Welcome to your first class. This is the third class of the month. We will begin class with a casual conversation. Then we will play a word game. Next, we will introduce our grammar book. After that will be our reading and we will end class with a dialogue. 

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Try to Sleep

Norma went to bed. It was eleven o'clock. She turned out the light. She lay in bed. It was dark. It was quiet. She couldn't sleep. She closed her eyes. She tried to sleep, but she couldn't. She turned the light back on. She opened her book. She started to read her book. It was a good book. She read one page. Then she read another page. After a while, she felt sleepy. She closed the book. She turned out the light. She closed her eyes. She went straight to sleep.

Where do you live?

A: Where do you live?
B: I live in Pasadena.
A: Where is Pasadena?
B: It's in California.
A: Is it in northern California?
B: No. It's in southern California.
A: Is Pasadena a big city?
B: It's pretty big.
A: How big is "pretty big"?
B: It has about 140,000 people.
A: How big is Los Angeles?
B: It has about 3 million people.