VIP Class Notes (Jacob) [W]

Homework

Write a short story using as many of the words below as you can.


Vocabulary

Hot springs – Natural bodies of warm water

Obituary – News/details about someones death to inform other people

Novice – someone who is new to something or has a low level

Intermediate – Someone who has a middle level of skill

Advanced – Has a very high level

Empathy/Empathetic – sensitivity to another’s feelings as if they were one’s own

eg. People need empathy sometimes to help their friends feel better

Towards – In the direction of

Nominal – insignificant

eg. The price went up 0.01$, so its a nominal change

oblivious

(adj.) lacking consciousness or awareness of something (Oblivious to the burning smell emanating from the kitchen, my father did not notice that the rolls in the oven were burned until much too late.)

Rash / Hasty 

(adj.) hasty, incautious (It’s best to think things over calmly and thoroughly, rather than make rash decisions.)

refurbish

(v.) to restore, clean up (After being refurbished the old Triumph motorcycle commanded the handsome price of $6000.)


Pronunciation

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Writing exercise

Original

According to the news reports yesterday,The most famous physical scientist, Hawkins was died at his 76’s years old . I knew him that was just getting from TV news, so I didn’t know him well. But I read his five most famous sentences this morning, it’s the one sentence that I really agree with him.†Intelligence is the ability to adapt to Changâ€. Because I felt strong with growing up to adapt to chang hardly, I need to give a sign to myself sometimes.

Edited

According to the news reports yesterday. The most famous Physicist, Stephen Hawking has died at his 76’s years old. I knew him that was just getting from watching TV news. So I didn’t know him well his studies or research. But I read his five most famous sentences this morning, it’s there is one sentence that I really agree with him.†Intelligence is the ability to adapt to Changeâ€. Because I felt strongly with when I was growing up to that I had to adapt to change quickly hardly, I needed to push myself sometimes give a sign to myself sometimes.