F2F Class Notes (Lily)[S/R]
Speaking exercise
My friends told me, before I had a baby, I am focused on my good looking, but now I look more casual, I’m lazy to buy clothes because i think it spent a lot of time. I love clothes and shoes because I’m lazy to choose.
My daughter is good at talking, she has ability of speaking so she can say interesting things beyond my expectations. A lot of time, I know I should talk with her in Shanghainese, but I always forget that, because I know when she is in Kindergarten, because many children always love speaking Mandarin. I am afraid she will forget Shanghainese. But daughter loves speak with me in Mandarin. We have a foreigner drawing class every week, but she always reply her teacher in Chinese.
Revised:
My friends told me that before I had a baby, I cared more about my  appearance, but now I look more casual. I’m lazy to buy clothes because i think it takes up a lot of time. I love clothes and shoes but I don’t want to spend the time to choose.Â
My daughter is good at talking, she has a strong ability in language so she can say many interesting things beyond my expectations. Many times, I know I should speak to her in Shanghainese, but I always forget that, because I know that when she goes to Kindergarten, many children will be speaking Mandarin. I am afraid that she will forget Shanghainese, my daughter loves to speak to me in Mandarin. We have a foreigner drawing class every week, but she always replies her teacher in Chinese.
Reading
This is about a fighting festival in Vietnam. It takes place every year. Water buffaloes fight at this festival.
This year, a buffalo kills a man. This happens on the fighting field. People stop the festival. It continues after 3 months.
Around 20,000 people come to the finals. Sixteen buffaloes fight at the finals.
Some people like the festival. Some people do not. They say that it is cruel.
In Vietnam every year, a water buffalo fighting festival takes place. This year, a buffalo owner died on the fighting field and people halted the festival.
After three months, the festival continued. Around 20,000 people came to see the 16 buffaloes lock horns at the festival finals.
The festival is controversial, and many critics want to stop it. A local fan talked about this to the media. He thinks that the festival would be hard to stop because it is a tradition.
All losing buffaloes die to become meat at the end of the festival. The winning buffalo dies, and people give it to God.
The owner of the winning buffalo was sad to lose his animal. However, he understands and respects the tradition.
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Pronunciation
twenty= twan d
they are = dey r
this is a table= dis is a table
vietman= VEE yet nam
his= hey s ( not heees)
Vocabulary
controversial (people think about it differently – some people like it and some people do not).
ex: Issues like euthanasia and abortion has always been a controversial topic.
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