F2F Class Notes (Jacob)

Review the homework below

I can’t believe you are eatting that, It’s so spicy.
Malatang? I’m into Malatang.
Since when?
Since I came to China.
All right, you like chinese food?
Exactly, sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, salty, These tastes like our life. you should balance them.

Separate the syllables in each word and write how many (example: Vo|cab|U|lary (4 syllables)

Homework
pepper
syllables
consonants
William

Vocabulary

Oily – to much oil

Cook – prepare and cook food
Chef – cook with lots of experience/someone who can make new foods

Pepper – 胡椒

Tongue twister – something very hard to say because of the sounds

Syllables – sounds made from letters
eg. Vo|cab|U|lary (4 syllables)
vowels – a, e, i, o, u
Consonants – b, c, d, f, ….

Hard vowel rule
two vowels together change the sound (can be ‘ee‘ or ‘ate’)
met [m-e-t] —> meat/meet [m-E-t]
eat [E-t] —> ate [A-t]

Grammar

More cheap/cheaper (more cheaper)

Pronunciation

thief (thEEE-f]

chef [shhh-ef]

pepper [pep-per] vs paper [pAy-per]