F2F Class Notes (Lily)[S/R]

Pronunciation

Nat nate, rat rate, pet Pete, mit mice, kit kite, luck Luke, puck puke,pick pike, strike
express, expression= ex BRESS **sp is sb sound** (experience, sprout, spring, special)|
tone= toe n
stone= sdone
oa moan, roar, boat
ea beat, neat, plead, please, lease, treason, feasible, meat

Vocabulary

1.expert= someone who is very very experienced, very professional at his job
ex: Many experts believe that aging can be slowed down.

I just compare Shanghainese and Korean.  All families get together and meet many cousins we don’t usually meet, one year once. In my hometown, I met my aunt, my uncle, I can stand up and bow with manner, very manner to them. In Shanghai, this year is my first time get together with Shanghainese for the festivals. Every young people, when they meat uncles of aunts, they don’t even look or sit down and say hi. Koreans must wait when old people first eat, and young people can eat. But in Shanghai, no this culture, everyone eat, no order.

Revised

I want to compare the Shanghainese and the Koreans.  In Korea, we All families get together and meet many relatives once a year, if I see my aunt, my uncle, I will stand up and bow with manner, I will be very polite to them. In Shanghai, this year was my first time to get together with my Shanghainese relatives for the festivals. For the young people, when they meet uncles or aunts, they don’t even look at them or they just sit down and say hi/ greet. Koreans must wait for elders to eat first, then young people can eat. But in Shanghai, there is no such no this culture, people can eat at anytime, there is no specific order.

https://english-magazine.org/english-reading/learn-language-articles/919-body-language

When we communicate with others, we express our thoughts and feelings not only through the words we choose, but also through our tone of voice, facial expression and body language. In fact, many communications experts believe that far more information is communicated non-verbally (without words) than verbally (with words). “Body language” is an important part of non-verbal communication.