F2F Class Notes (Raph)

Vocabulary

Creepy (adj): 1- strange or unnatural and making you feel frightened. 2- unpleasant and making you feel uncomfortable, especially because of sexual behavior that is not wanted or not appropriate.
E.g.: I think clowns are very creepy.
E.g.: In our culture, a friendship between an 11-year-old girl and a 36-year-old man is considered creepy.

Consider (v): 1- to think or have an opinion about someone or something.
E.g.: He is currently considered (to be) the best actor in the country.
E.g.: We don’t consider her to be right for the job.

Optional (adj): 1- If something is optional, you can choose if you want to do it, pay it, buy it, etc.
E.g.: English is required for all students, but art and music are optional.
E.g.: My phone came with 20 optional ringtones (铃声).

Planet (n): 1- an extremely large, round mass of rock and metal, such as Earth, or of gas, such as Jupiter, that moves around the sun or another star. 2- 行星
E.g.: Do you believe there is intelligent life on other planets?

Internship (n): 1- a period of time during which someone works for a company or organization in order to get experience of a particular type of work. 2- 实习
E.g.: Jane has a summer internship at a local TV station.

Chilli (n): 1- 辣椒

Grammar

She make a new boyfriend. – She has a new boyfriend.

We don’t meet each other a long time. – We haven’t met for a long time.

When I was an university student I got to her company to work. – When I was a university student, we worked in the same company. 

It was the first time I went to a company. – It was my first job. 

Pronunciation

Thought: /θɑːt/

Laugh: /læf/

Costume:  /ˈkɑː.stuːm/

Clown: /klaʊn/

Jupiter: /ˈdʒuː.pə.t̬ɚ/

Older: /oʊld.ɚ/

Person: /ˈpɝː.sən/

Woman: /ˈwʊm.ən/

Women: /ˈwɪmɪn/

Internship: /ˈɪn.tɝːn.ʃɪp/