F2F Class Notes (Raph)

Vocabulary

Propose (v): 1- to offer or suggest a possible plan or action for other people to consider. 2- to ask someone to marry you.
E.g.: He proposed a change in the company’s original plan.
E.g.: He proposed to her during their trip to Paris.

Proposal (n): 1- an idea or suggestion.
E.g.: The proposal was rejected by the client.

Offend (v): 1- to make someone upset or angry.
E.g.: I think she was offended that she hadn’t been invited to the party.

Miss the point (v): 1- fail to understand the essential or important part of something.
E.g.: Chris missed the point of Gwen’s complaint, thinking she was opposed to the date of the next meeting.

Photography (n): 1- the activity or job of taking photographs or filming:
E.g.: Photography is Raph’s favorite hobby.

Amateur (adj): 1-  taking part in an activity for pleasure, not as a job:
E.g.: ` Raph is an amateur photographer.

Instrument (n): 1- an object, such as a piano, guitar, or drum, that is played to produce musical sounds.
E.g.: Which instrument do you play?

Grammar

I had some problems for my work. – I had some problems at work.

It’s more fast – It’s faster

Music can express me. – Music helps me express myself. 

I haven’t a piano in my apartment. – I don’t have a piano in my apartment.

Pronunciation

Dull: /dʌl/

Speaking exercise

Original:

I have a lot of hobbies, such as music, photographer, fashion, and so on. I think hobbies are important part in my life. They influence me a lot. In my spare time, I can do a lot what I like, not only they enrich my daily life, but also made my life colorful. I like music because it brings me a lot of happiness. When I hear the good melody, I will feel pretty good, but I don’t care much about the liquids, I just focus on the melody.

I also really like photograph, because I think picture can record the most beautiful time when I record some price memory, it can show us, but I think if you want to take a good photograph, you have to learn how to make a good composition of the picture and another point is if you have a good talent for art, you will handle easily.

Edited:

I have a lot of hobbies, such as music, photography, fashion, and so on, and I think that they are an important part of my life and influence me a lot. In my spare time, I can do a lot of things I like, and these things not only enrich my daily life, but also make it more colorful.

I like music because it brings me a lot of happiness. When I hear a good melody, I feel really good. I don’t care much about the lyrics, though, I just focus on the melody. I also really like photography, because I think pictures can capture the most beautiful moments and allow us to remember them whenever we want. I think that if you want to take a good photograph, you have to learn how to make a good composition, but if you have artistic talents, you will handle that easily.