F2F Class Notes (Jacob) [W, S]

Learn about a holiday from another country and describe it like you did you for the Chinese valentine’s day.

Vocabulary

Swear by something – believe it honestly works

Chasers – a sweet drink after doing a shot of something strong (drinking coke after a shot of vodka)

Drop shot – a shot of alcohol put in a glass of some other drink

Take 5 – take a short break (usually around 5 mins)

Ancestors – family members that have passed away (old generations of your family)

Good sport – to enjoy something even if you lose

Grammar

Because of the typhoon, maybe the princess is very sad.

Pronunciation

quinoa [keen-wo]

Original 

2018 Chinese Valentine’s Day is on 17th August, TODAY! It’s referred to Qixi(七夕) in Chinese, which means the 7th night of 7th month in lunar calendar.

When I was child, I’d been told this romantic and tragic fairy tale. This love story is about the 7th daughter of Emperor of Heaven and the poor cowherd guy. One day all of 7 daughters of Emperor came down to the human world and took a bath in there. The cowherd, who was passing by there, as soon as saw the 7th daugther and fell in love with her at first sight. To keep her from going back to the Heaven, he took away her fairy clothes secretly and told her that he wouldn’t return her clother unless she gets married with him. (what a thief!) The good thing is that she also had a feeling with him so that she happily agreed to be his wife and stayed in the human world with him.

However, once the Emperor found that his 7th daughter got marrid with the human cowherd, he immediately brought her back to the Heaven. He only allowed them to see each other once of a year, in the evening of the 7th day of the 7th lunar month. For this sad couple, magpies fly to make a bridge in the sky every Qixi and support them to meet safely. That’s why there are less magpies on the day of Qixi, people said.

Edit 

2018 Chinese Valentine’s Day is on 17th August, TODAY! It’s referred to Qixi(七夕) in Chinese, which means the 7th night of 7th month in lunar calendar.

When I was child, I’d been told this romantic and tragic fairy tale. This love story is about the 7th daughter of Emperor of Heaven and the poor cow herderer guy. One day all of the 7 daughters of the Emperor came down to the human world and took a bath in there a pond/lake. The cow herder, who was passing by there, as soon as he saw the 7th daughter and fell in love with her at first sight. To keep her from going back to the Heaven, he took away her fairy/magic clothes secretly and told her that he wouldn’t return her clothes unless she gets married with him. (what a thief!) The good thing is that she also had a feeling with for him so that she happily agreed to be his wife and stayed in the human world with him.

However, once the Emperor found that his 7th daughter got married with the human cow herder, he immediately brought her back to the Heaven. He only allowed them to see each other once of a year, in the evening of the 7th day of the 7th lunar month. For this sad couple, magpies fly to make a bridge in the sky every Qixi and support them to meet safely. That’s why there are less magpies on the day of Qixi, people say.

Favorite holiday

My favorite holiday is Korean new years day. We exchange some words about good luck, and also elders give envelopes with money to younger generation. Its one of the biggest holidays in Korea , and all the families dine together. Its good to catch to catch up with relatives. We get three days off, we get the day before and after off. Another traditional thing that korean families do, is to get food ready for ancient people.

My favorite holiday is Korean new years day. We exchange some words about good luck, and also elders give envelopes with money to the younger generation. It’s one of the biggest holidays in Korea , and all the families dine together. It’s good to catch to catch up with relatives. We get three days off, we get the day before and after off. Another traditional thing that buddhist korean families do, which is to get food ready for ancestors.