April 15, 2021

Headache
Stomachache
Back pain
Cough
Diabetes
High blood pressure
Insomia
Anemia
Toothache

What’s wrong with you?

Can you give me some advice?
What should I do to recover?
Do you think I need a checkup?
Can anything help

Health probems
Headache / high blood pressure/ low blood pressure

Expressions asking for advice

What should I do ?
What would you suggest?
What would you do if you had the same problems?

Health issue
I have frequent headaches. What should I do? You should see a doctor.
I lose my breath when I walk up the stairs. What would you suggest? You might want to get
more exercise.
I have high blood pressure. What can I do? You could change your diet.

Healthcare professional

General information
- Population
- Slow pace
- Over populated
- Under populated
- Over crowded
- Visually appealing

Cuisine
- Delicious
- Tasty
- Appetizing
- Seafood

Climate
- Warm
- Cold
- Humid
- Tropical
- Dry

Activities
- Sightseeing
- Hiking
- Swimming
- Football
- Skiing

People
- Welcoming
- Warmhearted
- Show hospitality
- Low crime rate
- Safe
- High crime rate
- Dangerous
- Caring

Opinion
- Fun
- Amusing
- Entertaining
- Exciting

Cuisines dishes
- There’s a variety of dishes
- Diverse cuisine dishes
- The humidity is sticky
- The humidity is uncomfortable
Dry
- The dry weather is hot

Austin, Texas, US
6月8日
Are you superstitious? tell your classmates an old wives’ tale or superstition from your culture.

Old wives’ tale: a piece of advice or a theory, often related to matters of health, that was
believed in the past but which we now know to be wrong.

Black cat

It’s claimed that

Rumor has it
Some people believe
It’s alleged that

Read the urban legend. What happened to the hitchhiker?

What happened to the man?
Did you hear about the man who picked up a hitchhiker?
No, what happened?
Well, they claim that a man stopped tor a hitchhiker late one night and offered to give her a lift.
When he stopped at a gas station, she had vanished! Just like that. People say that you can still
see her ghost hitchhiking on the old road. It’s alleged that she died in a car crash at that very
spot…

Examples of old wives tales

- If you lie your nose will grow long
- Wait an hour after eating before swimming
- Eating carrots will improve your eyesight

Black cat- believed to be bad luck

Number 8- lucky/unlucky number, depending on where you live
Crow- believed to bring bad luck
Four- leaf clover- believed to be really good luck

Meng
I think I am not a superstitious person.
In Chinese lots of people can look at their hands and predict the future thing.

I don't believe you about this story.

Maybe I will tell you my version about the house about / and the woman.
I hear(d) there are two person(s) who fly on the roof, include / including a man.
They / their children have a / was murdered wo years ago and their parents can't / couldn't
believe this and both died in their house.
7/18/2021
Renovating your house
Who does the chores in your house?
What types of things do you hire others to do for you?
How often do you have them done?
Do you think it’s sometimes cheaper to gen an expert to do things for you? Why?
Look at the structure of the sentences below?
Who does the work?

I have the house painted every year.

He gets the grass cut once a month.
We had the flat decorated before we moved in.
She got the windows washed yesterday.

Use this structure to talk about things you have people do.

Target language

Causative ‘have’ and ‘get’

(e.g. She had her hair cut.)

Have
The structure of the sentence is:
… + have + object + past participle of verb + …
… + have + object + base form of verb + …
Get
The structure of the sentence is:
… + get + object + past participle of verb + …
… + get + object + to + verb + …
EXAMPLES
You are going to have the natural flower planted today.
The teacher will have the students study on the exam including astronomy.
They had their house built two years ago.
I will get the doctor to give you a medicine.
John got his elder child to wash his car.
They were too afraid of petting the stray dog but their mother got them to pet it.

Look at the list of activities. Which would you do? Which would you get someone else to do?
Put in a new floor
Design the look of your apartment
Paint the walls of your house
Redesign the kitchen
Build an extra room
Put in a new floor
I will have someone do it for me.