture, moral (personal), ethics (society), food.

What should we study for the final exam?

Dairy food: anything from a cow: milk, yogurt, ice cream, cheese, butter, etc.

Honesty: true

Employment: job

If you want to practice grammar – if you are worried about grammar. Do NOT just study any grammar. Study these pages only. Everything on the test for grammar comes from the following pages. Let us look at the important pages to study in Unit 6, NOT 7, 8, 9, 10

Page 69. I want to lose weight. I want to go on a diet.

Character traits: personality

Appealing: why do you like it

What is appealing about money?

I can go to many countries if I have money.

Unit 6, just study words. There is nothing about ordering food or buying food. Do you like chicken? Why? What does chicken taste like? What does a lemon taste like? A lemon tastes sour.

Technology

Downside: bad, terrible, etc.

Upside: great, good, wonderful, benefit

Article: story

Criminal: thief

In detail: information

Cyber predator: thief on the Internet

Take advantage of: hurt other people to help yourself

Bully: big or popular person who hurts weak or small people

Determine: decide

Internet troll: someone online who tells lies because they want to make others angry (they think it is funny)

Video Presentation 10 Percent of Your Grade (NOTES)

 We have 

to make a video. So you need to talk for one minute. Please film / record your partner. Remember last time. We talked about technology. This time we will talk about art. If you write complete sentences, it is better. If you speak ten complete sentences into the phone camera, you will have one minute. I will give you 10%/10% on your final grade. 100%

Today, we will film / record. Read these answers. Talk for one minute. Film it. Next week, bring me the USB next week and I will give you 10% / 10%. It is worth 10% of your final grade.

Interview: ask somebody questions

Figures: dolls

Leather: from a cow

Stone: rock

Typically: normally, usually, commonly

Individual: just one, not more

Object: thing, stuff, etc.

1.            Cloth: use cloth to make clothes

2.            Clothes

I like abstract art because it inspires me.

Deviled egg sandwich.

Past tense:

Did you wear a bracelet?

Yes, I wore a bracelet.

Wear   wore      worn

What is the difference between exhibit and exhibition? Exhibit is smaller.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Clothes

2. Cloth: we use cloth to make clothes

For example, cotton, denim (jeans), etc.

 

 

1. What is your classmate’s name?

2. What is your classmate’s hometown?

3. When did your partner go to a museum?

4. What exhibition did your friend see at the museum?

5. Who is your classmate’s favorite painter? Why?

6. What style of art does your classmate’s favorite painter paint?

7. What is that painter’s masterpiece?

8. Describe this masterpiece.

9. What kind of handicrafts has classmate bought? For example, art from Aborigines.

10.      What kind of jewelry does he/she like to wear? Necklace, ring, bracelet, jade, copper,

Silver, gold, plastic, platinum, leather, beads,

Nose ring, woven, string, agate, marble, diamond, ruby, emerald, etc.
Agate is a smooth kind of stone.

Rules or instructions: Repeat what your partner says and finish the sentence with your own thinking.

Patrick: The person I am inspired by . . .

Mia: The person I am inspired by is my parents because I am filial.

Patrick: For dinner I ate…

Dylan: For dinner, I ate nuts. I ate walnuts and pistachios.

Patrick: When I go to a museum…

Sara: When I go to a museum I look at the exhibits

The difference between a landscape and portrait is the former has nature while the latter is of a face.

Draw   Drew   Drawn

The pig can sniff out truffles, but they also will eat them.

Dogs don’t eat truffles.

Material: what we use to make something

Object: thing

1. Bowl

2. Ball

3. Bull

I will say something. Say what I say and finish.

Patrick: For dinner, I ate…

Ken: For dinner, I ate spaghetti.

Patrick: The person I am inspired by…

Sandy: The person I am inspired by in Alan, my friend.

 

We need to do a video each semester. This is a new project. But I do understand why the university wants you to do this. This is a media university and they want you to start to think about recording in English.

If you do the video, you get 10/10, 100% or

10%/10% of your final grade.

 

 

 

New Words from Page 99

Notice: look at; see

Featured: show

Conference: big meeting with many people

Couple: two

Extra: more, increase

Fascinated by: interested in

Exhibition: what we can see in the museum, exhibit

Attraction: what we go to see, usually famous

Possession: what we own; it belongs to me

Handicraft: art from aboriginal

Selecting: choosing, picking, etc.

Hanru has a sore throat.

I say half the sentence. You repeat and finish.

Patrick: For dinner, I ate…

Gigi: For dinner, I ate eight beef dumplings.

Did you have some soy sauce?

Patrick: The person I am inspired by…

Sally: The person I am inspired by is da Vinci because he is a genius.

 

Listening practice:

Could you please repeat that?

How do you spell     ?

 

This is a lamp. The screen is a lamp.

Screen

I grew up in Denmark and I spent a lot of time with my father in Iceland.

Pitcher: drink

Vase: flowers

Educate: learning

Inspire: make you want to do something, to move us

Museum: place with exhibits

Encourage: make someone do something

Weird: strange

Approximately: about

Art critic: person who writes about art

Article: story

Donate: give for free

Institution: big building, like a school or library

Enormous: big, huge, large, gigantic

Ordinary: usual, common

Understand from context: don’t use the dictionary or google, just learn the word from the words around it and reading

 

Grades: Marks

Writing or story: 10%

Attendance: 10% Every hour of class you do not come to, I deduct 1%. For example, if student 4 does not come, so she is down 8%

Presentation on USB: 10%

Mid-term test: 15%

Final: 30%

Homework: 25%

What can I say

We will think about technology.

Recommend: suggest; ought to

 

Could you please repeat that?

How do you spell _____?

Video game: computer game

Glitchy    location: place

Earn money: make money

Percent: %   satellite

1,000,000,000

Launch: to start or send

1.        Today, GPS is guiding or following pretty much anything that moves.

 

All the students that gave me the USB will get 10%. Now we have finished writing and presentation. We only need to prepare for the final exam. Everything is easy now. No more hard work. 　

100,000,000

Suggest: recommend