F2F Class Notes (Vicki)

A: Tell me about your favorite Chinese holiday

My favorite Chinese festival is Spring Festival. I don’t have some special reasons. Only because I can get “red pocket hongbao“ during on this festival.

During their Spring Festival, they will reunite with their families.

Vocabulary

publish – put sth in words publicly

announce – verbally say sth public

red pocket – hong bao

set off fireworks – fang yan hua

district – qu yu

holiday taste – nian wei

countryside – jiao qu

atmosphere – fen wei
i.e. The atmosphere in here is very lively.

environment – huan jing
i.e. We need to protect the environment.

lively – re nao / makes people feel warm and comfortable

jealous – xian mu

reunite – tuan ju
i.e. I want to be reunited with my family during Spring Festival.

unite – to come together (ning ju)
i.e. We need to unite together to fight the enemy.

enemy (n.) – di ren / bad guy

activity – huo dong

be responsible for – fu ze

administration – xing zheng
i.e. She works in administration.

administrator – xing zheng ren yuan
i.e. She is an administrator.

dress up – zhuang ban

sticker – tie zhi

grab – zhua zhu

sleeve – xiu zi

scream – jian jiao

benefit – fu li

insurance – bao xian

improve – ti gao

upgrade – sheng ji

skill – neng li