F2F Class Notes (Lily) [S]

Vocabulary

1.official= zheng shi
ex: He is my official boyfriend, I took him to see my parents.
ex: official website = guan wang
ex: official letter
ex: Mandarin is the official language in China.

2. Mandarin= guo yu
ex: In Canada, if you say you can speak Chinese, people will ask you “Mandarin or Cantonese?”
ex: Mandarin orange is the best orange.
ex: Mandarin is more popular than Cantonese.

3. earthquake= di zhen
ex: earthquake will cause a lot of damages and a lot of people will lose their homes.
ex: I like Shanghai because we rarely encounter an earthquake.

4. France= the country (fa guo)
French= the people in France/ the language (fa yu)
ex: I’ve always wanted a French boyfriend who could help me with my homework.
ex: I have never been to France.

5. known for (something)= famous for something
ex: Greece is not known for the food, but for the views.

6. America (country)- American (people in America)
Canada (country)- Canadian (people in Canada)

7. accent (noun)= kou yin
ex: Some people like American accent whereas other people like British accent.

8. dialect (noun)= fang Yan
ex: Many people disagree that Cantonese is a dialect, especially people from HK.

Speaking exercise

I saw the guys pack the bag and move other place for safety. I would take my ID card, important documentations, water and some food.

If you could go anywhere for vacation, where would you go and why?
I want to go Greek, because my girlfriend showed me pretty pictures for the beach, and the food looks good, they always put olive oil mixed the lemon

Revised

On the news, I saw the guys pack the bag and move to other places for safety. I would take my ID card, important documentations, water and some food.

If you could go anywhere for vacation, where would you go and why?
I want to go Greece, because my girlfriend showed me pretty pictures of the beach, and the food looks good, they always use olive oil mixed the lemon.