F2F Class Notes (Raph)[S]

Vocabulary

Dumb (adj): 1- stupid.
E.g.: Are they brave or just dumb?

Import (v): 1- to buy or bring in products from another country. (adj: Imported)
E.g.: We import a large number of cars from Japan.

Racism (n): 1- the belief that people’s qualities are influenced by their race and that the members of other races are not as good as the members of your own, or the resulting unfair treatment of members of other races. (adj: Racist)
E.g.: The authorities are taking steps to fight racism in schools.

Rip off (n/v): 1- something that is not worth what you pay for it. 2- to cheat someone by making them pay too much money for something.
E.g.: $300 for that shirt? – That’s a complete rip-off.
E.g.: Bob’s tickets cost much less than ours – I think we’ve been ripped off.

Knowledge (n): 1- understanding of or information about a subject that you get by experience or study, either known by one person or by people generally.
E.g.: Her knowledge of English grammar is very extensive.
E.g.: He has a limited knowledge of French.
E.g.: The details of the scandal are now common knowledge (= familiar to most people).
E.g.: She started to photograph the documents, safe in the knowledge that (= knowing that) she wouldn’t be disturbed for at least an hour.
E.g.: In this town there are only a couple of restaurants that to my knowledge (= judging from my personal experience and information) serve good food.

Grammar

I’m very envy. – I’m very envious.

We have a kidding. – We have a joke.

Pronunciation

Ceiling: /ˈsiː.lɪŋ/

Aesthetic: /esˈθet̬.ɪk/

Yesterday: /ˈjes.tɚ.deɪ/

Original:

Yesterday I went to Tongji University with my friend. I was very excited, so that I would cry. I had graduated from school for more than one year, so I was very admired to come back to school. I like the atmosphere at university. It was free and flexible. When I saw students there, they were very happy to talk to each other and some students were free to enjoy reading under the tree. I was very envious about them. My friend and I walked around the university and took photographs. The buildings were very old and the trees are very tall. We visited his library and take a knowledge about their history. It had a long history for 110 years.

Edited:

Yesterday I went to Tongji University with my friend. I was so excited, that I wanted to cry. I have graduated from school over one year ago, so I was very delighted to go back. I liked the atmosphere at the university, because it was free and flexible. The students there were talking to each other very happily and some of them were enjoying some reading under the trees. I was very envious of them. My friend and I walked around the university and took photographs. The buildings were very old and the trees were very tall. We visited the library and found out more information about their 110-year-long history .