F2F Class Notes (Raph)[S]

Vocabulary

Stereotype (n): 1- a set idea that people have about what someone or something is like, especially an idea that is wrong.
E.g.: racial/sexual stereotypes
E.g.: He doesn’t conform to/fit/fill the national stereotype of a Frenchman.
E.g.: The characters in the book are just stereotypes.

Arrogant (adj): 1- unpleasantly proud and behaving as if you are more important than, or know more than, other people.
E.g.: I found him arrogant and rude.

Instead (adv): 1- in place of someone or something else.
E.g.: There’s no coffee – would you like a cup of tea instead?
E.g.: I’m going to drop yoga and do aerobics instead.

Original:

There is an embarrassing thing happened on the way to the class. Because today I changed my coat and my bag, so I forget my transportation card, and then I find I even forget to bring cash, then I tried to download an app to instead of cash, but system notices always jumped out and says unable to download this time, so I failed. Finally I had to ATM machine to get money, but I can’t use 100 rmb to buy a ticket through the automatic machine, so I need change into two 50 and buy the ticket from the automatic machine.

Edited:

Something embarrassing happened to me on the way here. Today I changed my coat and my bag, and when I got to the metro station I found out that I had forgotten my transportation card, and cash. Then I tried to download an app to use instead of cash, but system notices kept popping up saying “unable to download at this time”, so I failed. Finally I had to go to the ATM to get money, but as I couldn’t use 100 rmb bills to buy a ticket from the ticket machine, I had to change it into two 50 rmb bills before I was able to do it.

Grammar

I’m not hurry. – I’m not in a hurry.

Pronunciation

Fail: /feɪl/

Keep: /kiːp/

Kept: /kept/

Slimy: /ˈslaɪ.mi/

Sell: /sel/

Sale: /seɪl/

Salesman: /ˈseɪlz.mən/

Northerner: /ˈnɔːr.ðɚ.nɚ/

Stereotype: /ˈster.i.ə.taɪp/

South: /saʊθ/

Chauvinism: /ˈʃoʊ.və.nɪ.zəm/