Week 1

1. On Point - Semester 1
WEEK 2

2. Error Correction / roll call
Each sentence below has one or more common
grammar error.
Yesterday I go to Carrefour to buy three apple.
Mary like to eat meat, so he’s definitely not vegetarian.
I like to listen music.
I very like to play computer and sleeping.

3. Error Correction / roll call

5. Do You Remember?
Yesterday I _____ to Carrefour to buy three apple_.
Mary like_ to eat meat, so _he’s definitely not
vegetarian.
I like to listen __ music.
I _____ like to play computer ____ and ______.

6. Error Correction / roll call
Yesterday I went to Carrefour to buy three apples.
Mary likes to eat meat, so she’s definitely not
vegetarian.
I like to listen to music.
I really like to play computer games and sleep.

7. Sample answer:
For me, the most important things in a boyfriend are a
sense of humor, wealth, and career goals. I really want
to go out with someone who is fun to be around, and I
don’t want to worry about money, so wealth and career
goals are especially important to me.

8. Sample answer:
I’d say the best way to meet people is to ask your friends to
help. They can introduce you to people they know, or they
might know someone else who’s single and unattached. Also,
they know you pretty well, so they are likely to choose
someone that suits you. The worst way is asking your mom.
My mom’s ideas about interesting people are very different
from mine.

9. Vocabular
y
Last week I asked you to review the vocabulary words for this unit.
Let’s see what you remember.
Remember, you can always practice the vocabulary words for this
class by going to the website and clicking on “Vocabulary”.
ethnic
hierarchy
principle
potential
physical
perceive
excluded
潛力
物理
感知
排除
民族
階層
原則

10. c
a
b
c

11. b
b
c
a

12. Sample answer:
I guess people who are alike don’t have so many
differences of opinion, so they might not argue so
much. They probably also enjoy doing a lot of the
same things, so they’d enjoy spending time together.

16. They are actually quite similar rather than different.

21. Physical
subjective
same level
disagreements
satisfy

22. ✔
✔
✔
This is the main idea.

23. b
c

24. a
d

25. Sample answer:
I basically agree with the author. I think it’s true that we tend to date people
whom we think are about as attractive as we are. That’s true for most
people that I know, and for myself, too. There are some exceptions, though.
I think that some people who are very self-confident or who have lots of
money can date people who are much more attractive than they are. You
see those kinds of couples sometimes.

26. Sample answer:
I would say that Mitch and Jane could probably make a good couple.
They have more similarities; for example, they both like sports.

27. Country Pet name Meaning
Argentina poepie meatball
Spain pupsik my little cabbage
Finland ursolina fat
Ecuador muru little poop
Russia bicho breadcrumb
Portugal mon petit chou little bird
France gordo/gorda bug
Netherlands albondiga little bear
Pet Names / Terms of Endearment
Schmoopie words

28. Country Pet name Meaning
Argentina bicho bug
Spain albondiga meatball
Finland muru breadcrumb
Ecuador gordo/gorda fat
Russia pupsik little bird
Portugal ursolina little bear
France mon petit chou my little cabbage
Netherlands poepie little poop
Pet Names / Terms of Endearment
Schmoopie words

29. potential
perceive
ethnic
hierarchy
exclude
individual
principle
physical

30. e
f
h
c
a
d
g
b

31. Sample answer:
I think people who are very different could make a good couple
because they could expose each other to new ideas and new
experiences, and that might keep things interesting in the relationship.

38. b
d
a

39. b
c

40. People with different personalities can complement each other in a relationship.
✓
✓
Women whose partners have DNA different from their own tend to have
happier relationships.

41. 1.
Sample answer:
I’m not a very organized person. Sometimes, I can be very messy and
forgetful. So I think it’d be great if my wife could be very organized. She
could help me remember things that I have to do.
2.
Sample answer:
I’ve never really thought about dating someone from a different ethnic
group. I didn’t think my rather conservative parents would approve of it.
But I guess I would consider it after reading this passage. I might also
consider people whose interests are very different from mine. They might
make relationships interesting.

43. ✓
✓

44. ✓
✓
✓

46. assumed
conventional
guarantee
conflict
flexible