F2F Class Notes (Joe)

We talked about stereotypes that people have about different foreigners.

Vocabulary

French (adj)
French people are passionate

French (noun)
The French like French food

American (adj) (noun)[noun can be countable]

Outgoing (adj) – open and like to have fun

Rap – a quick style of singing / speaking to rhythm

African American – black Americans
One stereotype about African Americans is that they are all good at rap.

German (adj)
German food is strange

German (noun) (countable)
Germans are quiet people

Russian (adj)
Russian cities are cold

Russian (noun) (countable)
Russians like vodka

Italian (adj)
Italian noodles are called spaghetti

Italian (noun) (countable)
Italians are passionate

Chinese like pop music
The Chinese like pop music
Chinese people like pop music

Do a double take – to check again to see if you got the right information
The cat did a double take to see if she really looked like a cat

Double check – to make sure it’s right
I double check my homework

Alaska – the most northern state of America
It’s really cold in Alaska

Mysterious (adj) – something you don’t know a lot about (know almost nothing about)
Some parts of Chinese history are mysterious

Pronunciation

Island – eye lind

Mysterious – mi ste yi ree yis

Stereotypes – ˈstɪərɪə(ʊ)tʌɪp/

Grammar

Ethiopians are mysterious for me
Ethiopians are mysterious to me

To me
It’s funny to me how Americans say the word ‘stop’.

For me
This coffee is not yours. It’s for me