Group Class Notes (Vocabulary – Raph)

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Substitute Teacher

Ms. Smith is a great teacher. She makes Math easy, and also teaches her students how to be nice people. Ms. Smith feels sick one day, so another teacher substitutes. Mr. Johnson teaches the class instead, but he is a bad teacher. He makes math confusing and also yells at the students a lot. The students want Ms. Smith to come back.

Upgraded:

Substitute / Replacement / Alternative  Teacher / Coach / Trainer / Professor / Lecturer / Mentor

Ms./Miss Smith is a great / wonderful / amazing / nice / excellent / tremendous/perfect teacher. She makes Math / Maths / Mathematics easy / simple / clear / effortless / stress-free, and also / as well as / additionally / in addition to that / what’s more / moreover teaches / coaches / lectures / instructs / tutors / educates her students / schoolboys / schoolgirls/ pupils / learners / children / kids how / a way to be nice / kind / good /  people / humans / human beings. Ms. Smith feels /thinks / seems  sick / ill / nauseous one day, so another / a different / other teacher substitutes / replaces / fills in. Mr. Johnson teaches the class / lesson / curriculum / lecture  instead / in her place / as a replacement, but / however / unfortunately he is a bad / not good / terrible / horrible / awful teacher. He makes Math confusing / difficult / complicated / unintelligible  and also yells / shouts / screams at the students a lot / frequently / many times / all the time. The students want / wish / hope / would like / desire Ms. Smith to come back / return.

Vocabulary

Lecture (n): 1- a formal talk on a serious subject given to a group of people, especially students:
E.g.: We went to a lecture on Italian art.
E.g.: Who’s giving the lecture this afternoon?

Lecturer (n): 1-  someone who teaches at a college or university:
E.g.: He’s a senior lecturer at Fudan University
E.g.: My cousin is a lecturer in business management.
E.g.: He is the most wonderful lecturer I have ever had.

Tremendous (adj): 1- very great in amount or level, or extremely good:
E.g.: They were making a tremendous amount of noise last night.
E.g.: She’s been a tremendous (= very great) help to me over the last few months.
E.g.: You won? That’s tremendous!
E.g.: I wanna be a tremendous dancer.
E.g.: Raph gave us a tremendous class yesterday.

Effortless (adj): 1- seeming not to need any effort.
E.g.: When you watch her dance it looks so effortless.
E.g.: Meryl Streep’s performance in the movie was absolutely effortless.
E.g.: Some things look effortless, but you need lots of practice in order to reach that level.

Stress (n): 1- great worry caused by a difficult situation, or something that causes this condition:
E.g.: People under a lot of stress may experience headaches, minor pains, and sleeping difficulties.
E.g.: Yoga is a very effective technique for fighting stress.
E.g.: I’m always under a lot of stress at work.

Combat (v): 1- to fight or try to stop something unpleasant or harmful from happening or increasing:
E.g.: to combat crime/terrorism/inflation/disease
E.g.: The government is spending millions of dollars in its attempt to combat drug abuse.
E.g.: I have to combat this constant desire to eat chocolate.
E.g.: The Chinese government is working hard to combat air pollution

Being (n): 1- a person or thing that exists.
E.g.: A nuclear war would kill millions of living beings.
E.g.: Strange beings from outer space are still a popular subject for sci-fi movies.

E.g.: There are countless amazing beings living in the sea.

Human being (n): 1- a person
E.g.: There are over seven billion human beings on Earth.
E.g.: Human beings are destroying the planet.
E.g.: Humans are one of the main causes of global warming.

Ill (adj): 1- not feeling well, or suffering from a disease:
E.g.: I felt ill so I went home.
E.g.: Sophia fell ill (= became ill) while on holiday.
E.g.: When I got to the office yesterday I was feeling ill.

Nauseous (adj): 1- feeling as if you might vomit.
E.g.: Roller coasters make me feel nauseous.
E.g.: He drank a lot of alcohol, so he felt nauseous.

Unintelligible  (n): 1- not able to be understood
E.g.: He said something unintelligible.
E.g.: That professor is really smart, but his lectures are unintelligible.
E.g.: That movie was just unintelligible
E.g.: The instructions on how to use this computer are just unintelligible.

Desire (n): 1- to want something, especially strongly:
E.g.: I desire only to be left alone.
E.g.: The hotel had everything you could possibly desire.
E.g.: My heart desires to be with him.