Transcript Unit 2 – Personal Tastes

Unit 2 – Personal Tastes
Make comparisons
Ask negative Q’s
Summarization
- Global Zone has a number of classes that are being offered this
semester ... Go and look and enrol ...
-Make a group and get together for practice ..
-a little everyday is better than ...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDVkORWYQ9s
Before you begin ..
• Taste is an individual's personal and cultural patterns of
choice and preference. Taste is drawing distinctions
between things such as styles, manners, consumer
goods and works of art and relating to these. Social
inquiry of taste is about the human ability to judge
what is beautiful, good and proper.
• What is good or bad taste?
- Good judgement when it comes to style, manners, or
things that are said (see above).
“Good taste in women, men, food, music etc”
Q. What might be some examples of each?
Style
Manners
Things said / jokes
Tattoo's
Taking you hat off inside.
Please / Thanks
Undies showing ;-)
Spitting
Chewing with your mouth
open.
Your boyfriend says, “Your
daughter ... ” to your parents
Before you begin ..
Look at p11.
• What other things do you like? (brands,
electronics, fabrics, makeup, colours, food and
beverages)
• Does your partner have good taste in things?
Similar to you?
• What do you think is bad taste? Tattoo’s etc?
Lesson A: Makeovers
Oscars
Photoshop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDs-LeLdauU
• What is a makeover?
• Why do you think people have makeovers?
• Do you know anyone that has had a makeover?
Would you consider having one?
Lesson A. 1c
• They’re just as comfortable as my jeans.
-They are equally comfortable.
• Yeah, I don’t look as scruffy as I did.
-He’s less scruffy than before.
• He doesn’t pay as much attention to his appearance as
he should.
-He pays less attention to his appearance than he should.
• I try to get ready as quickly as I can in the morning.
- She can’t get ready any more quickly.
Look at the dresses worn as the
Oscars. Who has good / bad taste?
Jennifer
Her taste (in clothes) is
better than Hers.
Jennifer has better taste in
clothes.
Jennifer’s fashion sense is
better than Dianne’s.
Dianne’s dress is not as
good as Jennifer’s.
Dianne
Lupita
What about these?
Anne
Irana
Pharrell
Liza
Answers
1. Older people don’t care as much as younger people
about their appearance.
2. Makeover shows aren’t as interesting as other reality
shows on TV.
3. Men spend as much money on themselves as women
do.
4. When I choose clothes, looks are as important as
comfort.
5. I don’t have as many clothes and shoes as I’d like.
6. I spend as little time as possible shopping for clothes.
7. Today’s styles aren’t as attractive as the styke of ten
years ago.
8. Women get haircuts as often as men.
If you were attending the Oscars or
your wedding ...
• What clothing would you wear?
• What hairstyle would you have?
• What music would you listen to (in the car or at
the ceremony)?
If you are talking about your wedding; where, what
decorations(aesthetics), theme, etc?
For fun plan a bad taste ...
Warm up
• How was your weekend? Was is as good as last
weekend?
• How are you feeling today? Are you as tired as you
were on Friday?
• What are your plans for this week? Are they as
boring / interesting as last week?
• Don’t you think it isn’t as cold today as yesterday?
Comparisons
• We usually make comparisons with more, less
and –er.
She is tougher than him.
• You can also make comparisons with “as...as”
= same.
She is as tough as him.
• You can also use “not as ... As” = less than.
He is not as tough as her.
Grammar Supplement.
As + (Adjective / noun phrase / adverb) + as ...
Also notice that the as..as comparison is always
followed by a noun phrase (my sneakers,
jeans), a verb phrase (she should, I did) or an
adjective (possible).
As Adjective As
• We usually compare two things which have the
same quality with as...as.
• My daughter is as beautiful as my wife.
• My son is not as fat as my wife.
• Drinking water is twice as expensive as petrol
these days.
• Possible adj. = popular, good, difficult, new,
beautiful, clever, inexpensive, angry, calm,
chubby, skinny.
How are your classes? Are they as difficult as
last semester? Is your schedule as tough as last
semester? Are your professors as good as … ?
Pick two things, places, people and compare.
As Adverb As
• We can compare two actions with as adverb
as.
• The little boy can run as fast as me.
• She went out of the door as quietly as she
could.
Inequality: verb + adverbs
• It doesn't work as well as we'd hoped.
Michael didn't play as well this week as he did
last week.
inequality: quantity
• This phone doesn't have as many features as
the other one.
(The other phone has more features than this
one.)
My ticket didn't cost as much as yours.
(Your ticket cost more than mine.)
Inequality: noun phrases
We can use not + such + noun phrase + as to
compare things using noun phrases.
The journey to London doesn't take such a long
time as it used to.
(The journey to London used to take longer.)
I don't have such an interesting job as Julia.
(Julia has a more interesting job than I do.)
More comparatives in diff. situations
Seoul vs. Busan (relaxed, big, dirty, crowded, .. )
Bondaeghi vs. Honga.(terrible, horrible, tasty)
Mum Vs Dad or friends / siblings. (nice, kind,
generous, etc)
...
Two bands you like equally.
I like(enjoy listening to) _____ as much as
_____.
Other things you see as equal.
I dislike you as much as (I dislike) her ...
Some idiom / expressions
As soon as possible
As big as life / Texas.
As blind as a bat
As busy as a bee / beaver
As clean as a whistle
As cool as a cucumber.
As free as a bird
As easy as pie
As pleased as punch
As sick as a dog
Poetry ?...
Your eyes are as bright as the stars above ;-)
P14.b.Do you think Ben is having a
good time?
Aren’t they nice? / Don’t you think they’re nice?
They’re nice, don’t you think?
(Isn’t it / Don’t you think it’s) a bit plain? It’s a bit plain, don’t
you think?
Don’t you like them? … Don’t you think this one looks good? /
This one looks good, don’t you think? / Doesn’t this one
look good?
Isn’t it the same price? … don’t you think we should look
around a bit more? / we should look around a bit more,
don’t you think? Shouldn’t we look around a bit more?
(3c)
Use negatives in different situations
You want your partner to come out tonight ...
You want your partner to support your idea that you
should move out of home ..
You want your partner to agree with your opinion that
(they should ... have plastic surgery, get fit, give you
some money) / (serious topic)
Make your own
You want your partner to agree with your opinion or
idea on something (controversial) or what you want
to do.
Try to use Unit 1 language, as well as “as..as” ;-)
• http://www.eltbase.com/notes.php?id=549
• http://www.grammartest.englet.com/comparison-as-as