F2F Class Notes (Raph)

“Helping to alleviate poverty in developing countries also helps to reduce environmental destruction.” Write a paragraph explaining what this sentence means and giving your opinion on this subject.

Vocabulary

So far: 1- until now.
E.g.: So far we’ve made £32,000.
E.g.: How is your week so far?

Install (v): 1-  to put furniture, a machine, or a piece of equipment into position and make it ready to use.
E.g.: The plumber is coming tomorrow to install the new washing machine.
E.g.: Andrew, can you help me install this software?

Poverty (n): 1- the condition of being extremely poor:
E.g.: Two million people in the city live in abject (= very great) poverty.
E.g.: He moved to Australia to escape the grinding (= very great) poverty of his birthplace.
E.g.: Helping to alleviate poverty in developing countries also helps to reduce environmental destruction.

Alleviate (v): 1- to make something bad such as pain or problems less severe:
E.g.: The drugs did nothing to alleviate her pain.

Emigrate (v): 1- to leave a country permanently and go to live in another one.
E.g.: Millions of Germans emigrated from Europe to America in the 19th century.
E.g.: Thousands of Chinese people emigrate every year.

Immigrate (n): 1- to come to live in a different country. (n: Immigrant)
E.g.: He immigrated with his parents in 1895 and grew up on Long Island.
E.g.: There are many Chinese immigrants in America.

Acceptable (adj): 1- satisfactory and able to be agreed to or approved of.
E.g.: Clearly we need to come to an arrangement that is acceptable to both parties.
E.g.: This kind of attitude is simply not acceptable.

Marijuana (n): 1- 大麻

Grammar

If we help poverty people. – If we help poor people. 

I can understand your meaning. – I can understand what you mean. 

My sister’s husband – My brother-in-law.

Five to ten years later – In five to ten years. / Five to ten years from now. 

Shelfs – Shelves

Pronunciation

Poverty: /ˈpɑː.vɚ.t̬i/

Alleviate: /əˈliː.vi.eɪt/

Emigrate: /ˈem.ə.ɡreɪt/

Immigrate: /ˈɪm.ə.ɡreɪt/

Immigrant: /ˈɪm.ə.ɡrənt/

Acceptable: /əkˈsept.ə.bəl/

Marijuana: /ˌmer.əˈwɑː.nə/