F2F Class Notes (Raph)[R]

Vocabulary

Dub (v): 1- to give something or someone a particular name, especially describing what you think of it, him, or her:
E.g.: She was dubbed by the newspapers “the Angel of Death”.

Remote (adj): 1- far away in distance or time, or not closely related.
E.g.: It happened in the remote past, so no one worries about it any more.
E.g.: They take little interest in a conflict far from their homes and remote from their everyday problems.

Inaugural (adj): 1- An inaugural event is the first in a series of planned events.
E.g.: The inaugural meeting of the new political party happened last Saturday.
E.g.: The Titanic sank during its inaugural trip.

Inhabitant (n): 1- a person or animal that lives in a particular place:
E.g.: The Aborigines are the native inhabitants of Australia.
E.g.: The city of Ely has about 10,000 inhabitants.
E.g.: Many of the immigrants have intermarried with the island’s original inhabitants.

Beset (adj): 1- having a lot of trouble with something, or having to deal with a lot of something that causes problems:
E.g.: With the amount of traffic nowadays, even a trip across town is beset by/with dangers.

Come Vs Go

The common verbs come and go are often confusing. One reason this happens is that come and go have the same basic meaning, but are used for different directions.

Come is used to show movement toward or in the direction of the speaker or the person being spoken to:

• My cousin is coming to see me next week.
• Are you coming to my party?
• May I come to your party, too?
• That man’s coming toward us. Who is he?
• Dr. Jones is in a meeting at 11:00. Can you come for your appointment at 11:30?

Go is used to show movement away from the speaker or the person being spoken to:

• I’m going to see my cousin next week.
• Are you going to Bill’s party?
• That man’s going toward your car. Who is he?
• I need to go to the bank this afternoon.
• Ginny wants to go to Bora Bora on her vacation.

World’s ‘Most Useless’ Airport Opens
(Source: www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1710/171017-airports.html)

The first scheduled commercial airplane has landed on the remote British island of St Helena in the middle of the South Atlantic. The SA Airlink service from South Africa touched down at Saint Helena Airport on Saturday with 68 passengers on board. One passenger, Libby Weir-Breen, a British travel operator, had flown from Scotland especially to be on the flight. She said: “I’ve never felt so emotional in all my life. I never thought I’d see this day.” The inaugural flight marks a new era of accessibility for the island, which is 1,900 km west of the African nation of Angola. Previously, the only way of getting to Saint Helena was by a ship that sailed once every three weeks from Cape Town, South Africa.

Despite the positive social and economic effects the airport will have for the island and its tourism, the British media have dubbed it as “the most useless airport in the world”. The airport was built with $380m of British taxpayers’ money. That’s $80,000 for each of the island’s inhabitants. It was beset with delays and was due to open in 2016, but dangerous wind conditions delayed the launch. The Governor of Saint Helena, Lisa Phillips, dismissed the criticism. She said: “I’ve seen the headlines about the world’s most useless airport, but for St Helena, this has already been the most useful airport. It’s priceless.” She added: “I for one am getting really excited about the new chapter in St Helena’s history.”

Pronunciation

Commercial: /kəˈmɝː.ʃəl/

Accessibility: /ækˈses·əˈbɪl·ɪ·t̬i/

Inhabitant: /ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tənt/

Inaugural: /ɪˈnɑː.ɡjə.rəl/