F2F Class Notes (Raph)[S]

Vocabulary

Cookery (v): 1- the skill or activity of preparing and cooking food.
E.g.: I just bought a new cookery book by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver.

Patent (n): 1- the official legal right to make or sell an invention for a particular number of years.
E.g.: The company filed a patent on a genetically engineered tomato.

Intellectual property (n): 1- someone’s idea, invention, creation, etc., that can be protected by law from being copied by someone else.
E.g.: She works in intellectual property law.

Commission (n): 1-  a payment to someone who sells goods that is directly related to the amount sold, or a system that uses such payments.
E.g.: Is she paid a regular wage or is it on commission only?
E.g.: She gets a 15 percent commission on every machine she sells.

Endurance (n): 1- the ability to keep doing something difficult, unpleasant, or painful for a long time.
E.g.: Running a marathon is a test of human endurance.
E.g.: The pain was bad beyond endurance.

Grammar

I don’t like this job because it needs to work until late everyday. – I don’t like this job because I would need to work late everyday. 

I’m preparing for it right now, reading books. – I’m reading books to prepare for it right now.

Original:

I think is really so important to stay health, so we need to do some sports everyday. So I persist in rope skipping every night. When I started to do this sports, it was very hard, I didn’t have good long capacity, so when I jumped for a long time, I feel it’s hard to breathe. But after doing this for a certain time, I can jumped easily every time I can jump at least one thousand times. It’s not only to help to stay health, but also to help me to lose weight.

Edited:

I think it is really important to stay healthy and that doing some sports everyday is a good way to do that, so I try me best to jump rope every night. When I started doing this sports, it was very hard and I didn’t have a lot of endurance, so when I jumped for a long time it was hard for me to breathe. Now, after doing this for a certain time, I  easily jump at least one thousand times every time. I do it  not only to help me  stay healthy, but also to help me lose weight.

Pronunciation

Figure: /ˈfɪɡ.jɚ/

Yesterday: /ˈjes.tɚ.dekɪ/

Patent: /ˈpæt.ənt/

Commission: /kəˈmɪʃ.ən/

Persist: /pɚˈsɪst/

Capacity: /kəˈpæs.ə.t̬i/

Endurance: /ɪnˈdʊr.əns/