Online Class Notes (Joe) [speaking]
Speaking exercise
There is a legend. There is a monster who always come down to city to attack people in the ancient time. After that, people try to think a way to prevent it. They start to notice that the monster is scare of red stuff, like fireworks and the red stuff you will stick on the door. At that time people always wear red stuff and put red stuff in front of the door. They believe if the monster sees the red stuff he will went away.
There is a ancient legend which tells of a monster which comes down to cities and attacks people. After being attacked, people tried to prevent the monster from coming again. They noticed that red objects scared the monster away, so they stuck red odds and ends to their doors. During this time of year, people wear red garments and stick red thingamajiggers to their doors. They believe that this will frighten the monster off.
Vocabulary
synonym for stuff – odds and ends
I don’t have enough space in my bag for all my odds and ends
thingamajigger – stuff you don’t know the name for
This thingamajigger is a part of the computer
frighten (verb) – another word for scare
The action frightened me
Grammar
It’s like lion.
It’s like a lion.
There is a monster who always come down to city to attack people in the ancient time
There is a monster who always comes down to cities to attack people in ancient times
After that, people try to think a way to prevent it
After that, people try to think of a way to prevent it
They start to notice that the monster is scare of red stuff
They start to notice that the monster is scared of red stuff
At that time people always wear red stuff and put red stuff in front of the door
At that time people always wear red stuff and put red stuff on the door
They believe if the monster sees the red stuff he will went away.
They believe if the monster sees the red stuff he go away.
Vocabulary
think of something – usually means it’s a new idea
I want to think of a way to save money
I hope I will think of many interesting stories to tell the children
think about something – usually means to remember something
sojourn – a short stop
We had a brief sojourn in France before going home
Pronunciation
legend – make sure you say the /d/ at the end
red – make sure you can clearly hear the difference between red and rad
claw – sounds like door
crawl – the /r/ sound is after the /k/ sound
claw – the /l/ sound is after the /k/ sound
Vocabulary
rad (slang for radical) = means cool or awesome
The music of the movie I just saw is rad
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