GEPT Week 3

GEPT Week 3
Pronunciation & Opinion Expression
Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Pronunciation:
• Open books to page 23
• Each Person read one sentence:
• I will correct and everyone repeat.

More Pronunciation

The “th” Sound
•Thursday
•without
•teeth
•think
•bathroom
•path
•third
•nothing
•method
•throw
•breathless
•booth

The “th” Sound
•think sink sink
•fought fought thought
•boat both boat
•broth broth brought
•sin thin thin
moth moth moss
Thor sore sore
pass pass path
three free three
frilled frilled thrilled

The other “th” Sound
•than
•although
•sheathe
•those
•mother
•loathe
•there
•father
•teethe
•them
•northern
•soothe

The other “th” Sound
•though dough though
•teething teething teasing
•D.A.T. that that
•bays bathe bays
•wetter weather weather
breathe breathe breeze
lows loathe loathe
there dare there
Dan than than
breeding breeding
breathing

The long “e” vs. short “i” Sound

The long “e” vs. short “i”

Topic 1: Luck

Superstition:
• As a class name as many superstitions as possible in 5 minutes

Superstition:
• Which of these superstitions do you believe in?

Read Aloud:
Carrying a rabbit’s foot:
For centuries, people considered rabbits and hares
magical. Because rabbits live underground, people thought
they communicate with underground spirits. Hares were
considered mysterious because they are born with their
eyes open. People thought that the bodies of these animals
contained mysterious powers. They began carrying a
rabbits foot hoping that its power would bring them good
luck.

Read Aloud:
13 is an Unlucky number; Friday the 13th
is an unlucky day.
The evening before Jesus died on the cross, he had a special
meal with his 12 disciples. Just after the “last supper,” Jesus
was betrayed and arrested. The following day, Friday, he was
cruciﬁed. Thirteen people attended the last supper. Therefore,
the number 13 is considered unlucky. Since jesus died on a
Friday, that day is thought to be unlucky, too. Friday the 13th
is considered the unluckiest of all days.

Read Aloud:
Knocking on Wood:
Centuries ago, people believed that gods lived in natural
objects such as trees, metals, and stone. It was thought
that touching items made from these materials,
especially from wood, gave them protection from evil
spirits. A person that had good luck and boasted about
it risked losing his good luck. If, however, he knocked on
wood, chances were that his lucky streak would not end.

• What is the chinese version of the rabbit’s foot?
• In chinese tradition which animals are lucky and which are unlucky?
• It has been said, “without the night we could not appreciate the day.” Also,
without unhappiness we could never be really happy. Do you believe this
philosophy? Explain.

• Some chinese people believe it is unlucky to get married at 29. Why? Do you
believe this?
• Do you think the number 4 is lucky or unlucky?
• Would you be willing to live in a very nice apartment if it was on the 4th ﬂoor?
• Are you a lucky person? Why do you say so?

• Have you ever had any really bad luck?
• Are you afraid to walk through graveyards at night? Why?
• Do you believe life is controlled by fate or by your own free will?

Topic 2: Speed of Life

Warm-up:
• Do you prefer to do things at a leisurely pace or to do things as fast as
possible? Why?
• If you have free time, do you try to ﬁll up the time with things to do or do you
try to take it easy? Why?
• Do you think that cell phones, email, and the internet make us busier, or do
they save us time? Why?

Warm-up:
• Do you think the world is getting faster and busier? Support your answer with
three examples.
• Are you comfortable with this progression?

Reading:
Americans love speed. They like to cook in microwave ovens, they prefer
making phone calls to writing letters, and they like to travel by air rather than by
bus or train.
Not everyone in the States likes speed though. Some people, in fact, refuse to
be hurried. The amish people in Pennsylvania and the Midwest stopped to
clock in the eighteenth century. They still live in the unhurried lifestyle of those
days, refusing to use cars, telephones, televisions, and any other modern
invention. In their historical clothes and horse drawn carriages, they are living
reminders of the slower lifestyle of earlier times.

Reading:
Few Americans live in such peace as the Amish people enjoy. In fact, American
are always on the move. Nearly half the population moves at least once every
five years, and some more often than that. Most people move to a suburb or
town nearby, but many pack all their furniture and belongings into a van and
move to the other side of America. A girl who has grown up in Chicago might
study in New York, and find her first job in Philadelphia. She might move to Los
Angeles to look for better work, marry a man from Dallas and move again to be
near his family in Texas. At last, when her children have grown up she might
move to Miami to spend her old age in the sun.

Questions to answer:
• Would you like to try living an Amish lifestyle with no phones, cars, etc.?
Why?
• Do you think this would be a good place to raise kids?
• If a person has grown up in that society how do you think they would feel
about modern society? Why?

• In the future we might have electric cars, which are a little bit slower, do you
think people will accept them? Why?
• Are you in a hurry to go home after this class? Why?
• What are you in a hurry to do?

• How do you feel when people rush you to get things done or to do things?
• One of the lessons of buddhism is about patience. Do you think it is a virtue
to be able to wait patiently? Why/Why not? Are you a patient person?
• In what situations is slower better than faster?

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