F2F Class Notes (Raph)[S]

Vocabulary

Migraine (n): 1- severe continuous pain in the head, often with vomiting and difficulty in seeing.
E.g.: Do you suffer from migraines?
E.g.: Considering the amount of stress she’s under, it’s not surprising she keeps getting migraines.

Concession (n): 1- something that is allowed or given up, often in order to end a disagreement, or the act of allowing or giving this. 2- the act of admitting defeat.
E.g.: Both sides involved in the conflict made some concessions in yesterday’s talks.
E.g.: ​The former president’s concession came even before all the votes had been counted.

Trivial (adj): 1- having little value or importance.
E.g.: I don’t know why he gets so upset about something so trivial.
E.g.: Sexual harassment in the workplace is not a trivial matter.

Trick (n): 1- an action that is intended to deceive, either as a way of cheating someone, or as a joke or form of entertainment.
E.g.: She played a really nasty trick on me – she put syrup in my shampoo bottle!
E.g.: My niece was showing me all the tricks that she’s learned to do with her new magic set.

Pigment (n): 1- a substance that gives something a particular colour when it is present in it or is added to it:
E.g.: Melanin is the dark brown pigment of the hair, skin, and eyes that is present in varying amounts in every human being.

Original:

Two weeks ago my roommate in college and I hung out on a Saturday. We watched a movie and went shopping, then we took a taxi to Middle Huaihai Road. After discussed what we wanted to eat, we got off the car and went to the shopping mall. Before we entered into the restaurant, I suddenly found out that I lost my phone and I told my roommate and she was as anxious as I was. Then we run to the street, try to find a taxi, but it the taxi left already and we couldn’t remember which company this taxi belong. Then we try to call every taxi company to see if we can catch the number of the car and see if we can get my phone back. Then the girl from service told us we could go to the nearest metro station to sweep our transportation card to get the details of the taxi, so we took another taxi and on the way to the station I thought why wouldn’t I call my phone first and fortunately the passenger picked it up and told us she would returned the phone to me. But she was on the way to home, so maybe she can ask the driver to send it back. My roommate and I didn’t think it was a great idea to trust a stranger driver, so we asked the girl where she lived and we went there. Finally I found it back.

Edited:

Two weeks ago my roommate from college and I hung out on a Saturday. We watched a movie, went shopping, and then took a taxi to Middle Huaihai Road. After we discussed what we wanted to eat, we got off the car and went to the shopping mall. Before we entered the restaurant, I suddenly realized that I had lost my phone. When I told my roommate, she was as anxious as I was, so we ran back to the street and tried to find the taxi, but it had already left. We couldn’t remember which company it belonged to, so we tried to call every taxi company to see if we could find out the number of the car and get my phone back. The girl from the customer service told us we could go to the nearest metro station to swipe our transportation card to get the details of the taxi. We took another taxi and on the way to the station I thought it would be a good idea to simply call my phone first. Fortunately a passenger picked up and told us she would return the phone to me, but since she was on her way home, maybe she could ask the driver to do that. My roommate and I didn’t think it was a great idea to trust a driver we didn’t know, so we asked the girl where she lived and went there. Finally I got it back.

New Suntan Drug Could Prevent Skin Cancer
(Source: breakingnewsenglish.com/1706/170617-suntan.html)

Scientists have developed a drug that can copy the effects of sunlight. The new drug tricks the skin into making it darker and giving us a suntan. The drug makes our body produce more of a natural pigment found in our skin called melanin. A pigment is something in our body that colours our skin. Plants also have pigments that give them different colours. The scientists are from the Massachusetts General Hospital in the USA. They say their new drug could have many benefits for our health. The biggest benefits could be to prevent skin cancer and perhaps even slow down how old people look. Too much sunlight and getting suntans can give us skin cancer, make our skin look old and give us many wrinkles.

Scientists say the drug can safely give people suntans because there are no damaging UV rays. When people are out in the sun, UV rays slowly burn our skin and damage it. The rays make lighter-skinned people turn red, unless those people use sunblock or cover their skin. The drug makes the body produce more dark melanin, which makes our skin look tanned. Melanin is the body’s natural sunblock. Researcher Dr David Fisher said the drug could help fight skin cancer – the most common type of cancer. He said the drug could make our body produce more melanin. This could protect the skin from UV radiation and cancer. He said: “Dark pigment is associated with a lower risk of all forms of skin cancer.”

Pronunciation

Took: /tʊk/

Natural: /ˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl/

Pigment: /ˈpɪɡ.mənt/