Class 14, October 25

 By Nate Feldman

*We will continue with Unit 3, Technology in the class.  Also, write down your emails so I can email you the practice final this weekend.  The final exam will be held at 8:30 in the LTC on Thursday, October 31 (Halloween).  

Five Years Ago:                                              Now:

Home: My family’s house                  Home: Dormitory

Family: I lived with them                   Family: Far away

 

*I used to live with my family, but now I live in a dormitory.  My mother and father used to live with me, but now I live with my roommate.  I didn’t use to cook every day for myself, but now I cook every day.  My family used to cook every meal for me, but now I cook for myself. 

 

ELS Philadelphia is located on the SJU campus in University city.  Chukyo University is located in Nagoya.  Kindai University is located in Osaka.

Located = where something is

Have a negative effect = do bad things to someone

Have a positive effect = do good things to someone

ELS classes have had a positive effect on my English (I hope)

Consume = eat/drink

I consume a lot of rice every day.  Because I go to the gym a lot, I consume a lot of protein.  Because the food is so sweet here, people consume too much sugar. 

Prevent = to stop something from happening

I will prevent you from leaving the class.

Recycle = to use again

Rescue = to save someone or something from dying

Transform = to change from one thing to another

Reduce = make less or smaller

Restore = to bring something back to how it started

 

1.      What do you consume every day?

 

2.      What things do you recycle? 

 

3.      What do you want to prevent?

 

4.      Where is your favorite store located?

 

5.      What should we reduce in our lives? 


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