F2F Class Notes (Raph)

Vocabulary

Mainstream (adj): 1- considered normal, and having or using ideas, beliefs, etc. that are accepted by most people.
E.g.: This is the director’s first mainstream Hollywood film.
E.g.: World Music is now well established and popular with mass audiences and mainstream companies.
E.g.: He is not known within mainstream literary circles.
E.g.: They cater to mainstream musical tastes.
E.g.: She is excluded from mainstream life.
E.g.: Mainstream journals did not cover the story.

Cater to (v): 1- to satisfy a need or to provide what is wanted or needed by a particular person or group.
E.g.: Internet shopping caters to every possible need.
E.g.: Their bar caters to the growing expat community.

Handicraft (n): 1- a skilled activity in which something is made in a traditional way with the hands rather than being produced by machines in a factory, or an object made by such an activity.
E.g.: He works selling handicraft he makes with the help of his family.

The sights (n): 1- places of interest, especially to visitors:
E.g.: We spent a week in Rome looking at all the sights.

Jujube (n): 1- 枣

Grammar

During the holiday I got a telephone from them. – During the holiday I got a call / phone call from them

There is no one store like Taobao in your country? – Isn’t there a store like Taobao in your country?

I was amazing when I heard it! – I was amazed when I heard it!

I didn’t have any ready when they called. – I wasn’t ready when they called. / I wasn’t expecting it when they called. 

I don’t have any experience of teachers. – I don’t have any teaching experience.

Pronunciation

Cater: /ˈkeɪ.t̬ɚ/

Mainstream: /ˈmeɪn.striːm/

Lasagna: /ləˈzɑn·jə/

Porcelain: /ˈpɔːr.səl.ɪn/

Jujube: /ˈdʒuː.dʒuːb/