F2F Class Notes (Raph)[S]

Vocabulary

Atheist (n): 1- a person who doesn’t believe in a god.
E.g.: China has the largest percentage of atheists in the world.

Empathy (n): 1- the ability to share someone else’s feelings or experiences by imagining what it would be like to be in that person’s situation.
E.g.: What the world needs is more empathy.
E.g.: She has always shown a lot of empathy towards other people.

Sympathy (n): 1- (an expression of) understanding and care for someone else’s suffering:
E.g.: The president has sent a message of sympathy to the relatives of the dead soldiers.
E.g.: I don’t have much sympathy for her – I think she’s brought her troubles on herself.

Religion (n): 1- 宗教

Original:

I have a best friend. Before we talk happily everyday. She is a lovely girl and I don’t know why these days we angry easily with each other. I want to show my good thing to her, and I know she didn’t want to angry with me, but these days we are no happy. We are familiar with each other.

Edited:

I have a best friend and she is a lovely girl. We used to talk happily everyday but, I don’t know why, these days we  are getting angry with each other quite easily. I want to show my friendship and love to her, and I know she doesn’t want to be angry with me, but these days we are not happy / unhappy. We are very familiar with each other and we love each other very much, so I’m sure everything will be okay. We just need to sit down and have a conversation.

Pronunciation

Basic: /ˈbeɪ.sɪk/

Modern: /ˈmɑː.dɚn/

Physics: ˈfɪz.ɪks/

College: /ˈkɑː.lɪdʒ/

Colleague: /ˈkɑː.liːɡ/

Laboratory: /ˈlæb.rə.tɔːr.i//ləˈbɒr.ə.tər.i/

Diamond: /ˈdaɪ.mənd/