F2F Class Notes (Nick) [S]

Vocabulary

Last – 上一个,次,条,站,节,课
— 最后
Next – 下一个,次,条,站,节,课, etc.

Rollercoaster – 极速飞车

Entrance / Exit – 入口/出口

Maze – a place where you go in and have to find your way out 迷宫
e.g. Once we entered the maze, it took us 30 minutes to find the exit.

Activity – something you do when you have free time, to have fun 活动
e.g. For our trip today, we have three activities planned: hiking, swimming, and a barbecue.

Castle – 城堡
e.g. The Disney castle is a very famous building.

Colorful – 彩色
e.g. The light show outside the castle was very colorful.

Fireworks – 烟花
e.g. Most nights at Disney they have fireworks.

Iconic – a place that is very famous and represents a specific place 标志性

Represent – to make people think of something else; to do something for someone else 代表
e.g. The Disney castle represents Disney in all their movies.

Crowd – a large number of people
“Shanghai Special” – 上海特色
e.g. These crowds today are a real “Shanghai Special”
e.g. You may already know about 红烧肉 and 小笼包, but they don’t tell you about this Shanghai specialty: crowds!

Wait (noun) – the amount of time you have to stand outside before doing something
e.g. The wait for a table at this restaurant is about twenty minutes.

Grammar

Do you eat Sichuan-spicy Crawfish? – Do you do this often? Would you eat them? 吃不吃?你吃吗?
Have you ever eaten Sichuan-spicy Crawfish? – Have you eaten these crawfish at least once before? 吃过吗?

Speaking exercise

Yesterday I went to Disney. I play the three 活动. The first is the 极速飞车. Second is the Alice 迷宫. The third is watching a 灯光 show. The light show is very 彩色. The light show is in the castle. Sometimes have the 烟花. The activities don’t need wait long time.


Yesterday I went to Disney. I did the three activities. The first is was ride a the rollercoaster. Second, we went in is the Alice maze. The third is was watching a light show. The light show is very colorful. The light show is around / near/ by / at the castle. Sometimes have there are fireworks. We went to the Alice maze because this activity didn’t need have a wait long wait time.