Online Class Notes (Kyle) (S+R)

Reading up on the Geography of the West Indies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispaniola

Speaking exercise

I choose not to talk with him  —-> her

  • I only tell my mom what she needs to know.
  • I didn’t tell her about my knee problem… its an old problem.. I got a knee problem 5 years ago because I didn’t stretch when I was training.

Restart –> reoccured / reappeared / returned /resume

  • my problem resumed.

Hunan province is the most agricultural in China.


Vocabulary

Counting Cards —> doing the math of what are the possible outcomes for the blackjack table

Article

Landlord 房东 = Dealer 经销商

A bet 下注

Humanized = to look like a Human

ex. Smokey is a bear that has been humanized. 

Camp fire 营火

ex. For example, when you camping with your friends in the outdoors, you can make a campfire at night in order to be warm, be happy, cook your food, keep the animals away.

ex. A classic campfire food is Hot Dogs, Potatoes, Fire Chicken, and S’mores = Marshmallows.

ex. If you don’t put out your camp fires then you will cause a forest fire!

Forest Fires = 森林火灾

https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/fires/article222160460.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Cascades_Complex_fires

Smokey the Bear:


We can definitely talk geography 地理 !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon

Mt. Shasta is a famous mountain in Northern California and the lake is very large and beautiful lake where you can do lots of water sports on the lake. And nearby is the city of Redding, CA.

Pronunciation

Shasta —> Sh eah Sta

Oregon – OR eh GON

Portugal’s colony = 葡萄牙的殖民地

ex. The buildings in Macau are Portuguese style because Portugal colonized the area in the past.