F2F Class Notes (Raph)

Vocabulary

Tackle (v): 1- to try to deal with something or someone.
E.g.: There are many ways of tackling this problem.
E.g.: I tackled him about his careless work.
E.g.: When is the government going to tackle the problem of pollution?
E.g.: I felt that he just talked round the subject and didn’t tackle the main issues.

Long weekend (n): 1- A weekend where there’s a holiday either on Friday or Monday, so you have more than two days off in a row.
E.g.: We spent a long weekend with my parents.

The Bund (n): 1- 外滩

Castle (n): 1- 城堡

Grammar

I work for a France company. – I work for a French company.

Pronunciation

Exercise: /ˈek.sɚ.saɪz/

Word: /wɝːd/

World: /wɝːld/

Said: /sed/

Sad: /sæd/

Race: /reɪs/

Man: /mæn/ 

Men: /men/

Main: /meɪn/