Online Class Notes (Joe)

We practiced using has/have + verb 3 to show that there was a cause and effect.

We should practice talking about the months of the year to help you remember them more quickly.

Think of 5 things that have happened recently in your life.
What were the causes and what were the effects?
Example: I have eaten a lot already, so I’m not hungry now
Example: I have cancelled the class, so I will go to the party
Example: I have stopped watching TV, so I read a book yesterday

Vocabulary

recognize – to know someone/something when you hear/see/smell/touch/taste
I don’t recognize the filling in this mooncake. What is in it?
I wouldn’t have recognized you if I saw you in public without your beard.

yolk – the yellow of an egg
Mooncakes with egg yolk and lotus seed paste are delicious

villa – a large country house with its own grounds
My neighbor has invited four families to his villa for the holiday

clippers (hair clippers) – a device commonly used to cut hair
She cut her husbands hair with clippers

salon – the place where anyone can get their hair cut and styled
I always have my hair cut at the salon

barber – the place where a man can get a haircut
My husband had his hair cut at the barber last week

mid-autumn festival 中秋節
I will eat mooncakes during mid-autumn festival

the first half of the year – January to June
I didn’t go to the salon in the first half of the year

the second/last half of the year – July to December
Things have improved in the second half of the year

Pronunciation

recognize – rɛkəɡnʌɪz

yolk – jəʊk

dim sum – dɪm ˈsʌm

scissors – ˈsɪzəz

Grammar

My husband need to work, but my neighbor invited four neighbor families go to his villa.
My husband needs to work, but my neighbor has invited four neighbor families to go to his villa.

Q: Why would we say “my neighbor has invited”?
A: There is a different effect than is expected, so it is natural to use ‘has/have + verb 3’.
The first part of the sentence says your husband needs to work. So, after hearing the first part of the sentence, the listener will think that you will not do anything special during the holiday. The second part of the sentence shows that something has happened which changes the outcome.