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**Homework:

For Wednesday 1/13: Workbook page 21

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Unit 4 Lesson- __Grammar__: Present and Past Unreal Conditionals.

Write down 4-5 present situations that you wish you could change. For example: 1. I do not live in a kid-friendly neighborhood. It's mostly older people who live there. 2. I drive a large car, and it is not always convenient to get around in. 3. I work at 8:00 am (too early).

Write down 4-5 past situations that you regret. For example: 1. I didn't buy a house in 2001. 2. I waited to go back to school until after I already had two kids. 3. I sold my bike.

Now, you are going to use those sentences to write present and past unreal conditional statements.

__Present__ If I lived in a kid-friendly neighborhood, my children would have more friends to play with. I might have less difficulty parking and getting around if I drove a smaller car. I would also pay less for gas.

__Past__ If I had bought the house I wanted in 2001, I would have been able to save more money on taxes. I could have ridden bicycles more frequently with my children if I hadn't sold my bike.

Word of the Day - disillusionment - Noun. Disillusionment is the disappointment that you feel when you discover that something is not as good as you expected or thought. //She suffered from terrible disillusionment when she realized that her new government job was dull and deadend.// Disillusioned-Adj; To disillusion-Verb. ** 

**Were you disillusioned when you first came to the U.S.? What other times have you experienced disillusionment?

The feeling of disillusionment might be closely related to having expectations that are too high or unrealistic. In what circumstances do you think people set high or unrealistic expectations?**