Online Class Notes (Joe)

We talked about a movie and learned related vocabulary.

Vocabulary

setting (noun) – the time or place where the movie happened
What was the setting of the movie?

set (verb) – to make the movie happen in a time or place
The movie was set at the birth of the new China.

break / broke / broken
The Americans wanted to break the bridge
They broke the bridge many times
The bridge has been broken in different ways

build / built/ built
The Chinese decided to build a new bridge
After the bridge was broken, the Chinese built it again
They have built only one bridge

broken – adj
The bridge is broken, so they can’t get across

across – adv
When someone goes across the bridge they get killed

cross – verb
It is dangerous to cross the bridge

against – adv – closer than ‘next to’.
They were fighting against the Americans.
The cat is sitting against the window.

Pronunciation