F2F Class Notes (Raph)[W]

Vocabulary

Rush hour (n): 1- the busy part of the day when towns and cities are crowded, either in the morning when people are traveling to work, or in the evening when people are traveling home.
E.g.: I don’t like taking the subway during the rush hour.

Purpose (n): 1- why you do something or why something exists.
E.g.: The purpose of the research is to try to find out more about the causes of the disease.

On purpose (adv): 1- If you do something on purpose, you do it intentionally, not by accident. (= Purposely)
E.g.: I didn’t do it on purpose – it was an accident.
E.g.: I purposely avoid making train journeys during the rush hour.

Propose (v): 1- to offer or suggest a possible plan or action for other people to consider. 2- to ask someone to marry you.
E.g.: He proposed a new plan to deal with the problem.
E.g.: I remember the night your father proposed to me.

Region (n): 1- a particular area or part of the world, or any of the large official areas into which a country is divided.
E.g.: He comes from the Northern region of China.

Grammar

I need some encourage. – I need some encouragement.

We invited our parents to discussion. – We invited our parents to discuss it.

Pronunciation

Incentive: /ɪnˈsen.t̬ɪv/

Pressure: /ˈpreʃ.ɚ/

Wedding: /ˈwed.ɪŋ/

Culture: /ˈkʌl.tʃɚ/

Chinese tea has a long history, people who had try to make and taste it before more than 2000 years in Han dynasty. We also have a variety of the tea which is totally different, and also have different tea culture, for example, Longjing and Dahongpao, they are both produce in the southern area of the Changjiang, but they are different completely, including of the shape, smell, color, and flavor. In China, we have some big groups who sale different kinds of Chinese tea.
China also exported the tea culture to neighboring countries, but most of the them didn’t remained it very well, except the Japan.

Chinese tea has a long history, and people have tried to make and taste it for more than 2000 years, since the Han dynasty. We also have a variety of the types of tea which are totally different from one another, and different tea culture, depending on the region. For example, Longjing and Dahongpao teas are both produced in the southern area of Changjiang, but they are completely different in shape, smell, color, and flavor. In China, we have some big groups who sell different kinds of Chinese tea. China has also exported the tea culture to neighboring countries, but most of the them didn’t keep it very well, except for Japan.