Homework: Necessity, Advisability, and Expectations (UU, ch. 9, ex. 22--due by Thursday, October 8)

Choose TWO of the following topics and give written advice. Post your advice as comments.

Include several of the following words in your answers:

should, have to, be supposed to, shouldn't, be not supposed to, had better, must, ought to, must not, do not have to, have got to, had better not, don't have to


Topic 1: Pretend that you are teaching your younger sister or brother how to drive a car. This is his or her FIRST time behind the wheel, and she/he knows little about driving regulations and how to operate an automobile.

Topic 2: Pretend that you are a travel agent and you are helping two students who are traveling abroad (outside your country) for a vacation. You want them to understand the travel arrangements you have made, and you want to explain some of the local customs of the countries they will be visiting.

Topic 3: Pretend that you are the supervisor of salesclerks in a large department store (like Macy's or Neiman Marcus) and that you are talking to two new employees. You want to acquaint them (make them familiar) with their job and your expectations.

Topic 4: Pretend that you are instructing the babysitter who will watch your three young children while you are out for the evening. They haven't had dinner yet, and they don't like to go to bed when they're told to.

A Video on Should/Ought to/Had better

This video presents the lesson we had in class today. Is he a better teacher than I am?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00k85ENbak4

I Should Have Known Better, by the Beatles (past form of should)

I should have known better with a girl like you
That I would love everything that you do
And I do, hey, hey, hey, and I do.
Whoa, whoa, I never realized what a kiss could be
This could only happen to me;
Can't you see, can't you see?
That when I tell you that I love you, oh,
You're gonna say you love me too, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, oh,
And when I ask you to be mine,
You're gonna say you love me too.

So, I should have realized a lot of things before
If this is love you've gotta give me more
Give me more, hey hey hey, give me more
Whoa, whoa, I never realized what a kiss could be
This could only happen to me
Can't you see, can't you see?
That when I tell you that I love you, oh
You're gonna say you love me too, oh
And when I ask you to be mine,
You're gonna say you love me too,
You love me too
You love me too

Dream Vacations from 4E and 4F

Watch Ricardo and Chaemin tell us about their dream vacations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFOz9wVdhnA


Watch JC, Seva, and Alicia tell us about their dream vacations.

http://www.youtube.com/user/hollycin69#play/all


Here's Jung and Joanna:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJES5RNCCFM

Something Funny for You to Read

A SPANISH teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.


'house' for instance is feminine: 'la Casa.'
'Pencil,' however is masculine: 'el lapiz.'

A student asked, 'What gender is 'computer'?'

Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups,male and female,and asked them to decide for themselves whether 'computer' should be a masculine or a feminine noun.

Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.

The men's group decided that 'computer' should definitely be of the feminine gender ('la omputadora'), because:

1.No one but their creator understands their internal logic;

2.The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else;

3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for possible later retrieval; and

4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.

(WAIT,THIS GETS BETTER!)

The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine ('el computador'), because:


1.In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;

2.They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;

3. They are supposed to help you solve problems but, half the time, they ARE the problem; and

4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model.

The women won.

Oral Reports This Week (Movie Reviews)

This week, beginning on Tuesday, we will have 3 or 4 oral reports each day in class. Before you prepare your report, please read pages 29 and 30 in Talk It Through for some information on how to organize and present your ideas.

Here is the schedule of presentations:
4E
Tues: JC, Joanna, Dalia
Wed: Lee, Jung, Leon
Thurs: Yousef, Seva, Keren, Kim
Fri: Abdulrahman, Ahmed, Trang, Rayesse

4F
Tues: Alice, Khalid, Joel
Wed: Joon, Chaemin, Ulan, Lili
Thurs: Ingrid, Dalal, Fatima
Fri: Ammar, Ricardo, David, Linh

Homework: Past form of SHOULD (due by Wed., October 7)

Write what you think the people in the following situations SHOULD HAVE DONE or SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE (ch. 9, ex. 17):

1. John and his wife, Julie, had good jobs as professionals in New York City. John was offered a high-paying job in Chicago, which he immediately accepted. Julie was shocked when he came home that evening and told her the news. She liked her job and the people she worked with, and did not want to move away and look for another job.

2. Ann agreed to meet her friend Carl at the library to help him with his chemistry homework. On the way, she stopped at a cafe where her boyfriend worked. Her boyfriend told her he could get off work early that night, so the two of them decided to go to a movie. Ann didn't cancel her plans with Carl. Carl waited for three hours at the library.

3. For three years, Donna had been saving her money for a trip to Europe. Her brother, Larry, had a good job, but spent all of his money on expensive cars, clothes, and entertainment. Suddenly, Larry was fired from his job and had no money to support himself while he looked for another one. Donna lent him nearly all of her savings, and within three weeks he spent it all on his car, more clothes, and expensive restaurants.

4. Sarah often exaggerated and once told a co-worker that she was fluent in French, even though she had studied only a little and could not really communicate in the language. A few days later, her boss asked her to come to his office to interpret a meeting with a French businessman who had just arrived from Paris to negotiate a major contract with the company. After an embarrassed silence, Sarah told her boss that she was feeling ill and had to go home immediately.