F2F Class Notes (Raph)[W]

Vocabulary

Semester (n): 1- a period of six months or half a school year.
E.g.: I had a lot of work to do at the end of this semester.
E.g.: She’s on the last semester of college.

Cork (n): 1- 软木

Panda (n): 1- 熊猫

Original:

Winter Solstice Festival

When I was staying with family we ate dumping in the winter solstice festival , since I have worked for Shanghai in 5 years ago I didn’t back home with them, I tried to with my friends past this festival.
The winter solstice festival is the important traditional festival of 24th solar terms. People eat dumping to celebrate it in north of China, southerners eat sweet soup balls to celebrate it.
I asked my mum about this festival, she told me when the festival coming means this year will be ending,the spring festival will be coming neither, we will get older.
About the festival story, she told me,long time ago, a doctor was working for government before, when he quit it on his way back hometown, he saw some people ears was chilblain and hungry by the road.
He wanted to help them get foods and cured them, he cooked mutton soup with traditional Chinese medicine and looks ears food (we called dumping now) for them.

Edited:

Winter Solstice Festival

The Winter Solstice Festival is an important traditional celebration of the 24th solar term. People eat dumplings to celebrate it in northern China, while southerners eat sweet meatball soup.

When I lived with my family, we ate dumplings during that festival, but since I’ve been working in Shanghai for the past 5 years and I haven’t been back home to celebrate with them, I try to do it with my friends instead.
I asked my mum about this festival, and she told me it marks the end of the year, and means that the Spring Festival is coming, and we will get older. When it comes to the story behind this festival, she told me that a long time ago, a doctor who worked for the government quit his job and was on his way back hometown, when he saw some poor, hungry people by the road with chilblain on their ears.
He wanted to help them by  feeding and curing them, so he cooked mutton soup with traditional Chinese medicine and, and the food looked like ears. We now call them dumplings.

Grammar

Your sister is get married? – Is your sister married?

I should to review it first. – I should review it first. / I should have reviewed it first. 

Pronunciation

Soup: /suːp/

Soap: /soʊp/

southerner: /ˈsʌð.ɚ.nɚ/

Cure: /kjʊr/

Semester: /səˈmes.tɚ/

Cable: /ˈkeɪ.bəl/

Wire: /waɪr/

Stress: /stres/

Plug: /plʌɡ/

Drain: /dreɪn/

Bottle: /ˈbɑː.t̬əl/

Solstice: /ˈsɑːl.stɪs/