Online Class Notes (Samara)[R]

Homework

Please read a news article (CNN / New York Times) and write about it.

Next Class Focus


Please review the pronunciation.

Needs more review

accept: agree / receive  / like.

Vocabulary


rejoice: celebrate
ex: Let’s rejoice the typhoons’ leaving.
Endangered: the number of this animal is very small.
ex: Chines pandaare endangered.
Adorable: very cute.
ex: I think my cat adorable.
Only: 只有
ex: She’s their only daughter
ex: I only have one cat.
instead: 相反

Reading

Scientists found fossils from the biggest parrot that ever lived. It was a metre tall and weighed eight kilograms – twice the size of any other parrot. The fossils were in New Zealand. Researchers called the parrot Hercules. The largest parrot alive today is the kakapo, a flightless bird also from New Zealand. It is endangered.
New Zealand is famous for birds. The kiwi is its national symbol. Kiwis are endangered. The 3.6-metre-tall moa also came from New Zealand. It was the biggest bird that ever lived. It became extinct 600 years ago. Hercules lived 19 million years ago. It ate nuts, fruit and seeds. Scientists will discover many more species.


Smokers can damage their eyes. Smokers are more likely to do this than non-smokers. Not many people know smoking damages the eyes. There is a campaign to tell people that smoking damages the eyes. It is called “Stub it out”. This means, “stop smoking”. Only 20% of people think smoking damages the eyes.

Cigarette smoke gets in the eyes. Poison and metals in the smoke damage the eyes. Smoke can cause cataracts. This is a problem where eyesight is cloudy. It needs an operation to remove the cataracts. Smoke is bad for people with diabetes and can damage eye muscles. A health group asked smokers to quit.

Pronunciation

  1. Metre: not metter, but Meet / her
  2. Parrot: not parrote, but parr / ut 
  3. Moa: not mo, but Mo /uh
  4. Ate: not at, but a ey / t
  5. Diabetes: not diabets, but die / uh / be / tees 

Grammar


I didn’t touch any birds before. –  I haven’t touched any birds before.
Do you only like cats? – 你只喜欢猫吗
I want to release the bad elements from the cigarette / I want to take bad elements out of cigarettes.
You always need different thoughts  at a job – you always need diverse thinking at a job.