F2F Class Notes (Raph)[W][R]

Vocabulary

Hoax (n): 1- a plan to deceive someone, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there is not one, or a trick:
E.g.: The bomb threat turned out to be a hoax.
E.g.: He’d made a hoax call claiming to be the president

Raid (n): 1- an occasion when the police enter a place suddenly in order to find someone or something:
E.g.: The drugs were found during a police raid on the house.

Defiance (n): 1-  behavior in which you refuse to obey someone or something. (v: Defy)
E.g.: The demonstration is a pointless act of defiance against the government.

Perverse (adj): 1- strange and not what most people would expect or enjoy:
E.g.: Jack was being perverse and refusing to agree with anything we said.
E.g.: She took a perverse pleasure in hearing that her sister was getting divorced.

Toddler (n): 1- a young child, especially one who is learning or has recently learned to walk.
E.g.: Toddlers with guns kill twice as many Americans as terrorism every year.

Lawnmower (n): 1- 割草机

Original:

My best friend and I have known each other for 24 years. We were classmates from kindergarten to high school. Then she went to Xiamen and I came to Shanghai to start university. After four years of study, she went to Hong Kong for a master and I went to Germany.

It seems like we lived further and further from each other. But we never felt that could be a problem for us. Thanks to the developed internet, except every year twice seeing each other during the National Day and Chinese New Year, we can also contact with each other through Wechat. Via Wechat we shared the funny and sad things happened in our lives, asked another for advices regarding career or life, and encourage each other to achieve aims. We also shared a lot of important moment with each other. For example, I was the bridesmaid of her wedding and I was so happy to be there for her big day.

The real friendship will never be affected by the geographical distance between two people. The friendship can last forever, provided that they try to understand each other and stand by another’s side whenever she or he needs.

Edited:

My best friend and I have known each other for 24 years. We were classmates from kindergarten to high school, and then she went to Xiamen and I came to Shanghai to start university. After four years of study, she went to Hong Kong for a master’s and I went to Germany.

It seems like we’ve been getting further and further away from each other. But we never felt that could be a problem for us. Thanks to the development of the internet, in addition to seeing each other twice a year, during the National Day and Chinese New Year, we can also contact each other through WeChat. Via WeChat we share the funny and sad things that happen in our lives, ask for advice regarding career or personal life, and encourage each other to achieve our goals. We also have shared a lot of important moments. For example, I was the bridesmaid at her wedding and I was so happy to be there for her big day.

Real friendships will never be affected by the geographical distance between two people. They can last forever, provided that people try to understand each other and stand by the other’s side whenever she or he needs.

London Bridge Attacks 
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At 10 p.m. on Saturday June 4th, police in London heard reports of a van hitting several people on London Bridge. The van then drove towards a market, where the terrorists left the vehicle and started stabbing people. Eight minutes after the attack began, policemen shot the suspects dead. The suspects were wearing what looked like explosive vests, but these were later established to be hoaxes.

Seven people died in the attacks and many more were injured. Theresa May, Britain’s Prime Minister, later reacted to the attack saying that enough was enough and that taking on extremism and terrorism needed to change. On Sunday morning, police raided flats in East London and arrested 12 people.

On Monday, people of all faiths came together in a vigil to honour victims of the London Bridge attack. Senior police officers and politicians laid flowers and paid their respects. London mayor Sadiq Khan led the vigil in defiance that London will never be broken by terrorism because unity and love for one another are always stronger than the hate of the extremists. He added that the attackers’ perverse ideology had nothing to do with the true values of Islam.

One attendee described how affected she was by the attack, as the people were not of a mere statistic. They were people who used to walk just like her.

Pronunciation

Aisle: /aɪl/

Hoax: /hoʊks/

Toddler: /ˈtɑːd.lɚ/