Online Class Notes (Jesse)
Homework
Write a diary about your Chinese New Year and what you spent your time doing, thinking about, etc.
Pronunciation
mother tongue – pr
th / t
tong
thong
russian – rush – ahh
subtitles – SUB titles
title – TAI tle
say – say
said – sed
says – sez
we spent – weeeeeeespent
spain
espan
Grammar
pretty the same – pretty + adj
pretty much = almost
eg. it is almost the same
eg2. it is pretty much the same
at – point
eg. I look at you / I am at work
to – distance
eg. I go to work / I am different to you
on – surface
eg. I walk on the beach / I put cream on my face
from – very distance
eg. I am different from you / I come from Australia
for – noun (reason)
eg. I bought a cake for you / Apples are good for you
to – 2 verbs connected
eg. I want to go home
that’s the good part to watch netflix – that’s the good part of watching netflix
watching netflix is fun
running is healthy
coffee is good
a cup of coffee = a part of watching
a cup of coffee = a small (cup sized part) of all coffee in the world
a part of the class is for grammar, and another part is for pronunciation
we’ve been in a restaurant – we went to a restaurant
I arrived at this restaurant at 8PM, and I waited for 1 hour before my friends arrived. = we’ve been here for 1 hour, where are you guys??
fly / flew
we decide to spend – we decided (“ded”) to spend
I raised there – I was raised there (passive) / My parents raised me there (active)
Vocabulary
they’re knocking the door – someone is at the door / let me get the door / I need to get the door
I need to get this / I need to take a call / I’ve just got a phone call / Sorry I just got a call
we did a reservation for 10 days – we made a reservation for 10 days
do / make
make = to do and then have sth new / some change
do = action
eg. you make a decision
eg2. you make a mistake but you do the work to improve yourself
the same pattern or structure – layout (the way it’s organised)
structure – the parts of a buildings / a complete piece of work / document / music / artwork – the components
i went there to study my univeristy – I went there to study at university / I went there for university / I went to university there / my university is there
small rural property / small piece of land
Reading
US President Joe Biden says (sez) he will not lift economic sanctions against Iran (i ran) until it complies with the terms agreed under a 2015 nuclear deal.
Mr Biden was speaking in a CBS News interview aired (to be shown on TV) on Sunday.
But Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Tehran would only (ohhhh nleee) return to compliance if the US first lifted all economic sanctions (sang).
The 2015 deal sought to limit Iran’s nuclear programme, with sanctions eased in return.
Former President Donald Trump, however, withdrew the US from the deal in 2018 (tongue out on thousand) and re-imposed sanctions, leading Iran to roll back on a number of its commitments.
Why did the nuclear deal fall apart?
Under the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal – an agreement reached between Iran, the US, China, France, Germany, Russia and the UK – Tehran agreed to limit its uranium (you rain nee yum) enrichment and allow (a laaooo) international inspectors to access sites and facilities.
In return, sanctions imposed on Tehran were lifted.
But Mr Trump withdrew the US from the deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in an effort to force Iran to negotiate (neg GO shee ayt) a new accord (a KORD), and reinstated economic sanctions.
Mr Trump wanted to place indefinite (in DEF fin nit) curbs on Tehran’s nuclear programme and also halt (stop) its development of ballistic missiles (miss sai yelz / misslez).
Iran refused. In July 2019, it breached (“breecht” – went through / went past) the 3.67% cap (limit) on uranium enrichment and in January this year announced it had resumed enriching uranium to 20% purity. Weapons-grade uranium is 90% purity.
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