F2F Class Notes (Raph)[S]

Vocabulary

Elaborate (adj): 1- complex; containing a lot of careful detail or many detailed parts.
E.g.: You want a plain blouse to go with that skirt – nothing too elaborate.
E.g.: They’re making the most elaborate preparations for the wedding.
E.g.: He came out with such an elaborate excuse that I didn’t quite believe him.

Therapeutic (adj): 1- causing someone to feel happier and more relaxed or to be more healthy:
E.g.: I find gardening very therapeutic.

Abstract (adj): 1-  used to refer to a type of painting, drawing, or sculpture that uses shapes, lines, and colour in a way that does not try to represent the appearance of people or things.
E.g.: His paintings are mostly abstract, which is something I don’t really like.

Original:

Today we have a special guest we call him Napoleon. He is a dog with three legs. He was adopted by my boss friend Lucy , it is second time for him come to our office, because our office cat was left, my boss thought he would bring love to me, because my office cat was left and this dog would bring love to me. I don’t know which type of dog. He is very gentle, a little bit quiet, he love Jeff very much. When my boss introduce him to us he’s a little bit shy, looks like a little bit nervous to us. Most time of today he stay with our boss and he were picked up by his mother around 6.

Recently more and more people want to adopt enabled pets. That’s very good for no need to buy the fancy dog, we need to give lots of love to this enable pet. That is a love bridge between humans and animals, make our society getting better and better.

Edited:

Today we had a special guest at the office. We call him Napoleon and he is a three-legged dog. He was adopted by my boss‘ friend Lucy, and this was his second time at our office.  Our office cat just left, so my boss thought he would bring us some love. I don’t know his breed, but he is very gentle, a little bit quiet and loves my boss Jeff very much. When my boss introduced him to us he was a little bit shy, and looked little nervous. He spent most of the time today with our boss and was picked up by his owner around 6.

Recently more and more people want to adopt disabled pets. That’s very good, because that means we don’t need to buy expensive pets, and also that we get to give these disabled pets lots of love. That is a love bridge between humans and animals, which makes our society better and better.

Grammar

Let me have a think. – Let me think.

Pronunciation

Belgium: /ˈbel.dʒəm/

Napoleon: /nəˈpoʊliən/

Pear: /per/

Quite: /kwaɪt/

Quiet: /ˈkwaɪ.ət/

Elaborate: /iˈlæb.ɚ.ət/

Therapeutic: /ˌθer.əˈpjuː.t̬ɪk/