F2F Class Notes (Raph)
Homework
Write a paragraph using words you’ve learned in the last three lessons.
Vocabulary
Savory (adj): 1- Savory food is salty or spicy and not sweet in taste.
E.g.: A pie can be sweet or savory.
Worthless (adj): 1- not important, not useful or valuable.
E.g.: The company’s shares are now pretty much worthless.
Criticize (v): 1- to express disapproval of someone or something. (n: Criticism)
E.g.: The government is being widely criticized in the media for failing to limit air pollution.
Constructive (adj): 1- If advice, criticism, or actions are constructive, they are useful and intended to help or improve something.
E.g.: She criticized my writing, but in a way that was very constructive.
Destructive (adj): 1- causing, or able to cause, damage or negative effects.
E.g.: Lack of trust is very destructive in a relationship.
Contribute (v): 1- to give something, especially money, in order to provide or achieve something together with other people.
E.g.: Aren’t you going to contribute towards Jack’s present?
E.g.: All of those factors contributed to their decision.
Performer (n): 1- a person who entertains people by acting, singing, dancing, or playing music.
E.g.: He is a very famous performer.
Aware (adj): 1- knowing that something exists, or having knowledge or experience of a particular thing:
E.g.: I wasn’t even aware that he was ill.
Clown (n): 小丑
Circus (n): 马戏团
Mexico (n): 1- 墨西哥
Rice Dumpling (n): 粽子
Pronunciation
Exhausting: /ɪɡˈzɑː.stɪŋ/
Clown: /klaʊn/
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