F2F Class Notes (Nemo) [W]

Vocabulary

representative (n): 1- someone who speaks or does something officially for another person or group of people:
E.g.: The firm has representatives in every major city.

represent (v):to speak, act, or be present officially for another person or people:
E.g.: All the nations of the world will be represented at the conference.
E.g.: I sent my husband to represent me at the funeral.

funeral (n)葬礼,a (usually religious) ceremony for burying or burning the body of a dead person:
E.g.: Over two hundred people attended the funeral.

ceremony (n): 1-仪式, (a set of) formal acts, often fixed and traditional, performed on important social or religious occasions:
E.g.: a wedding/graduation ceremony

ash (n): the soft grey or black powder that is left after a substance, especially tobacco, coal, or wood, has burned:
E.g.: cigarette ash

ASHES (plural):what is left of something after it has been destroyed by fire, especially what is left of a human body after it has been burned:
E.g.: Her ashes were scattered at sea.

tombstone/gravestone-墓碑 a stone that shows where a dead person is buried, usually with the name and the years of birth and death of that person written on it

Speaking exercise

I feel so nervous, because I will take 7 people to go to Tailand. Include 4 kids. The most younger kid just 7 months. It’s physical and mental challenging. Originally we just two couples to go there to enjoy the sunshine and the beach. But now, I let myself into a conflicted situation.

I feel so nervous, because I will take 7 people to go to Thailand, Including 4 kids. The most younger youngest kid is just 7 months old. It’s physically and mentally  challenging. Originally we just two couples were supposed  to go there, to enjoy the sunshine and the beach. But now, I let myself get into a conflicted situation.