F2F Class Notes (Raph)

Vocabulary

Storage (n): 1- the putting and keeping of things in a special place for use in the future.
E.g.: We’ve had to build some cupboards to give us more storage space.

Mixture (n): 1- any combination of different things.
E.g.: Their latest CD is a mixture of new and old songs.

Approach  (v): 1- to come near or nearer to something or someone in space, time, quality, or amount. 2- to deal with something:
E.g.: We could just see the train approaching in the distance.
E.g.: I’m not sure how to approach the problem.

Self-conscious (adj): 1- nervous or uncomfortable because you are worried about what people think about you or your actions:
E.g.: He looked uncomfortable, like a self-conscious adolescent (= teenager).
E.g.: I always feel a bit self-conscious in a hat.
E.g.: Stop staring – you make me self-conscious.

Sentence (n/v): 1- a punishment given by a judge in court to a person or organization after they have been found guilty of doing something wrong:
E.g.: He got a heavy/light sentence (= he was severely/not severely punished).
E.g.: The offense carries a jail/prison/life/five-year sentence.
E.g.: He was sentenced to death.

Funeral (n): 1- a (usually religious) ceremony for burying or burning the body of a dead person.
E.g.: The funeral will be held next Friday.
E.g.: Over 300 people attended the funeral.

Obsequies (n): 1- things that are formally said and done at a funeral:
E.g.: A great number of people filled the church for the final obsequies.

Lamb (n): 1- 羊肉

Mandarin (n): 1- 普通话

Original – Edited

Approximately
Approximately 330 thousands of children will have a interview for their primary school.
Approximately 330,000 / three hundred and thirty thousand children will have an entrance interview for primary school.

Bunch
People always eat some bunch of sheepmeat from Sinkiang
People from Xingjiang always eat a bunch of lamb.

Condolence
We express our condolences to my aunt in her Father’s obsequies.
We expressed our condolences to my aunt in her father’s funeral.

Demo
I should make a demo of this new design as soon as possible.
I should make a demo of this new design as soon as possible.

Estimate
You need to employee a professIonal company to estimate a house that you want to buy.
You need to hire a professional company to estimate the value of house that you want to buy.

Figure
I think good father figure that children are feel proud in the future.
I think it’s important to give children a good father figure that can feel proud of in the future.

Gather
I gather a large amount of information from different way to prove that decision is terrible.
I gathered a large amount of information from different sources to prove that decision was terrible.

Heal
She always heal some small animals around her house.
She always takes small animals from the neighborhood and tries to take care of them and heal their diseases.

Increasingly
More increasingly practice is helpful for improve English speaking.
Practicing more is helpful for improving your English speaking ability. /
People are starting to study English at an increasingly young age. 

Jail
He was judged into the jail for a decade
He was sentenced to jail for a decade

Grammar

Larger winds. – Stronger winds.

What’s their meaning. – What they mean. 

Maybe I have a nervous. – Maybe I am / feel nervous

When I met some other foreign friends at everywhere. – When I meet some other foreign friends anywhere.

Pronunciation

Wind: /wɪnd/

Mixture: /ˈmɪks.tʃɚ/

Storage: /ˈstɔːr.ɪdʒ/

Approach: /ˈmɪks.tʃɚ/

Self-conscious

Funeral: /ˈfjuː.nɚ.əl/

Obsequies: /ˈɑb.sɪ.kwiz/