F2F Class Notes (Raph)

Vocabulary

Infatuation (n): 1- strong but not usually lasting feelings of love or attraction. (adj: Infatuated)
E.g.: It’s just an infatuation. She’ll get over it.
E.g.: No one expected their infatuation with each other to last.
E.g.: She was infatuated with her boss.

Role Model (n): 1- a person who someone admires and whose behavior they try to copy.
E.g.: Sports stars are role models for thousands of youngsters.
E.g.: My mother has always been my role model.

Dilemma (n): 1- a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two different things you could do.
E.g.: The president is clearly in a dilemma about how to tackle the problem.

Poverty (n): 1- the condition of being extremely poor.
E.g.: Two million people in the city live in abject (= very great) poverty.
E.g.: He emigrated to Australia to escape the grinding (= very great) poverty of his birthplace.
E.g.: Helping to alleviate poverty in developing countries also helps to reduce environmental destruction.

Alleviate (v): 1– to make something bad such as pain or problems less severe.
E.g.: The drugs did nothing to alleviate her pain.

Grammar

I think together with somebody is very tired. – I think being with someone is very tiring.

We just have dinner and then have a good talking. – We just had dinner and then had a nice talk/conversation.

He add my WeChat. – He added me on WeChat.

To solution the problem. – To find solutions for the problem / To solve the problem.

He sings very good. – He sings very well.

Pronunciation

Unfortunate: /ʌnˈfɔːr.tʃən.ət/

Brussels Sprout: /ˌbrʌs.əlz ˈspraʊt/

Youngster: /ˈjʌŋ.stɚ/

Role: /roʊl/

Absolutely: /ˌæb.səˈluːt.li/

Perfect (adj): /ˈpɝː.fekt/

Perfect (v): /pɝː.’fekt/

Obesity:  /oʊˈbiː.sə.t̬i/

Cure: /kjʊr/

Accident: /ˈæk.sə.dənt/