From Twitter
A: Do ya sacrifice for #publicsafety due to #CoronaVirus?
B: How?
A: Many don’t don masks as the @WHO says we don’t need to unless we’re health workers–but I _ that comfort; I wear one to protect others.
B: I wear one for myself! People breathe* nearby!
_____________
Don means “put on.”
_____________
Choices
stop
gave up
*#Osterholm
Answer And Explanation:
The answer is ‘gave up,’ which means sacrifice.
We sacrifice activities, behaviors and things we benefit from or like to achieve a goal, like in progress or in loving others.
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COVID19 is Inhaled
A: You can _ the #CoronaVirus by breathing.
B: Oh?
A: Yes– ① a bus, train, boat, plane; ② a room, an office, an elevator–any closed space and with air-con–near infected folks–you can ③ it.
B: Not only by sneeze, cough?
A: Right.
_______
in
on
catch
________________
Answers And Explanations
① on, because we get on large vehicles.
② in, because we get in small vehicles.
③ catch, because we catch a virus, a cold, a communicable disease.
________________________________________
On The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, in this episode, Dr. Osterholm explains that you can catch the Corona Virus from people in the same space–near you– just breathing.
Reporter & Person
From Twitter:
Reporter: Do you have (1.)_ you (2.)_ to protect (3.)_ the Corona Virus?
Person: Well, I take a bath each week, whether I need it or not; if someone sneezes, I go home.
Reporter: Excuse- …1 bath a week?
Person: And I carry knives, forks, spoons, a cup.
deed
against
action
do
take
protection
precautions
from
Answers And Explanations:
Answers 1 & 2 are: precautions and take, because you need a noun after ‘have’, and take is the verb that goes with it… or, deed and do, because, again, we need a noun after have and do is the verb that goes with it.
Answer 3 is against or from. Come to class to learn why from is not the best answer here without a pronoun, but is passable.
We Should Stop Idling
From Twitter
We should stop idling as
a. Earth is in a rapid, soon unstoppable environmental evolution.
b. Earth is in a rapid, soon unstoppable environmental devolution.
c. Air pollution is causes asthma attacks in people and lung cancer is the #1 killer in Japan.
Choose–
1. a & c
2. b & c
Answer And Explanation
The answer is 2., b & c, because devolution is the opposite of evolution. Evolution is incremental development that improves life; devolution is development that deteriorates it (breaks it down, degenerates or kills it). The global environment, as a result of rapid warming, is killing off species and may kill us off if we do not act fast and comprehensively to save our biosphere.
I Don’t Care
From Twitter:
Jo: Trump passed a new law.
Bo: _. What is it, no Korean or Chinese travel?
Jo: I thought you didn’t care.
Bo: I don’t, but was I right?
Jo: No. He banned negative reporters from the White House.
Bo: Old news.
Choose the best answer:
I couldn’t care.
I don’t know.
Who cares?
Answer
The answer is Who cares, because this expression means no one cares, certainly I don’t care, so who does (care)?
‘I don’t know‘ doesn’t create any sense, if you look at the statement from Jo. It would not be the correct response.
I couldn’t is grammatically correct, but awkward without ‘less,’ as the common expression is ‘I couldn’t care less.’
Masks
It’s not just about you; it’s about the comfort of others.
From Twitter:
1. Bo: Aren’t ya gonna _ a mask?
2. Jo: When I _ one of those, I’m uncomfortable.
Bo: We all are, but it’s necessary.
Jo: They don’t work!
Bo: They do–against sneezes, coughs–and, it’s not just about you; it’s about the comfort of others.
Pick The Best Answers:
wear
put on
use
Answers & Explanation:
1. ‘wear,’ because we wear clothing after we put it on.
2. ‘put on,’ because first we put on clothes, then we wear them all day–or until we take them off.
‘Use‘ works in both cases, but the test is to pick the best answers.
Inconsistency
From Twitter:
① A. What’s culture _ to you?
B. The list is long.
A. Say 1 thing.
B. Inconsistency.
A. But we’re-
② B. We have different _.
A. But–
B. You asked.
A. Explain.
B. Changing contracts on a whim.
A. Bosses can–
③ B. People take _ because of the contract.
A. Hmm.
jobs
values
worst
shock
Answers And Explanation
① shock (as in culture shock)
② values (Values are principles, sometimes synonymous with morals, ethics)
③ jobs (People accept job offers because of the benefits and conditions)
To Clean House
We (1.)__ all furniture, counters, walls and surfaces (2.)__ dust and (3.)__. We (4.)__ and (5.)__ floors and (6.)__ carpets and rugs and (7.)__ (8.)__ tiles in (9.)_kitchen and bathrooms, and we (10.)__ wood decks and the patio outside.
Pick:
*sweep
*the
*to
*germs
*at
*mop
*vacuum
*scrub
*shampoo
Answers And Explanation
1. wipe (Wiping is what we do with a rag, tissue, pad or paper towel to clean.)
2. for (Used before the object and meaning, in this case, ‘for the removal of…’)
3. germs (bacteria and pathogens from people, food and animals)
4. vacuum (A vacuum cleaner is the device, but vacuuming is the thing we do with a vacuum.)
5. mop (A mop is the tool, but mopping is the action we perform with a mop.)
6. shampoo (Yes, we shampoo rugs and carpets; it means wash with soap)
7. scrub (Vigorous rubbing with a pad or brush or rag with water and soap)
8. the (used before all known, special and/or mentioned countable nouns)
9. the (See number 8.)
10. sweep (This is what we do with a broom or dust brush.)
Welcome to New York
A: Great movie! Like it?
1. B: Don’t know. __ bite ‘n talk about it?
2. A: __ to?
B: The all-night diner on 11th?
A: Empire?
B: Mm.
.
A: It was good food for 2 AM!
B: Yup! A: When’s the subway close?
3. B: __? It doesn’t.
A: Oh!
B: Welcome to NYC
*Close
*Where
*Really
*Grab a
Answers:
1. Grab a (bite)
2. Where (to)
3. Close(?) (The subway)
Castaway (“If Only”)
From Twitter:
A castaway* on a deserted island says:
“If I only had a lighter and a flare gun!”**
The suggested idea is (Choose):
a. He had only those things, but lost them.
b. He needs things–most of all those things, so then he could help himself with them.
c. He wishes he had just a lighter and flare gun.
*A castaway
is a person who has been cast (or “thrown”, but not by someone else) away, meaning “lost” in a forgotten, hard-to-locate or distant and “uncivilized” place–away from society, such as a island in the Pacific Ocean.
**A flare gun fires a non-destructive glowing projectile (a flare) into the sky; 1. it is used to send an emergency signal in order for the user to show others his location, so that s/he can be found and rescued. 2. In war time it is used to illuminate where the enemy is.
Answer: The answer is b.: He needs things–most of all those things (the flare gun and lighter), so then he could help himself with them.
Explanation: The answer isn’t a., because if only I had is a conditional clause expressing a wish for the present, not regret about the past. And the answer isn’t c., because who would wish for only some necessary items and not others–and what would be the point of saying this in the narrative (story)?