F2F Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Vocabulary

brighten(verb): mei bai
ie. I want to buy a serum to brighten my skin.

caucasian: 白种人

African-American/Canadian: 美国or加拿大黑人(种族)

Latino:拉丁美洲的人

ethnicity (noun):种族渊源
ie. Caucasians , African-Americans, Latinos are different ethnicities.

fog (noun)foggy(adj): 雾
ie. Today it is foggy. Today there is a fog.
ie. There is fog on my glasses./My glasses are foggy because I’m also wearing a mask.

matte:雾面
ie. Which matte lipstick color do you recommend?/Can you recommend a matte lipstick color?

Grammar

As did I = 我也做了一样的事
ie. Lily used the term “subway”, as did I.

Black -> Dark
– always use “dark” and “fair” to describe skin
– use “caucasian” to describe race

Questions: begin with “who what where when why which” or “do you/can you , verb-subject”.

Speaking exercise

I don’t want skin gets dark/I don’t like skin become black.
I don’t want my skin to get dark/ I don’t like it when my skin gets dark.

Pronunciation

wanna = want to= not wannar <– no r