F2F Class Notes (Raph)[S]

Vocabulary

Interested (adj): 1- wanting to give your attention to something and discover more about it:
E.g.: He didn’t seem very interested in what I was saying.
E.g.: She’s at that age where she’s starting to get interested in boys.
E.g.: I’d be interested to hear more about your work.

Photography (n): 1- the activity or job of taking photographs or filming:
E.g.: She’s taking an evening class in photography.
E.g.: The film won an award for its photography.

Current (adj): 1-  of the present time.
E.g.: Have you seen the current issue of (= the most recently published) Vogue magazine?
E.g.: The word is no longer in current use.
E.g.: I didn’t like my previous job, but my current one is great.

Beverage (n): 1- a drink of any type.
E.g.: Hot beverages include tea, coffee, and hot chocolate.
E.g.: We do not sell alcoholic beverages.

F&B = Food & Beverage

Original:

After ten days is Chinese New Year. I will go back my hometown. Two weeks ago I forgot to buy tickets. I thought I couldn’t go home, and I planned something to do in these days. Yesterday I have a best friend, she help me buy a tickets from web. Now I don’t sure whether I will go home or stay in Shanghai to continue my plan. But most of my friends will go home, I think I will also go home. If I go home I will eat many delicious foods, and I can meet with my many friends.

Edited:

In ten days / Ten days from now is Chinese New Year, and I planned to go back to my hometown. I was supposed to get the tickets two weeks ago, but I forgot, so I thought I wouldn’t be able to go home, and planned something to do here during those days. Yesterday my best friend helped me look for tickets online / from the web, but we didn’t find any. Now I‘m not sure whether I will go home or stay in Shanghai and do the other things I planned. But most of my friends will go home, so I wish I could also go. If I manage to do it, I will eat a lot of delicious food, and meet with my friends.

Grammar

I haven’t a story. – I don’t have / I haven’t prepared a story. 

When I graduate university I work a company about food. – When I graduated from university I went to work for a food company / a company in the Food & Beverage industry.

In my company now I need to take photos about some paint and art. – In my current company, I need to take photos of paintings and other artworks.

Pronunciation

Oxygen: /ˈɑːk.sɪ.dʒən/

Carbon Dioxide: /ˌkɑːr.bən daɪˈɑːk.saɪd/

Photograph: /ˈfoʊ.t̬oʊ.ɡræf/

Photography: /fəˈtɑː.ɡrə.fɚ/

Photographer: /fəˈtɑː.ɡrə.fi/

Current: /ˈkɝː.ənt/

Sure: /ʃʊr/