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Presentation Schedule for Week 6

Hey Everyone,
next week is presentation week. Your individual and book group presentations will be spaced out over the week. Please put your name in the slot you wish to present.

Tuesday: Book presentations

. 1
2 Coni
3 Janice
4 Sandra

 Tuesday:

Book presentations only! We will decide who and when the last 8 individual presentations are given on Tuesday.

Wednesday and Thursday:

1James
2 Ethan
3 Sandy
4 Fon


Yvonne1
Autumn2
Floria 3
Raven 4

Yvonne History of UC Berkeley

I'm going to talk about the History of UC Berkeley. Mainly focus on the background when Berkeley was founded and the reason why it was founded.

I'll also talk about the history of some famous building in Berkeley. Like the tower in the picture.

The Ferry Building (Sandra)

I want to present The Ferry Building Marketplace in San Francisco.
The building has gone through two serious earthquakes and huge traffic changes after it was built over a century ago. Therefore, I want to talk about the rehabilitation and the efforts people made these years to make the building as beautiful as the view we see nowadays.

Coit Tower-Janice

My topic for presentation is Coit Tower, which is one of the famous tourists place of San Francisco. I am going to talk about the history background and the propose for building the tower.

Sausalito - Andrianne

Sausalito is famous tourist attraciton with its beautiful sight scene and sweet houses. But  Sausalito was not as beautiful as today when it first founded. Sausalito experienced several changes with the history of California we learned in class. So I will present about changes of Sausalito with the history of California.

Presentation on the Palace of Fine Arts - Fon

 As the Palace of Fine Arts is one of the recommended tourist places when people visit San Francisco, I will elaborate more on the history and some interesting facts that many people may not know. Also, I will present about the design and architecture of this Palace when it was built as well.

The GLBT History Museum

I will talk about San Francisco's Castro District, Harvey Milk, history and meaning of the rainbow flag. I probably will be able to introduce you to this part of the city history just briefly, but I want to say few words for all of this topics.

 

by Kate

EL Presidio de Santa Barbara

~by Emily

In my presentation I will tell some history in this presidio and why it is important to Santa Barbara. Also I will show how it looks like inside, showing some details of native American living in that time.

Presentation Outline - Floria

I am going to present  some information about Santa Barbara County Courthouse. I am going to focus on the design history of Santa Barbara County Courhouse and the reason why the place is famous. I am not going to present law system, because Coni is more suitable person to present it. The main reason why I chose Santa Barbara County Courhouse was the beautiful scenery.

presentation----the Chinatown in SFO-----Luo

As most of u have perhaps visited the chinatown in sfo,im sure u know what im talking about. i'll focus on the history of the chinatown as well as the chinese immigrants.Here is the picture.

Homework: Presentations

Please post a short description of the topic you have chosen for your presentation. Keep it to one paragraph or less. Post one picture of the place. It can be a picture you've taken, or one you find elsewhere.

Class dinner on Wednesday

Hey guys, we'll meet at Hong Kong Chinese Restaurant this Wednesday at 7:00 for a class dinner.
Durant Ave.

2439 Durant Ave
(between Dana St & Telegraph Ave) 

http://www.yelp.com/biz/sun-hong-kong-restaurant-berkeley

Notes for drinking

*to get wasted =very drunk

*tequila:[n]

a strong alcoholic drink made in Mexico

*to take shots of brandy

*outlook:[n]

1) your general attitude to life and the world

2) what is expected to happen in the future

3) a view from a particular place

*appearance:[n]

1) the way that someone or something looks

2) an act of performing or participating in a public event: he is well-known for his television appearances.

3) an act of becoming visible or noticeable; an arrival: the sudden appearance of her daughter startled her.

*Hangover :[n]

1)disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol)

2) something from the past that still exists or happens but is no longer necessary or useful

*Minimum legal drinking age is 21,driving age is 16 in US.

With evidence that a lower drinking age resulted in more traffic injuries and fatalities among youth, citizen advocacy groups pressured states to restore the MLDA to 21.

*Drinking responsibility

1. Know your tolerance.

2. Choose designated drivers and drinking buddies. 

3. sip your drinks rather than chugging them or taking straight shots of liquor.

4. Don't accept a drink from someone you don't know or trust, if you didn't see him get the drink. 
5. Drink water before you go to sleep. 

6. Don't be afraid to vomit if necessary.

Read more: How to Drink Responsibly for College Kids | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_7338870_drink-responsibly-college-kids.html#ixzz21rYt9weK

by Yawen & Janice.

Presentation Outline

 For your class presentation, please prepare a 5 minute speech on a historical place in California of your choosing.

Preparation. You will need to:

• Choose a place that has some historical significance. 
• Get confirmation from me that your place is suitable (if you emailed me and not heard back, it is fine)
• Visit the place and get as much information as possible as to why it is important and what role it has played in California's history and development. 
• Speak to people who work at the site to get information.
• Take pictures while you are there that you may show in class.

A good presentation will include:

• a clearly delivered, spoken presentation that is 4 to 5 minutes long (no more, no less)
• details and information about the place and its importance.
• do not depend on Powerpoint for your presentation. 
• You may show a couple of pictures or maps to show the place you are presenting.

 Notes: you may choose a place that we are already discussing in class. This is fine. However, if you do this, make sure your presentation focus' on some aspect of the place that we have not discussed. There are many suitable places and topics nearby. You do not need to plan a faraway trip to do this assignment. If you are having trouble deciding on a topic, please see me asap.

Presentation Topics Currently Chosen:

James - Union Square
Yvonne - UC Berkeley
Kate - LGBT History Museum and movement
Floria - Santa Barbara Courthouse
Sandra -The Ferry Building in SF
Raven - Golden Gate Park
Andrianne - Sausalito
Sandy - Hollywood
Ethan - Stanford University
Autumn - Free Speech movement in Berkeley
Luo - Chinatown
Ondrej - Silicon Valley
Fon -  (Palace of Fine Arts)
Coni - SF Moma
Yawen-Fishman's Wharf
Emily - El Presidio de Santa Barbara
Janice - Coit Tower


Please note, some people may have chosen the same topic. If you have the same topic as someone else, you must meet with the other person to ensure you do not cover the same material or angle.

Study Guide for Monday quiz:

Hello Everyone,

below is a list of potential topics for next Monday's quiz:

• alcohol and drinking responsibly discussion
• Yosemite video and John Muir reading
• 1906 SF earthquake video and summary
• Earthquake safety handout and discussion
• 2nd conditional form and use
• text message abbreviations
• vocabulary posts going back to Monday of this week
• reported speech rules and use

Of the questions answered on the blog, only the following will potentially be on the exam: #s 4,7,8,9,11,13,18. These are clearly answered on the blog. *I've reposted the questions below:

4. I'm not sure with using "as long as" in sentence. Could you give me some examples?
7. What is the difference between 'between' and 'among'?
8. I am wondering the differences among 'sometime', 'some time' and  'sometimes'. 

9. I would like to know the difference between "maybe" and "may be" and "everyday" and "every day". How do we use them in the sentence?

11. Do the ' rent' and 'borrow' have a same meaning in same context or situation? 

13. When I go store just for looking, the clerk always says like, "Is everything alright?" or "How are you doing?". When I heard that I always little embarrassed, because I don't need their help, I just want to look around the store. In that situation, what is the best respond to them?

18. Sometimes we use '-est', but sometimes we just add a 'most' in front of the superlative adjective. And for the word 'fast', we use 'the fastest' to represent the superlative adjective, while the word 'beautiful' is represented by 'the most beautiful'. I would like to know when to use '-est' or 'most'.

John Muir Reading Vocabulary

 To today's blog posters: Here is an abbreviated list of terms to define, do not define the ones I removed. Peter

to carve
1. make object or pattern[transitive] to make an object or pattern by cutting a piece of wood or stone [↪ carving]
 carve something out of/from something 
 a statue carved from a single block of marble
  carved wooden chairs


2. cut something into a surface[transitive] to cut a pattern or letter on the surface of something
 carve something on/in/into something 
 Someone had carved their initials on the tree.

wanderlust [singular, uncountable]

a strong desire to travel to different places

wondrous
good or impressive in a surprising way


expound[intransitive and transitive]

formal to explain or talk about something in detail

odd-jobbing / an odd-job
small jobs of different types

 I've got a few odd jobs to do this weekend.

to beckon
1. [intransitive and transitive] to make a signal to someone with your hand, to show that you want them to come towards you or to follow you:

 I could see my husband beckoning me.

beckon (to) somebody to do something

 She beckoned to the waitress to bring more wine.

beckon somebody forward/over etc

 He beckoned us over and introduced us to his wife.

2. [intransitive and transitive] if something such as a place or opportunity beckons, it appears so attractive that you want to have it:

A career in the film industry beckoned.

3. [intransitive] if something beckons for someone, it will probably happen to them

beckon for

Early retirement beckoned for George.

to quell
1. to end a situation in which people are behaving violently or protesting, especially by using force [= put down]

quell the violence/disturbance/riot etc

Police used live ammunition to quell the disturbances.

2. literary to reduce or stop unpleasant feelings such as fear, doubt, or worry:

'Jerry?' she called, trying to quell the panic inside her.

glaciation
the process in which land is covered by glaciers, or the effect this process has

waist-high
high enough to reach your waist:

 waist-high grass

to roam
1. [intransitive and transitive] to walk or travel, usually for a long time, with no clear purpose or direction [↪ wander]

roam over/around/about etc

The dogs are allowed to roam around.

roam the countryside/desert/forests etc

Wild sheep roam the hills.

2. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] if your eyes roam over something, you look slowly at all parts of it:

Her eyes roamed the room.

roam over

His eyes roamed over the bookshelves.

unspoiled

1. an unspoiled place is beautiful because it has not changed for a long time and does not have a lot of new buildings:

unspoiled countryside

2. someone who is unspoiled has not changed in spite of the good or bad things that have happened to them:

She remained unspoilt by her success.

chores

1. a small job that you have to do regularly, especially work that you do to keep a house clean:

 everyday chores like shopping and housework

 We share the domestic chores.

2. something you have to do that is very boring and unpleasant:

 I find driving a real chore.

naive

not having much experience of how complicated life is, so that you trust people too much and believe that good things will always happen [↪ innocent]:

 a naive young girl

 Jim can be so naive sometimes.

it is naive to think/suppose/assume etc

 It would be naive to think that this could solve all the area's problems straight away.

By Sandy and Andrianne