Announcements
- Go to the lab for class tomorrow!
Pronunciation
- Practiced English's stress-timed rhythm.
- Practiced word stress with the first two pages of the pink handout from Targeting Pronunciation.
- On the white vocabulary handout, we marked the stress for today's vocabulary words: 1. access, 13. enterprise, 19. handouts, 20. harsh, 22. impact, 24. institution, 25. intervention, 26. microcredit, 27. microentrepreneur, 32. no free lunch, 43. safety net, 50. welfare, 52. widow.
Discussion
- Discussed the poverty line, which is the income (yearly, monthly, or daily) that provide adequately for a person's physical needs. Below this income, a person would be considered poor. Economists determine this number differently for different countries and they consider different factors in their equations. It is not an exact science, but it is useful for informing people and governments about poverty.
- Compared microcredit loans to welfare (free money or goods from the government).
- Discussed other ways to reduce poverty.
Listening
- Listened to interviews about ways to reduce poverty. (Classes/Gigger/Summer/Chapter_3/Listening/Interviews_Poverty_p73)
- Filled out the chart for Ex. B, p. 73.
Homework
- Write a definition for today's vocabulary words (listed above).
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