F2F Class Notes (Nick)

Homework

Rest and review.
Be ready to talk about traveling to Xiamen! (Review your notes from last time)

Vocabulary

Vowel – a e i o u
Consonant – every other letter

Halloween – a holiday when you dress up like someone or something else 万圣节
Dress up – not just 穿, but to wear special clothes
Ghost – a dead person who we can still see without their body 鬼
Horror Movie – a movie which is scary
e.g. This movie has ghosts, so it is a horror movie.
Scared – to be afraid 害怕
e.g. Walking alone at night scares Yolanda.
Fear – something you are afraid of
e.g. What do you fear? Are you afraid of heights?
Dream – thinking while sleeping
e.g. Last night I dreamed about going to a party (I didn’t go, I just felt like it while sleeping)
Nightmare – a scary dream
e.g. After watching a horror movie, I had a nightmare.

Popular (with) – something that a lot of people like 流行

Rule – 规则 something that tells you what can and can’t do

Suddenly – 突然

Review the months:

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Review ordinals:
First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth
Eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth
Twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth…
One hundred and first, one hundred and second…
Rule: use “th” at the end of the number, except with 1, 2, and 3
— With 1, 2, 3, use “first,” “second,” and “third.”

Grammar

Halloween is very popular with foreigners

Every year Halloween I at home sleep – Every year at Halloween I stay at home and sleep

I scared oneself watch horror movie – I am afraid to watch horror movies alone

I scare you / I am scared of you – 吓 / 害怕
— In the first, I make you feel afraid
— In the second, you make me feel afraid

Pronunciation

Th – put your tongue between your teeth and blow air

Danger – dein – jer

Sleep – don’t put any sound after the “p” (not: slee – puh)