F2F Class Notes (Nemo) [R]

Vocabulary

poor (adj): 1-having little money and/or few possessions:
E.g.: Most of the world’s poorest countries are in Africa.
E.g.: He came from a poor family.
poor people-穷人

我饿晕－I’m starving

starving－being very hungry

dumpling (n): 饺子
E.g.: I love eating dumplings for lunch
Are you hungry? Do you want to sleep?
你饿了吗？ 你想睡觉吗？

旁边－ right by， next to
E.g.: Right next to my mother’s house there is a pancake store.

pancake-煎饼

north, south, east, west-北、南、东、西
North-北
Beijing is north of Shanghai
North Pole-北极
South-南
E.g.: Guangzhou is south of Shanghai
East-东
West－西
E.g.： The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

Food: The rich people of China ate very well. They ate grains like rice, wheat and millet. They also ate plenty of meat including pork, chicken, duck, goose and dog. Vegetables included yams, soya beans, broad beans and turnip as well as spring onions and garlic.

They also ate plenty of fish. Soup was made with shark’s fin, bird’s nest, bears paws and sea slugs. People drank wine made from rice or millet. They also drank tea.

Poor people of China had a boring diet. In north, people ate wheat in the form of dumplings, pancakes or noodles. While in south, staple food of people was rice. People who lived close to the river ate fish as well.
Chinese Houses: Rich people lived in large wooden houses. Roofs were made of tiles and were built in a curved shape. However even in a rich house there was little furniture but rich people were very fond of their gardens.