Unit 12 Loot Year 2 English

Pirates

What do you know about pirates?  Were there pirates in China? Can you name any?  Do pirates still exist today? Where?  How are they different from pirates in the past?

Ching Shih Widow of Zheng Yi

Read about Cocos Island and complete activities 1 & 2

Answers  Gold bars, Gold and silver coins, Life-sized gold statue  No  Pirate base 2. A tail of trickery 3. A failed attempt 4. Success at last 5. Death by greed

Passive Review  In a sentence using passive voice, the subject does not do the action, the action is done to the subject. The agent performing the action may appear or may be omitted.  Active: John threw the ball.  Passive: The ball was thrown by John.

Why do we use passive voice?  The pyramids were built 1000’s of years ago.  The Olympics were held in Beijing.  Buddism has been practiced in India for centuries.  The proverb was written during the Tang Dynasty.  He was hit by a car.  The movie was filmed in Canada.

Underline the Passive Verbs  Has been used  Can still be found  Was  Have been made  Was  Could be found

Rewrite in passive voice  A priceless hoard of 3000 Saxon coins were found yesterday as a women was digging in her back garden. The coins had been packed into a wooden box which broke as it was dug out of the ground. The coins are in the care of the local museum where they are being cleaned in a special laboratory. They will be taken to a museum in York for further examination. A legal expert said that even though Mrs Barrett found the coins on her property, they could still be ruled property of the state.

12B Bounty Hunter

Money Proverbs  Are there any proverbs in Chinese that are about money?  Translate them to English- what do they mean?

Money Idioms  What do the following proverbs mean? *Money is the root of all evil *Money makes the world go round *There’s one law for the rich, another for the poor  Can you think of a story that illustrate these?

Money Idioms  Hard up  In the red  In the lap of luxury  Live hand to mouth  On the breadline  Worth a fortune  Without a penny to your name  Money to burn

Idioms meaning POOR  Hard up: you don’t have much money and just have enough to pay for basics like food and housing.  In the red: your bank account is overdrawn  Live hand to mouth/ on the breadline: you are desperately poor and have trouble finding food.  Without a penny to your name: you have no money at all. Idioms meaning RICH  Money to burn: you have more money than you need and can afford to waste it.  In the black: you earn more money then you are spending.  In the lap of luxury: you are living in a very rich and luxurious way.  Worth a fortune: something is worth a lot of money.

Answers 1. Had money to burn 2. Didn’t have a penny to your name 3. In the lap of luxury 4. Hard up 5. Living hand to mouth/on the breadline 6. In the red

Best Ways to Make Money  Your group needs RMB by the end of next month.  You each have RMB now  How are you going to do it?

Scam  A business venture that gets money through fraudulent or dishonest means.

Scams  What ways can be used to scam people?  What are some of the most common scams you can think of?  Are there any that are popular in China?

Phrasal Verbs  Hand something back  Ripped off  Turned away  Fall for  Get your own back  Get away with  Make up something  Give away

Match 1-8 with A-H 1. G 2. B 3. F 4. A 5. E 6. C 7. D 8. H

Phrasal Verbs 1. If you hand something back, you return it, probably to its owner. 2. If you are ripped off, someone cheats you out of money. We normally use it when we are overcharged for something. 3. If you are turned away from somewhere, a person at the door of a place (restaurant/nightclub) refuses to let you in and asks you to go away. 4. If you fall for something, you are successfully tricked or believe an untrue story.

Phrasal Verbs 5. If you get your own back on someone, you get revenge. 6. If you get away with something, no one discovers that you have done something bad or wrong. 7. If you make up something, you invent it even though it isn’t true. 8. If you give away information, you allow other people to find out information that should be kept private.

12D US Dollar

Generalising  Generally speaking, people are thinking more about their coffee than the money in their hand.  They mostly last less than 2 years.  As a rule, it can be sold for 4 time its face value.  For the most part, the work was done by Jefferson.  By and large, the stories are more entertaining than probable.  Americans generally prefer dollar bills to dollar coins.  On the whole, most British people can most Americans.  Broadly speaking, the dollar has remained strong.  I think that, in general, it’s best to travel with dollars in your pocket.

British vs. American English What is the British word? 1. Football 2. Tap 3. Subway 4. Bill 5. Aubergine 6. Pavement 7. Chips Other Words

U.K. or U.S.A? Petrol Station U.K.

U.K. or U.S.A? Eggplant U.S.A.

U.K. or U.S.A? Check U.S.A.

U.K. or U.S.A? Trousers U.K.

U.K. or U.S.A? Stove U.S.A.

U.K. or U.S.A? Chips U.K.

U.K. or U.S.A? Bathroom U.S.A.

U.K. or U.S.A? Faucet U.S.A.

U.K. or U.S.A? Dustbin U.K.

U.K. or U.S.A? Sidewalk U.S.A.

U.K. or U.S.A? Soccer U.S.A.

U.K. or U.S.A? Underpass U.S.A.

U.K. or U.S.A? Underground U.K.

U.K. or U.S.A? Undershirt U.S.A.

1. Toilet 2. Bill 3. Aubergine 4. Tap 5. Crisps 6. Dustbin 7. Petrol station 8. Trousers 9. Pavement 10. Football 11. Cooker 12. Underground a) Faucet b) Pants c) Stove d) Subway e) Bathroom f) Gas station g) Soccer h) Garbage can i) Check j) Chips k) Eggplant l) Sidewalk British English American English Different meanings