On Point - Semester 1

WEEK 2

Error Correction / roll call

Each sentence below has one or more common grammar error. Yesterday I go to Carrefour to buy three apple. Mary like to eat meat, so he’s definitely not vegetarian. I like to listen music. I very like to play computer and sleeping.

Error Correction / roll call

Do You Remember?

Yesterday I _____ to Carrefour to buy three apple_.

Mary like_ to eat meat, so _he’s definitely not vegetarian.

I like to listen __ music. I _____ like to play computer ____ and ______.

Error Correction / roll call

Yesterday I went to Carrefour to buy three apples.

Mary likes to eat meat, so she’s definitely not vegetarian.

I like to listen to music. I really like to play computer games and sleep.

Sample answer: For me, the most important things in a boyfriend are a sense of humor, wealth, and career goals. I really want to go out with someone who is fun to be around, and I don’t want to worry about money, so wealth and career goals are especially important to me.

Sample answer: I’d say the best way to meet people is to ask your friends to help. They can introduce you to people they know, or they might know someone else who’s single and unattached. Also, they know you pretty well, so they are likely to choose someone that suits you. The worst way is asking your mom. My mom’s ideas about interesting people are very different from mine.

Vocabulary

Last week I asked you to review the vocabulary words for this unit. Let’s see what you remember.

Remember, you can always practice the vocabulary words for this class by going to the website and clicking on “Vocabulary”.

ethnic

hierarchy

principle

potential

physical

perceive

excluded

潛力物理感知排除民族階層原則

c

a

b

c

b

b

c

a

Sample answer:I guess people who are alike don’t have so many differences of opinion, so they might not argue so much. They probably also enjoy doing a lot of the same things, so they’d enjoy spending time together.

They are actually quite similar rather than different.

Physical

subjective

same level

disagreements

satisfy

✔

✔

✔This is the main idea.

b

c

a

d

Sample answer: I basically agree with the author. I think it’s true that we tend to date people whom we think are about as attractive as we are. That’s true for most people that I know, and for myself, too. There are some exceptions, though. I think that some people who are very self-confident or who have lots of money can date people who are much more attractive than they are. You see those kinds of couples sometimes.

Sample answer: I would say that Mitch and Jane could probably make a good couple. They have more similarities; for example, they both like sports.

Country Pet name MeaningArgentina poepie  meatball

Spain pupsik my little cabbage

Finland ursolina fat

Ecuador muru little poop

Russia bicho breadcrumb

Portugal mon petit chou little bird

France gordo/gorda bug

Netherlands albondiga little bear

Pet Names / Terms of EndearmentSchmoopie words

Country Pet name MeaningArgentina bicho bug

Spain albondiga meatball

Finland muru breadcrumb

Ecuador gordo/gorda fat

Russia pupsik little bird

Portugal ursolina little bear

France mon petit chou my little cabbage

Netherlands poepie  little poop

Pet Names / Terms of EndearmentSchmoopie words

potentialperceiveethnic

hierarchyexclude

individual

principlephysical

ef

hcadg

b

Sample answer:I think people who are very different could make a good couple because they could expose each other to new ideas and new experiences, and that might keep things interesting in the relationship.

b

d

a

b

c

People with different personalities can complement each other in a relationship.

✓✓

Women whose partners have DNA different from their own tend to have happier relationships.

1. Sample answer: I’m not a very organized person. Sometimes, I can be very messy and forgetful. So I think it’d be great if my wife could be very organized. She could help me remember things that I have to do.

2. Sample answer:I’ve never really thought about dating someone from a different ethnic group. I didn’t think my rather conservative parents would approve of it. But I guess I would consider it after reading this passage. I might also consider people whose interests are very different from mine. They might make relationships interesting.

✓ ✓

✓

✓

✓

assumed

conventional

guarantee

conflict

flexible