F2F Class Notes (Nick) [S]

Write about a good book or article you have been reading.

Reputation – what other people think about someone, or some business
e.g. He has a reputation as a good lawyer.
e.g. We work hard so that SmartEnglish has a reputation for quality.

Jumpy – lots of energy, or maybe sort of nervous
e.g. He was watching for police while his friends stole the money, and he looked pretty jumpy.

Hyper – lots of energy, running around, yelling; usually for kids
e.g. Jimmy ate too much candy, and now he’s really hyper.

Vocabulary

Catch Me If You Can – a movie about a check forger

Biography – the story of a person’s life

Prejudice – to dislike someone because of something about them, before you know them
e.g. He is prejudiced against her because he doesn’t like black people / Asians / gay people.
e.g. He was prejudiced against her from the start because he knew that she had a criminal record.

To Feature – to put in a position where something or someone will receive attention; to show that something is important
e.g. Catch Me If You Can features such actors as Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks.

Forge – to create something fake that looks real
e.g. He forged checks to steal money from banks.
e.g. He was famous for forging famous artwork.

To Cash – to take a check to the bank, and instead of depositing it in an account, you simply ask for cash
e.g. I needed to pay back my friend, so I cashed the check instead of depositing it.

Detective – someone who investigates crimes

Recruit – to try to get someone to work for you
e.g. We heard that he was very good at English teaching, so we gave him an offer to try to recruit him for our company.

Grammar

This movie features Tom Hanks.
Tom Hanks plays an FBI agent.
Tom Hanks plays the role of an FBI agent.
Leonardo DiCaprio is in the lead role.
Martin Sheen is in this movie.

I just watched a very good movie in last weekend. I’m not sure its English name, maybe cat and mouse. It is acted by xiaolizi. He also act the Titanic. In this movie he act a young man, who made the fake check. He made many the check and cheated many banks and the airline companies. He use this checks exchange cashes. There is another man who works for FBI, and he chased him for a long time. Eventually this man, this FBI, catched this young man, and he take advantage of his talent and want him worked for the FBI. He helped this FBI detector solve many cases about the fake checks.

I just watched a very good movie in last weekend. I’m not sure of its English name, maybe cat and mouse? It is acted by features Leonardo DiCaprio.** He was also in also act the Titanic.*** In this movie he plays a young man, who made the fake forges checks (He made wrote / forged many the checks) and cheated many banks and an airline company. He cashed these checks exchange cashes to make money. There is another man who works for FBI, and he chased him for a long time. Eventually this man, this FBI agent / detective, caught this young man, and he took advantage of his talent and want recruited him to work for the FBI. He helped this FBI detective solve many cases about the fake forged checks / check forgery.

** Leonardo DiCaprio plays the main role.

*** He was also a lead role in Titanic.

Pronunciation

Leonardo – li – uh – nar – do