F2F Class Notes (Raph)[W]

Homework

Go to www.breakingnewsenglish.com, pick an article, read it carefully and write a paragraph about it. Write down ay words you don’t know, so you can discuss them with your teacher on your next class.

Vocabulary

Outdoor (adj): 1- existing, happening, or done outside, rather than inside a building.
E.g.: There’s an outdoor swimming pool in the building.
E.g.: He just bought a new set of outdoor furniture, with a table and 4 chairs.

Pile (n): 1- objects positioned one on top of another. 2-
E.g.: There was a pile of books on the desk.

Survival (n): 1- he fact of a person, organization, etc. continuing to live or exist. (v: Survive)
E.g.: The doctors told my wife I had a 50/50 (=50%) chance of survival.
E.g.: The baby was born with a heart problem and only survived for a few hours.

Blanket (n): 1-

Rug / Carpet (n): 1- 地毯

Grammar

She always sleep on my beside. – She always sleeps next to me. 

Writing exercise

Original:

Painting furnitures

I got early and went to rented a new apartment to change furniture’s color.

Because I didn’t like the old color, the landlord told me ” If you don’t use them, so you can throw them away, I don’t mind “such a good landlord, So I thought I can change which color I liked. I decided to change the red color in furniture. Actually I couldn’t handle it better, it was my first time to do it, my friends told me,  I should brush two times, I did the oil paint everywhere, I need a straggler people help me.

Edited:

Painting furniture

Today I got up early and went to my new apartment to change the color of the furniture. I didn’t like the old color, so the landlord told me “if you don’t use them, you can throw them away, I don’t mind.” He is such a good landlord, so I thought I could just change the furniture into a color I like. I decided to paint it red. My friends told me I would need two coats of paint. Actually I couldn’t handle it very wellbecause it was my first time doing it, so I got oil paint everywhere! I struggled a lot, so I need people to help me.

Pronunciation

Furniture: /ˈfɝː.nɪ.tʃɚ/

Hide: /haɪd/

Hid: /hɪd/

Pile: /paɪl/

Ground: /ɡraʊnd/

Sound: /saʊnd/

Found: /faʊnd/

Brown: /braʊn/

Survival:/sɚˈvaɪ.vəl/

Survive: /sɚˈvaɪv/

Lake: /leɪk/

Suddenly: /ˈsʌd.ən.li/