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(Source: The Edge Breakfast)

https://www.theedge.co.nz/home/shows/the-edge-breakfast/2023/06/would-you-scalp-a-taylor-swift-ticket-for-1000.html

Would You Scalp A Taylor Swift Ticket For $1000?

Tickets to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in Melbourne went on sale today, and The Edge Breakfast wanted to know - would you buy a ticket NOT to go to the show, but purely to resell at a higher price to make some money?

(Source: Behind the News)

https://youtu.be/LqVKIzbFbFs

ticket scalping, which is the act of reselling ticket to make a profit

They’ve got some “karma” coming for them.

【重點單字】

*scalp (v.) 賣(黃牛票）

*scalper (n.) 黃牛

【英文小挑戰】

We’ve heard countless stories of people purchasing tickets at in______ prices, and then not…never receiving the tickets or… (1:28~)

【補充單字】

*deflated (a.) 氣餒，洩氣

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Adaptation of “Targeting Homework Year 1”

*禮讓行人

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*學校

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【文類】

Informative text – report

【重點】

1. introduction: many signs

2. classification: some signs

*words, images, lights, sounds, bumps (Braille)

“coloured patterns of bumpy dots or stripes on the footpaths”

3. conclusion: many signs

【澳洲英文】

*spelling: -our instead of -or, -ise instead of -ize

*footpath (n.) 人行道 (= sidewalk, pavement)

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*thong (n.) 夾腳拖 (= flip-flops)

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Adaptation of “Targeting Homework Year 1”

【數學用語】

*兩個一數 s____ count in 2s

【句子組成】

*Peppa Pig rolled in the mud.

1. who or what: Peppa Pig

2. happening: rolled

3. more information (when/how/why/what…): (where) in the mud

【練習】

1. She went to the supermarket.

2. The girl lifted the heavy box.

3. The boy cried because he was sad.

Question 1. Where did she go?

Question 2. What did the girl lift?

Question 3. Why did the boy cry?

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Beal, C. (1992). Did you have a good weekend?: or why there is no such thing as a simple question in cross cultural encounters. -between native speakers of French and native speakers of Australian English-. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 15(1), 23–52.

【對話原則】

A: Did you have a pleasant weekend?

B: I did. What about you?

A: I did too.

B: What did you do?

A: We went to a birthday dinner on Saturday and a barbeque on Sunday.

B: Food food food…

A: Yes, we ate our way through most of the weekend.

1. short

2. friendly

3. reciprocal

4. mentioning typical weekend activities

(Beal, 1992: 26-27)

【電視劇】

A: Morning, (Helen), how was your weekend?

B: Yeah. Good. Thanks.

A: What did you get up to?

B: Uh, made some pretty good soup.

A: That’s nice.

B: Yeah, brought the leftovers for lunch.

A: Good for you.

https://iview.abc.net.au/show/fisk/series/1

(Fisk, S1E3_00:53)

Is that all?

I don’t know. Do you have any questions about my weekend?

No, I don’t think so.

Alright, then.

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【對話】

Teacher: Put your assignments down in front of you, please.

Ryan: I didn’t ____ ____ ____ it.

(Heartbreak High_S6E15: 03:00)

【練習】

to find the time to do something (Oxford Learner Dictionary)

1. 我本來要洗衣服，但後來沒洗。(Oxford Learner Dictionary)

2. 我一直想打電話給她，但還沒找到時間。(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

3. 我本來想要週末打掃房子，但後來沒時間做這件事。(Cambridge Dictionary)

1. I meant to do the ______ but I didn’t ______ ______ ______ it.

2. I’ve been ______ to call her, but I just haven’t ______ ______ ______ it.

3. I intended to ______ the flat at the weekend, but I didn’t ______ ______ ______ it.

【片語】

*get around to sth/V-ing

I don't know when I'll get round to (painting) the door. (The Free Dictionary)

Adaptation of “Targeting Homework Year 1”

“How Billabong is Australia's Original and Oldest Pool | The Pool”

from ABC TV & iview

https://youtu.be/CJcTe7xUUx4

“The original pool, the billabong, was where First Australians gathered and continue to meet.”

“The billabong is the keeper of Australian’s ancestral stories. Its freshwater has helped sustain indigenous culture to this day.”

【文類】

*imaginative text (narrative)

【必備字彙】

*indigenous (a.) 土生土長的

*first Australians 澳洲原住民

*boomerang 迴力鏢

*platypus 鴨嘴獸

【重點】

*lie-lay-lain 躺

【閱讀能力】

Q. ~take place?

Q. Why~? (inference)

Adaptation of “Targeting Homework Year 1”

【重點】

*sentence 句子

*capital letter 大寫字母

*full stop 句點（= period）

E.g. I’m not going, period! (Longman Dictionary)

【補充】

*small letter 小寫字母

E.g. The poet e. e. cummings wrote his name with small letters, not capital letters. (Cambridge Dictionary)

*alphabet (n.) 字母

E.g. The ninth letter of the alphabet is I.

*lower case/upper case 小寫／大寫

E.g. Headings should be in upper case. (Oxford Learner dictionary)

*capitalize (v.) 大寫

E.g. Be sure to capitalize the first word of every sentence. (Longman Dictionary)

【新聞標題】

'Modern day Goldilocks' on the run after bizarre Melbourne home invasion (Source: 9News)

Rare ‘Goldilocks moments’ on a marvellous mountain (Source: The Sydney Morning Herald)

https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/rare-goldilocks-moments-on-a-marvellous-mountain-20230327-p5cvir.html

In our solar system, only Earth lies in the Goldilocks zone.

(Source: Longman Dictionary)

Wollongong has been described as one of Australia's 'Goldilocks cities'.

https://www.governmentnews.com.au/meet-australias-goldilocks-cities/

【故事連結 by British Council】

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/listen-watch/short-stories/goldilocks-three-bears

1. Although you make many good points, the line of argument is not always clear.

2. The line of argument is not always clear, although you make many good points.

3. Although the line of argument is not always clear, you make many good points.

4. You make many good points, although the line of argument is not always clear.

5. You make many good points, but the line of argument is not always clear.

6. The line of argument is not always clear, but you make many good points.

(Thompson, 2013: 192)

Thompson, G. (2013). Introducing functional grammar (3 ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203431474

【文法重點】

1. 從屬子句 (subordinate/dependent clause)

grammatical dependence reflects the lower functional importance of the message

2. 順序 (order)

the end position reflects greater functional importance

(Thompson, 2013: 192)

<情境1>

跟別人約你先到了

對方到了的時候

問你「等很久了嗎」

怎麼回應？

A: Been waiting long?

B: Only an hour.

<情境2>

要離開大家

在送別會中

如何幽默地向大家表示感謝呢？

A: Well, looks like a great party.

B: Yeah.

A: You must really wanna get rid of me.

(Source: Hearbreak High)