Online Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Just talked with one of my friends in Singapore, she said that the “man-made chicken” had been approved by the Singapore government and had been allowed to sell in the Singapore market as it achieved the food standard of Singapore. This was the first time in that the “man-made chicken” which was raised in lab can sell in the market. For me, it was unbelievable, I checked the information through the website at once and convinced that the news was real. I felt terrible that genetic food was being come into our life gradually, it would break the rules of natural food chain. Up to now, we don’t know if the “man-made chicken” will affect our health, but at least it has already broken the balance of the nature, can we stop and re-consider it thoroughly?

Just talked with one of my friends in Singapore, she said that the “man-made chicken” had been approved by the Singapore government and had been / is allowed to be sold in the Singapore market as it achieved the food standard of Singapore. This was the first time in that the “man-made chicken” which was raised in a lab / in labs can be sold in the market. For me, it was unbelievable, so I checked the information through the website / I looked it up at once and was convinced that the news was real. I felt terrible that genetic food was being brought into our lives gradually, and / because / as it would break the rules of the natural food chain. Up to now, we don’t know if the “man-made chicken” will affect our health, but at least it / at the very least it has already broken the balance of the nature, so can we stop and re-consider it thoroughly?

Grammar

Scientists / Gov bring this food into our lives / This food is brought into our lives.

This food is coming into our lives.

in that = explains what you mean by the statement before it
that = just lets you add a sentence as detail

so that = the main / only reason
eg. I chose this job so that I can walk to work = the main reason you chose that job is to allow you to walk to work
so = result / reason
eg. It was raining, so I was late = result
eg2. I really wanted to improve my English so I decided to study English at SE = reason

at the mean time – in the meantime 

Vocabulary

think a perfect schedule – come up with / think of a perfect schedule

it will waste a lot of time to set it up – it will take a lot of time / we have to spend a lot of time

vaccine – “vack seen” – medicine to prevent a virus

different strains of COVID

manpower problem = labor shortage / problem

they choose self drive – they choose to drive themselves
a self driving car = a car that can drive automatically, without a human

a road maybe has the curve – a curvy road / windy road (waiiinnnndy) / winding road

this is the life = positive / happy / enjoying life / life is amazing
this is life / that’s life = just accept the negatives / move on / life sucks

minus the effect – mitigate the damage / effect / limit the impact

chemistry item – chemicals 

grow up / grow
grow up – to go from being a kid to an adult / to mature
grow – to get bigger / longer / fatter

grow up period – growth period 

Pronunciation

hitter
heater – longer “eeeyeee”