Online Class Notes (Vicki)

What is your opinion about food delivery and do you think that people nowadays are living healthier than people 50 years ago?

Feeling hungry? If you’re feeling peckish or famished, what’s the easiest way to satisfy your hunger? Many of us will reach for a takeaway menu and order some delicious – but possibly unhealthy – food.  And our increasingly busy and hectic lives add to our need to buy ready-made food on the go or delivered to home.

Eating options are endless, and new technology means we can feed our cravings at the push of a button. Takeaway delivery apps make ordering food quick and convenient, and during the recent coronavirus crisis, it provided a lifeline to those stuck at home with nothing to cook or who lacked the skills to prepare a meal for themselves. It’s estimated that in the UK alone, people eat three million takeaway meals a day, and the three biggest delivery apps together offer a choice of 100 cuisines from 60,000 restaurants.  Amelia Brophy, Head of UK Data Products at YouGov, told the BBC that its research “suggests that the frequency of takeaways ordered is expected to increase in the future.”

Vocabulary

floor heat – 地暖
i.e. In my home, I have floor heat.

food delivery – 外卖
i.e. Nowadays, everyone gets food delivery instead of cooking ourselves.

peckish (adj.) – a little hungry
i.e. I’m feeling peckish and I think I would like to have a snack.

famished (adj.) – very very hungry
i.e. I’m so famished that I could eat a cow.

starving (adj.) – very hungry
i.e. I’m starving, I need some food.

peckish -> hungry -> starving > famished 

hunger (n.) – 饥饿
i.e. I can feel my hunger.

increasingly (adv.) – 增加地
i.e. My life has become increasingly busy.

hectic (adj.) – busy, jam packed schedule
i.e. My life has been so hectic.

life -> lives (复数)

extreme (adj.) – over the top; not necessary
i.e. That is quite extreme.

craving (n.) – want of something
i.e. I have such a craving for ice-cream.

at the push of a button – 一键直达
i.e. We can do anything at the push of a button.

at the push of your finger – 随手的
i.e. It’s only at the push of your finger.

coronavirus – 新冠病毒
i.e. This year the coronavirus hit us hard.

crisis – disaster 危机
i.e. The world is facing a big crisis right now.

lifeline – a way of life
i.e. This COVID-19 provided a lifeline for mask makers.

frequency – 频率
i.e. I want to know the frequency of this experiment.

Grammar

ADJ – 形容词
1. ADJ + Noun. 
i.e. happy children
i.e. hot water
2. After sensory verbs (感官动词) – be(is/am/are); smell; taste; seem; sound; feel; look…..
i.e. That smells good.
i.e. This tastes fantastic.
i.e. I am tired.

ADV – 副词     ADJ+LY
quickly, beautifully, clearly, cleverly…….
1. Verb. + ADV
i.e. write it down clearly
i.e. drink slowly
i.e. dance beautifully
2. ADV + ADJ
i.e. increasingly busy
i.e. seriously happy
i.e. extremely busy