F2F Class Notes (Nick) [S]

What is the difference between gelato and ice cream? Which one do you like better? What is your favorite flavor?

AND/OR

How do you make gelato? (in your own words)

https://www.thespruceeats.com/whats-the-difference-between-gelato-and-ice-cream-909197 (shorter differences)
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/55609/gelato/ (longer)

Finish the speaking below.

Vocabulary

Calorie –

Trunk – the big part of a tree just above the ground 树干
Branch – like the “arms” of a tree, once the trunk divides 树杈

Vanilla – 香草

Gelato – Italian ice cream

Living costs / expenses – how much you have to pay for necessary things
e.g. Yara thinks that the living cost in Prague is almost the same as in Shanghai, even though it is among the cheapest in Europe.

In fact – to show that something is true when someone thought it was false; to show that something is even stronger than your first said
e.g. In fact, the USA has put a man on the moon (someone thinks that this is false)
e.g. The USA has put a man on the moon. In fact, we have put several men on the moon! (even more than I first said)

Loaf – a big piece of bread

Grammar

Food – countable or uncountable? BOTH!
— Uncountable “food” just means a lot of food in some place, or food everywhere
— Countable “food” are more like dishes, individual plates like 小笼包 or 糖醋排骨

I think it’s enough sweet – I think it’s sweet enough / It’s enough sweetness

The Prague is the cheap price in Europe – Prague has the cheapest prices / living cost in Europe

In there – there
— Something really has to be inside of something else to use “in”
e.g. in a room, in a box, in a desk drawer, in your shoe

There are many delicious food like some pork, they like eat pork, but they have many kaludi, it’s if you get kaludi you will be more fat. There are many oil and sugar. Their cakes are more sweet than in China, and they like eat dessert. I ate a French brunch, it is two sweet cakes and potatoes. They also like eat potatoes. Their main food is potatoes. And bread in Prague is very cheap. If I buy a bread in Shanghai, it’s about Y8, but in Prague I just need Y1-2, because the bread in Prague like mantou in China. And in some restaurant they usually give us some bread free before the food. But in China the restaurants don’t give us mantou for free.

There are many delicious foods like some pork–they like to eat pork–but they have many calories (it’s if you get calories are what you will make you be more fatter). There are is a lot of / They use a lot of many oil and sugar. Their cakes are more sweeter than in China, and they like to eat dessert. I ate a French-style brunch. It is two sweet cakes and potatoes. They also like to eat potatoes. In fact, their main food is potatoes. And bread in Prague is very cheap. If I buy a piece of/loaf of bread in Shanghai, it’s about Y8, but in Prague I just need Y1-2, because the bread in Prague is like mantous in China. And in some restaurant they usually give us some bread free before the food. But in China the restaurants don’t give us mantou for free.

Pronunciation

Brunch vs. Branch