F2F Class Notes (Cynthia)(S)

Tell me what did you do over the weekend?

On Saturday I usually get up late 9am. I reading in my home. If I do something like watch TV and so on.  I joined my roommate birthday. I prepare a birthday cake for her. The cake is __of fruits and cream.We have hotpot together for lunch.And take her to watch the film together.When the afternoon, her boyfriend came back and he took his hometown __ and he __ dishes for us. The dishes are not so good. He cooked potatoes, soup and fish. Last Sunday I went to the library near my apartment. It takes ten minutes ride there. There are many people in the library. I think most of them prepare the masters examination on December. I think maybe I can do this to have a masters license. I ate some bread and drink milk for breakfast. I ate rice noodle with tomato, garlic, cabbage and other vegetables.

On Saturday I usually get up late around 9am. I spent the most of the day reading and watching TV at home.  In the evening, I joined my roommate’s birthday party. I prepared a birthday cake for her. The cake is a 3 layered cake consisting of fruits and cream.We had hotpot together for dinner. After dinner, I took her to watch a movie together. Noon time, her boyfriend came back and he brought back his hometown delicacy and he stir fried some dishes for us. The dishes was not so good. He cooked potatoes, soup and fish. The next day which is Sunday, I went to the library near my apartment. It takes ten minutes to ride there. There are many people in the library. I think most of them are preparing for their masters degree examination that will take place somewhere in December. I think maybe I want to sit for this examination in future. On Sunday, I ate some bread and drank milk for breakfast. For lunch, I ate rice noodle with tomato, garlic, cabbage and other vegetables.

Pronunciation

Usually – /ˈjuː.ʒu.ə.li/

Birthday – /ˈbɜrθˌdeɪ/ (Needs to focus on the TH)

Vocabulary

Lord of The Rings – 指环王

E.g – I have watched Lord of The Rings several time.

Thor – 雷神

E.g – Thor is my favorite for 2017

Hotpot – 火锅

E.g – Last weekend I had spicy hotpot with my colleagues.

Delicacy (Singular) – 特产

Delicacies (Plural) – 特产

E.g – My boss gave me a box of his hometown’s delicacy.

Stir-fry – 炒菜，炒蛋, to fry small pieces of meat or vegetable while mixing them around.

E.g – I like stir-fried tomatoes and eggs.

Deep-fry – 炸, to fry food in a lot of oil.

E.g – I don’t like deep fried food, it is too oily.

Stew – 炖, to cook something slowly in liquid.

E.g – I am making beef stew for dinner tonight.

Midnight – 半夜, middle of the night (12am)

E.g – It was midnight when I got home yesterday.