1. Comparing and Contrasting, Reduction in function words
Week 5: East and West
Comparing and Contrasting, Reduction in function words

2. Did you show your love?

3. Quote of the Day
“He who allows oppression 压迫 shares the crime.” - Desiderius Erasmus
“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.”
– Martin Luther King Jr.
What are these quotes suggesting?
Do you agree or disagree?

4. Responsibility Do we have the responsibility to speak out for others?
What is our responsibility to the oppressed?

5. Kitty Genovese 1964 in New York City Stabbed to death with a knife
Newspaper reported that 38 people saw the murder and did nothing
Psychologists have studied this and called it the “bystander effect”

6. “First they came for the communists,
and I did not speak out— because I was not a communist; Then they came for the socialists,
and I did not speak out— because I was not a socialist; Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist; Then they came for the Jews,
and I did not speak out— because I was not a Jew; Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak out for me.”  ― Martin Niemöller (in Nazi Germany)

7. Comparing and Contrasting

8. COMPARATIVES
SUPERLATIVES
(better, more, less)
(best, most, least)
big bigger
fast the fastest
small smaller
quiet the quietest
busy busier
simple the simplest
heavy heavier
creative
Beautiful
the most creative
more beautiful
diligent
expensive
the least diligent
less expensive

9. SIMILARITIES  
X and Y are the same.
X is as _________as Y.
X is just as ________as Y.
X and Y both are/have ________.
Both X and Y are/have ________.
Neither X nor Y are/have ________.
Examples:
Apples are just as delicious as bananas.
Apples and bananas are both good for your health.
Neither apples nor bananas are high in calories.

10. DIFFERENCES
X is different than Y.
X is _________than Y.
X is more/less ________than Y.
X is not as _______as Y.
X is ________ but/while Y is _______.
X is ________ in contrast to Y which is _________.
Examples:
Noodles are tastier than rice.
Noodles are more fattening than rice.
Noodles are more popular in the north of China while rice is more popular in the south of China.

12. They are both ___________.
They both have ___________.
The elephant is __________ than the mouse.
The mouse is __________ than the elephant.
The mouse ___________ while the elephant ____________.

13. School Lunch
American
Chinese

14. Gardens
Japanese
French

15. What is culture. What are the things that make up a culture
What is culture? What are the things that make up a culture? (music, language, etc.)

16. Culture is…
the ideas, customs, and social behavior of a particular people or society

17. Culture is made up of…
Music
Language …?

19. Pronunciation
Reducing Function Words

20. Reduction: or, and OR AND
The word or is usually unstressed and pronounced as the sound /ər/
summer ər winter
large ər small
married ər single
The word and is usually unstressed when talking two things and pronounced as /n/ or /nd/
eggs-n-tomatoes
sweet-n-sour
Lucy-n-Lily

21. Reduction: of, for OF FOR
The word of is usually unstressed and pronounced as the sound /ə/ or /əv/
I would like two bottles ə Coke and one can ə Sprite.
The word for is usually unstressed and pronounced as the sound /fər/
Thank you fər your help!

22. Practice with a partner: Complete the phrases.
Black-n- _______
Rock-n-_______
Tom-n-_______
This is fər you.
Thanks fər being there.
Yes ər ________ Hot ər _________ Up ər _________ Cup ə ________ Can ə ________ Bottle ə _______
Now try to come up with three (3) examples of ər (or)/ -n- (and) phrases!

23. A: Can you get me something from the supermarket on your way home
A: Can you get me something from the supermarket on your way home? B: OK, what do you want me to get? A: I need some bread and butter. B: Do you want white or wheat bread? A: Wheat. And can you get me a couple of apples? B: Do you want red or green apples? A: Red. Oh, and a jar of pickles and a container of ice cream. B. Hey that’s a lot of stuff! What flavor of ice cream: vanilla or chocolate? A: You pick! B: Me? A: Yes, the ice cream is for you! Its to say thank you for stopping at the supermarket.

24. They are both animals.
They both have ears n feet.
The elephant is heavier than the mouse.
The mouse is smaller n cuter than the elephant.

25. Cultural Differences by Chinese Artist Yang Liu
Germany (blue)
China (red)

26. Lifestyle

28. Children

29. In a Restaurant

33. Any other differences you thought of?

34. Presenting Your Reading
You will share what you learned through your homework with the whole class.
You will use at least 5 functions to compare and contrast.
You will keep your discussion under 3 minutes.

35. Get into groups:
Ascribed Status vs. Achieved status
Traditionalism vs. Modernism
Task-oriented vs. Relationship-oriented
High-contact vs. low-contact

36. Homework: Next Week’s topic: Advice and Decision Making
Have a conversation. In your notebook write who you talked to and what his/her answers were.
1) Who gives the best advice and why?
2) How do you make important decisions?
3) Tell me about an important decision you have had to make in your life.