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In today’s lecture…
• STRESS:
• How to use it
• Stress practice
• Conversations:
• An Emergency
• The Missing Wallet
Shopping Terms
Types of • expensive
Shoppers: • cheap
• Shopaholic • cheapskate
• Window
shopper
• Bargain hunter
• Impulse buyer
Payment
Methods:
• credit card
Spending Habits
A: What kind of shopper are you?
B: I’m a (bargain hunter/ window shopper/ shopaholic/
impulse buyer).
A: Do you use a credit card?
B: Yes, I do./ No, I don’t.
A: What do you usually spend your money on?
B: I usually spend my money on ________.
A: Did you ever buy something you didn’t really need?
B: Yes, I once bought a _______.
A: What’s the most expensive thing you ever bought?
B: The most expensive thing I ever bought was a ________.
A: If you were to win the lottery, what would you buy?
B: If I won, I’d like to buy _____________.
Adjectives
Furniture Store
Electronic Store
Toy Store
Sporting Goods Shop
Pet Shop
Second-Hand Shop
Flea Market
Traditional Market
The Ordinal Numbers
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
13 Thirteen 30 thirty
14 Fourteen 40 forty
15 Fifteen 50 fifty
16 Sixteen 60 sixty
17 Seventeen 70 seventy
18 Eighteen 80 eighty
25 Nineteen 90 ninety
fourteen forty
Differences in Numbers
Example:
I am so hungry. I am SO
hungry.
Stress CONTENT words
1. Nouns
= person/ place/ thing
2. Adjectives
= words that describe
nouns
3. Principal Verbs (most)
= action words
4. Adverbs
= words that describe verbs
(they usually end in “ly”)
Try this Out!
1. Determiners
= the, a, some, a few
2. Auxiliary Verbs (SOMETIMES
STRESSED!)
= don't, am, can, were
3. Prepositions
= before, next to, opposite
4. Conjunctions
= but, while, as
5. Pronouns
= they, she, us
Let’s Practice
The Characters:
Dave
Alexander
The Situation:
Dave and Alexander are
studying
together at Alexander’s
apartment
on evening when the smoke
alarm
goes off.
An Emergency
The Characters:
Viki
Police Officer
The Situation:
Viki is at a club with some
friends
and she left her wallet on a
chair
near the pool table so that she
could play pool. When she
goes to
get it, it’s gone and so she calls
The Missing Wallet
Officer: This is Officer DeVeau. How can I help you?
Viki: My name is VikiChang. I want to report that my wallet was
stolen.
Officer: Let me take the report right now. Where was it stolen?
Viki: At Tempo, the club on Ninth Avenue. I’m here right now.
Officer: How long ago was it taken?
Viki: Maybe 15 minutes ago. Maybe a little less.
I left it on a chair with some other things and I just looked
away for a few minutes.
Officer: Did anyone see who took it?
Viki: No… There’s a lot of people here.
Officer: Can you describe the wallet and exactly what was stolen?
Viki: It’s red leather with three gold buttons on the edge.
Uh…. It folds into three parts, and inside there’re pictures
of family, friends, my credit cards, bank cards, my driver’s
license.
Things like that. And also $30.
Officer: I need your phone number and address.
Viki: 555-9867. I live here in the city at 13 Mill Street.
Officer: We’ll send a copy of this report to you.
Be sure to cancel those cards immediately.
Homework…