Fact: “1 out of 4 women is addicted to chocolate.” Analyze the fact1. Identify the whole 2. Identify the part 3. Determine the percentage or fraction4. Determine what is implied for the rest of the whole

Fact: “8 out of every 10 books sold are paperback.”

A. RankingFact: “The U.S. cities with the highest divorce rates are

first Dallas, then Phoenix, and then Houston.”

B. Naming the top five Fact: “The five most common surnames in the United States

are: Smith, Johnson, Williams, Jones, and Brown.”

C. Naming the top, most, oldest Fact: “Of the three flags—the British Union Jack, the

French Tri-color, and the U.S. Stars and Stripes— the Stars and Stripes is oldest.”

Answer KeyExercise 3: Comparisons

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Babies of Deaf parents (DP), babies of Hearing parents (HP)

Who learns to communicate first?

Babies of DP learn first, 3 months before babies of HP.

The voice box takes no longer to develop than hand movements; or we should use sign language with all babies.

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Lincoln, Washington

Which President has more places and things named after him?

Lincoln has more places and things named after him (1,361) than Washington (1,346)

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Cars or bottle caps

Which uses steel more?

Every year more steel is used to make bottle caps.

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Car industry vs. movie industry

Which industry has more employees?

The car industry employs about 3,000,000 vs. 200,000 employed by the movie industry.

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Wine/beer vs. mouthwashes

Whish has more alcohol?

Mouthwashes have more alcohol (14-27%) than wine/beer (3.2-14%); therefore they are banned in prisons.

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People living in the country vs. people living in the city; vegetarians vs. non-vegetarians

Who lives longer?

People living in the country live an average of 5 years longer than people living in the city; vegetarians live an average of 10 years longer than non-vegetarians.

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Anchorage, Alaska, and Jackson, Mississippi

Which city has more males than females?

The male-female ratio in Anchorage, Alaska, is 107.7 men to 100 women. In Jackson, Mississippi, it’s 88.3 men to 100 women.

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Students from one-parent families vs. students from two-parent families

Who gets kicked out of high school more?

Three times as many students from one-parent families as from two-parent families get kicked out of school.

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Country of Burma vs. the Las Vegas Hilton

Which has more hotel rooms?

The Las Vegas Hilton has three times as many hotel rooms as has the whole country of Burma.

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Pet food vs. baby food

On which do Americans spend more money?

Americans spend four times as much money on pet food as on baby food.

Translation Guide 1a. Name topics (use contrastive structure) 2a. Pose the question (use rhetorical question)

or 1b. Pose the question (use rhetorical question) 2b. Name topics (use contrastive structure)  3. Supply answer 4. Give interpretation by addressing either • why the fact is true, or• explaining what should be done

Remarkable Coincidences

1. Lincoln was elected president in 1860 and Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

2. Mary Lincoln and Jacqueline Kennedy both had children who died while their husbands were in the White House.

Words and Phrases

Sheet 1

“theater”

“movie theater”

“warehouse”

“shot someone in a theater, then hid in a warehouse”

“shot someone from warehouse, then hid in a theater”

“one brother died young, but another brother lived on”

“… on a Friday”

“Southerners”

“… was assassinated”

“assassin”

Sheet 2

“… was tried in court”

“succeeded by …”

“… served in the Senate”

“… was killed”