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/
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