F2F Class Notes (Nick) [S]

Write a story about what you would dress up like for Halloween? Would you be Naruto with your new vest?

Vocabulary

Crow – a large, black bird
e.g. Hank makes sounds like a crow. Caw! Caw!

Take a listen to American crows here:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Crow/sounds

Naruto – 卡卡西

Mask – something that covers the face, either to keep you warm or to stop other people from recognizing you
e.g. Kokoxi always wears a mask, so you cannot see his face.

Vest – a jacket without sleeves
e.g. Hank has a new vest that is the same one that Naruto wears.

Halloween – a holiday in the United States when kids (and sometimes adults) dress up like other people or other things
e.g. October 31st is Halloween, and Hank an dress up like Naruto.

Costume – to wear clothes that make you look like someone or something else.

You are a good/bad shot – you shoot a gun well and hit what you try to hit; you don’t shoot a gun well and you don’t hit what you try to hit

Shot – one time you shoot a gun (bang!)

Cook – to make food, or to be the person who makes food
Chef – someone who is paid to cook food

Rogue – 流氓 someone who doesn’t follow the rules, or who likes bad things

Beethoven – a famous writer of music

Roast – to cook something using fire directly
e.g. We built a fire and roasted the potatoes over it.

意大利面 – pasta

Grammar

In Japan there are many many crow – In Japan there are so many crows

Who draw this one? – Who drew this picture? (Who drew that?)

In the blackboard – On the blackboard

He say many many class – He taught so many classes

I don’t know what the play – I don’t know how to play

Because – to give the reason for something
e.g. I came to SmartEnglish because I want to improve my English.
e.g. I brought an umbrella because it was raining.

Then – to show what you do after something else, or because of something else
e.g. I went to the store then I went home.
e.g. If you see him, then you should say hello.

Two cavemans are lives in a hole. And they can do fire, and they don’t want to eat raw meat. They put the food in the fire. They try the meat. It is nice! They put the apple in the fire. (why?) They want to eat the good food, and they try the apple. It is not good! They don’t know why the apple in the fire is not good, and the meat in the fire is good?

Two cavemen are live in a hole. They can make fire, because they don’t want to eat raw meat. They put the food in the fire, and then they try the meat. It is nice! They put the apple in the fire too. (why?) They want to eat the good food, so they tried a roasted apple. It is not good! They don’t know why the roasted apple in the fire is not good, and the roasted meat in the fire is good.**

They want to know: “why is the roasted meat good, but the roasted apple is not?

Pronunciation

Practice saying “r,” like in “road,” “writing,”
Also: “th,” make sure that “try the” doesn’t sound like “tried”