F2F Class Notes (Celeste) [R]

Demo StudentThandie

Next class topic: talk about would, could, should and appropriate usage. 

Needs more review

The train from Shanghai to Guangzhou started it’s inaugural trip last Saturday.

dub = nickname (noun and verb)
eg. My mom nicknamed me Missy Moo when I was a baby.

Grammar

more easy = easy / easier / easiest
eg. The local people think it will be easier to connect to the mainland.
eg. The local people think they can easily reach the/get to the mainland.

I don’t sure = I’m not sure 

Reading

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1711/171102-home-buyers-4.html

New Zealand to ban foreign home buyers

New Zealand is banning foreigners from buying houses. The ban will start in early 2018. The ban is to tackle the housing crisis. For the past decade, overseas buyers have been buying houses as investments. This has increased demand, which has increased house prices by over 50 per cent in ten years. New Zealanders are angry they have to pay more to buy a home. Many are priced out of the market. They cannot get on the housing ladder.

The government wants to stop overseas investors increasing house prices and make it easier for Kiwis to buy a home. It said: “We are stopping foreign speculators buying houses and driving up prices.” Overseas investors will still be able to buy land to build homes on. The government stated: “Our position has always been that if you’re adding to supply…then you will be able to build.” It hopes the ban will “take some of the heat” out of the house market.

Vocabulary

tackle /tackling / tackled (d) / will tackle – to forcefully, abruptly stop sth
eg. The football player tackled the other football player.
eg. The CFO said he wants to tackle the finance budget problem ASAP.
eg. I have a lot of housework today. Can you help me tackle some of the work?’

take some of the heat out or of = remove some of the problem or share the trouble or consequences / when sth is popular it has a lot of “heat”
eg. When my brother, sister and I broke my mom’s favorite vase, we told her together so that way each of us could take some of the heat. Instead of just one of us.

rise vs. raise
eg. The sun rises everyday. (naturally)
eg. Raise your hand in class if you have a question.