Growing

1.

Touchstone 2
Unit 5
Growing up
Work performed:
Daria Voronaia
Ivan Kotlyarov

2.

Grammar
Lesson A Childhood
be born-, simple past (review); time
expressions
◦ Where were you born?
I was born in Sao Paulo.
I wasn’t born in Seattle.
◦ How long did you live in Sao Paulo?
We lived there until I was six. From 1995 to 2001.
We didn’t leave until 2001. Then we came to the U.S.
◦ Did you live there for a long time?
Yes, (I did). I lived there for six years.
No, (I didn’t). I didn’t live there long.

3.

Grammar
   Lesson A
◦ When did they come here?
They came here about three years ago.
They came when Ling was sixteen.
◦ Did she move here last year?
Yes, (she did). She moved in May.
No, (she didn’t). She moved in 2011.
1906 = “ Nineteen oh-six”
1988 = “ Nineteen eightyeight”
 2007 = “ Two thousand
(and)seven”
2015 = “ Twenty fifteen”

4.

Speaking naturally did you
Lesson A
üWhere did you go on vacation?
ü
üWhat did you do?
ü
üDid you have fun?

5.

Grammar
Lesson
B Favorite classes
◦ General (students, Canadians)
All children learn a language.
Most Canadians need French.
Some students take Spanish.
A few people are good at Latin.
No students like exams.
But
A lot of people speak English well.

6.

Grammar
Lesson
B
◦ Specific (the students in my class, my
friends)
All (of) the children in my town take English.
Most of the people in my office know French.
Some of the students in my class take
Greek.
A few of my classmates got As.
None of my friends failed the exams.
But
A lot of the people in this city speak English.

7.

Grammar
Lesson
B
◦ With pronouns
All of them . . .
People usually say
everybody and
Most of us . . .
nobody, not a ll
Some of us . . .
people or no
people.
A few of them . . .
None of them . . .
But
A lot of them . . .

8.

Lesson C Well, actually
Conversation Strategy
Correcting things you say
◦ Notice You can correct the things
just says with expressions like
these:
◦ Actually; 
◦ Well; 
◦ No, wait;
◦ I mean.

9.

Example
No, wait... I was only four
Well, the teacher, I mean, the bus driver,
had to call...
I don’t remember
exactly. . .
“I remember I got into
big trouble one time
when I was seven. No,
w a it. . . I 49 the words
they correct. was
eight...

10.

Lesson D Teenage years
Linking ideas: except (for), a
part from
We agreed on most things
e x c e p t fo r the car.
We did n’t agree on much a
p a r t from m y best friend.
They liked her.

11.

Vocabulary
Use
the expressions below or use
your own ideas.
◦
◦
◦
◦
I
I
I
I
took/didn’take . . .
was good/bad at . . .
was / wasn’t interested in . . .
liked/didn’t like .

12.

Words
Algebra- алгебра
Art-изобразительное искусство
Band-группа
Biology-биология
Bilingual- двуязычный
Calculus-вычисления
Chemistry-химия
Choir-хор
Economics-экономика
• Geography-география
• Gymnastics-гимнастика

13.

• History- история
• Literature- литература
• Mathematics- математика
• Orchestra- оркестр
• Childhood- детство
• Close friend- близкий друг
• Ninth grade- девятый класс
• Sledding- езда на санях
• Foreign-иностранный
• Reguired-обязательный
• Apart from-кроме
• Except for-кроме
• Useful-полезный
• Memories-память
• Drope a course-отказаться от курса
• Quit (school)-бросить(школу)
• Major-главный

14.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
twenty ten
1992
two thousand eight
nineteen oh-four
1980
A) 2008
B)1904
C)2010
D)nineteen ninety-eight
E) nineteen eighteen

15.

Questions and Tasks
Talk
about your family background
and memories of growing up. Use
the grammar of the lesson.
Talk about discuss school subjects.
Use the grammar of the lesson.
Give examples how you used Well,
Actually, No, wait, and I mean.
Can you understand conversations
about childhood memories? Give
examples.