F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Vocabulary

show my admiration (N.)

hit the mark = reach the goal

eg: They hit the mark of a million dollars in donations.

dehydrate – to remove the water from something

eg: What does dehydrate mean?

eg: They dehydrate the seeds to store them for longer times.

Have to do with – it is related or affects something, to be connected or associated with

eg: What does eating lunch have to do with your new job?

eg: What does that have to do with me? (It’s not my business, is it?)

eg: Your lack of confidence probably had a lot to do with your not getting the job. (Uncommon sentence structure)

Olivia: My best friend married with a rich young and handsome boy.

Olivia’s BF: What does that have to do with me?

Olivia: You have to work harder than before.

Grammar

If you were not gonna do it, then you would not care?

If I was not gonna wash my hair, then I would care if it got wet.

it’s easy for boys because their hair is easy to wash.

How do they store them?

They bury the seeds in an icy mountain.

When do they plan to start storing seeds in the vault? (they haven’t started yet)

They have started to store seeds in the vault already. It was started ten years ago.

When was the last time they added a new species to the vault?

The article doesn’t mention the actual time. But the latest delivery of seeds have been included cereal staples and seeds like onion potato, and a groundnut.