Week 10b: Friday, 14 November 2014

Posted by Zakumi on November 7, 2014

(1) Man Overboard: Role plays in 7 groups of 6 students.

Please read the content of the lesson before you comment.

(2) News by Tara: The students who didn't leave comments this week, will be asked first to tell us the news. Please sum the news report up in your own words (after you have hopefully listened to it several times). You know now where to find Tara's news (it is in the 'Learn English for learners' section under 'Listening').

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  • Wang Xiaoxu November 13, 2014 14:45
    I want to be the dorctor .If I am a dorctor ,not only help the people who on boating .If I escape I also can help more people who need help and I think dorctor is a pretty good job .And I think the amateur salor should overbord because he don't have eny help for secaping .And muit-millionaire should go overbord because money is not the importent things for me .So this is my chose.
    • Zakumi > Wang Xiaoxu November 13, 2014 15:08

      I agree with your choices, Wang Xiaoxu.The rich man had his chance to enjoy his millions! He is promising the others he'll give them money, but as I got to know the rich, their word is worth nothing and as soon as they would be on dry land and back in their countries, he would 'forget' about his promises. Yes, a doctor is an honourable job and I hope the groups wouldn't sacrifice their doctors tomorrow!

  • XuYang November 13, 2014 14:42
    In my opinion,i think the multi-millionaireand the amateur sailor should be sacrificed.bacause monny is nothing at that time and the amateur sailor is negative and he will influence others emotions.
    And i think the reason why the hiring agency denied the English teacher is ridiculous,and the discrimination against English teacher is unfair.I don't think their native language, their accent, and their age are problems if they really want to teach thier students well.
    • Zakumi > XuYang November 13, 2014 15:03

      Well, though I agree with you that it was ridiculous to deny the teacher the position, I am not sure that they spoke the truth. I think they had another reason which they didn't want to tell. To be honest, I think is was the accent as the Irish mostly have a heavy British accent which isn't always clear for non-native speakers. So, I wonder if it wasn't that ...

  • Xu Heyun November 13, 2014 14:37
    I have read the Man Overboard and the news. In the article, I think there are two people should sacrifice. That is the multi-millionaire and amateur sailor. Because, in a crisis, money is not the important thing. Moreover, the rest of the people have their own meaning of life. At the same time, one of the sailors from the shipd stay in the lifeboat, and the amateur sailor is not very important yet.But, that's just me.
    • Zakumi > Xu Heyun November 13, 2014 14:59

      Good choice, Xu Heyun. There is already a sailor and the boat doesn't need another one. I also agree with the rich man; he had his time to enjoy his riches!

  • yinghaiyang November 13, 2014 14:33
    The choice is too brutal.Only ten people can survive among twelve.In my opinion,maybe getting the role-card of sailor is the best .If i am not allowed to be stay in lifeboat,nobody can arrive at land safely.Only letting me stay in lifeboat can you survive.If it is my turn to choose which one to leave,i can not give an answer.Life is previous for everyone.
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    • Zakumi > yinghaiyang November 13, 2014 14:57

      Ying Haiyang, you are only referring to one of the survivors. I hope you had a look at the other roles too as you may get another character tomorrow and would hopefully know what to tell your group as to why you shouldn't be sacrificed!

  • HuoMeng November 13, 2014 14:30
    I choose the amateur sailor and multi-millionaire to be sacrificed.Although I don't want to sacrifice any one.If the amateur sailor jump overboard,there are other sailors will navigate

    safely to dry land. And there will be other multi-millionaires will share wealth with the survivors.
    About the news ,the English teacher was denied a job in South Korea due to from Irish ,it't so reasonless,but the stereotypes exist about nation and nationlity is really important and it will influence many things.
    • Zakumi > HuoMeng November 13, 2014 14:54

      Huo Meng, I don't understand completely what you say about the news. You said the English teacher was denied a job due to ... "from Irish" ... It doesn't make sense and it doesn't look like you completed your sentence.

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