F2F Class Notes (Sonia)

Speaking exercise

when i’m not in school i like to go to exhibitions. Some paintings and some art stuff. I saw an exhibition by lishan and it was something about art and animals and plants. HEThey took them put out and take apart of them to then put them together. I feel it is a new type of the art.

Vocabulary

exhibition(n): zanlan

e.g I went to Lishan’s exhibition

plant(n): zhiwu

e.g I put many plants in my garden

sculpture(n): 雕塑the art of forming solid objects that represent a thing, person, idea, etc. out of a material such as wood, clay, metal, or stone, or an object made in this way

e.g Next year I will have sculpture classes

instillation art(n): 装置艺术a form of modern sculpture where the artist uses sound, movement, or space as well as objects in order to make an often temporary work of art

e.g there are many instillations in the ground by Lishan

fashion(n)

e.g Fashion is up to your opinion

fashionable (adj)

e.g there were many shows and the people wore very fashionable clothes.

vampire: xixuegui a monster that looks like a human but is dead and drinks blood

e.g a vampire family were in a school and one of them fell in love with a human girl

Pronunciation

exhibition: ek.sɪˈbɪʃ.

Grammar

i went here by ten minutes: I got here in 10 minutes///it took 10 minutes to get here