1. Making Major Decisions
Unit 23
ASL III

2. What you might like about your home?
Spacious
Cozy
Have a view
Hardwood floor
Garage
Nice kitchen
Hot tub

3. What you might not like about your home?
Bad neighborhood
Traffic
No privacy
Too big
Not enough hot water
Ugly carpet
expensive

4. Do you like your home?

5. Buying a house Checking out options Not satisfied with choices
Thinking about something (2)
Looking over options
Search
Discuss
Waver
Decide
Put aside an option
Move forward
Drop the plan
Since then
Later on
Important
Student notebook pg

6. Housing vocabulary Primary reason Bored Don’t want to be bothered with
In the countryside, rural
Having a nice view
Peaceful
Swell
Landlord
Neighborhood
Roomy
Extremely large
Not having enough of
To make the best of what little you have
Student notebook pg. 146 – 148

7. Comments about cost/rent
Cheap
Reasonable
Not bad
expensive

8. Discussing Cars Engine Clutch Transmission Cylinders Stick shift
Automatic transmission
Bald or bare tires
Guzzles gas
Engine repeatedly stalls
Car breaks down
Blow the engine
Powerful
Test drive
Includes everything
Student notebook pg

9. Car Problems BAD! Lousy No good Trouble Tires Brakes (fs)
Air conditioning

10. More car stuff 4 CYLINDER 6 CYLINDER or fs-V-6 8 CYLINDER or fs-V-8
fs-TURBO
4x4
FRONT fs-WHEEL-DRIVE or FRONT (2h)LCL:1 “wheels turning”
fs-MPG
SAVE #GAS

11. Boys…you enjoy this unit? 
fs-ABS
fs-ANTILOCK
ICL “crank handle”, LCL:B “window goes up and down”
ELECTRIC ICL “press button”, LCL:B “window goes up and down”
ICL “adjust sideview mirrors manually”
LCL:B “mirrors being adjusted”
ELECTRIC ICL “press button” (2h)LCL:B “mirrors being adjusted”

12. Additional features of the car
ICL “steer wheel to make turns”, SCL:3 “car turns”
MYSELF ICL “use key to lock/unlock car”
DCL “remote control” ICL “press button on remote control”, (2h)LCL:1 “locks pop up/down”
(2h)ICL “press both locks down while seated inside car”, (2h)ICL “pull locks up to unlock”
ELECTRIC ICL “push button” (2h)LCL:1 “locks pop up/down”

13. Look up in the sky…why?
fs-SUNROOF ICL “crank handle”, LCL:B “open/close sunroof”
fs-SUNROOF, ELECTRIC ICL “press button”, LCL:B “open/close sunroof”
CONVERTIBLE ICL “put top up/down manually,” LCL:B “top being put up/down”
CONVERTIBLE ELECTRIC ICL “press button”, LCL:B “top being put up/down”

14. Instrument Panel
ICL “pull cupholder drawer” DRINK LCL:C “put cup in holder”
(digital) (2h)ECL “digital lights for temperature, speedometer, etc.” TEMPERATURE, fs-MPH, VARIOUS-THINGS
(analog) LCL:1 “needle moving
fs-AC
HEAT
RADIO
fs-TAPE LCL:B “place tape in cassette player”
fs-CD LCL:bent L “place CD in CD player”

15. Car trouble CAR HARD START CAR SCL:B “jerky”
CAR (2h)LCL:B “sides of car vibrating”

16. Windshield wipers
WINDOW (2h)LCL:1 “wipe windshield”

17. Let’s Review!!!
Raise your hand as Ms. C signs the words!

18. Clips
What did they sign??? 

19. Discussing Major Decisions
Reputation
FAMOUS
SWELL
GOOD NAME
PROGRAM
MAJOR
SUPPORT SERVICE
TRAINING

20. Choosing a college Extracurricular activities Location/facilities
fs-FRAT
fs-SORORITY
SPORTS
fs-CLUBS
Location/facilities
NEAR HOME
FAR-AWAY-FROM HOME
NEAR CITY
NEAR MOUNTAINS
NEAR WATER
COLLEGE HAVE DORM

21. College? Diversity Costs DIVERSE
SPECIALIZE (type of students, e.g. Deaf, African American, women, Christian)
MIND+BROAD
!MANY!
Costs
SCHOLARSHIP
MONEY fs-AID
CAN AFFORD

22. Major Life Changes: Careers
Kinds of change
QUIT
TRANSFER
RETIRE
FIRED
Reason for change
OFFER-me WORK
BORED, WANT !NEW!
FOLLOW (spouse)
ESTABLISH #OWN BUSINESS
MORE CHALLENGE
BETTER MONEY
BECOME-OLD
HEALTH PROBLEM
!SICK! or SICK-cont
WORK !30! YEARS, NOW WANT TRAVEL
LOUSY WORK
NOT GET-ALONG BOSS
LATE++
CUT-WORK++

23. Major Life Changes: Relationships
MARRY
DIVORCE, SEPARATE, BREAK+#UP
ADOPTED
FALL-IN-LOVE
WANT CHILDREN
PREGNANT
LOVE FADE-AWAY
ARGUE
AFFAIR
ABUSE
CAN’T HAVE CHILDREN
(family/friend) LIFE MESS-UP, CAN’T TAKE CHILDREN
(child’s) MOTHER+FATHER DIE

24. Major Life Changes: Relocation
MOVE LIVE WITH
MOVE-TO
MOVE-AWAY
(family member) SICK-cont
SAVE MONEY
HOUSE !SMALL!
WANT BETTER SCHOOL
PREFER LIVE NEAR (family member)
ENTER COLLEGE
NEW LIFE
BAD “area”/BETTER “area”
ESCAPE

25. Deciding to Marry
Watch the video and think about the answers to these questions:
Explain Missy’s situation.
What was the issue for Missy?
What experiences did Missy draw upon to make her decision?
What did she decide? How did she arrive at her decision?
How does she feel about it now?