F2F Class Notes (Raph)[S]

Vocabulary

Firecracker (n): 1- a firework that makes a loud noise when it explodes
E.g.: During Chinese New Year, people usually play with fireworks and firecrackers.

Q: How was your day / week / holiday / weekend / party
A: It was ______.
E.g.: good / great / awesome / amazing / so, so / not too bad / not so good / boring / bad / terrible / etc.

Q: How is your day / week / holiday / weekend / party
A: It is ______.
E.g.: good / great / awesome / amazing / so, so / not too bad / not so good / boring / bad / terrible / etc.

Original:

In the holiday we play card with my family and sing a song at my cousin’s home. At night we played with firecrackers after dinner. My cousin’s parents cooked food with dinner. And we watched TV together. Eat too much food. I think I will fat, so I feel unhappy. I like to eat sweet dumpling,

Edited:

During the holiday I played cards and sang songs with my family at my cousin’s home. At night my cousin’s parents / my aunt and uncle cooked dinner. I like the sweet dumplings they made, but I ate too much, so I think I will get fat, which makes me feel unhappy. After dinner we played with firecrackers and watched TV together.

Grammar

A lot of coworker didn’t back. – A lot of my coworkers are not back yet. 

This weekend they come back. – They will come back this weekend.

In the holiday I eat too much. – I ate too much during the holiday.

In this time always raining I don’t have sports. – Because it’s been raining all the time, I haven’t practiced / done any sports lately.

When I make sports I feel happy and relax. – When I do / practice sports I feel happy and relaxed.

Pronunciation

Polite: /pəˈlaɪt/

Props: /ˈprɑps/

Registration: /ˌredʒ.əˈstreɪ.ʃən/

Run: /rʌn/

Rain: /reɪn/

Tired: /taɪrd/

Firecracker: /ˈfaɪrˌkræk.ɚ/

At: /æt/

Ate: /eɪt/