VIP Class Notes (Lily) [S/R]

Vocabulary

1.dandruff= 头皮屑
ex: He has a lot of dandruffs. He didn’t wash his hair.

What did you do for Qingming Festival? Was it what you usually do? Is it what your ancestors would have done?

We went to the grave, bring some flowers to visit past relatives. After this, normally we will went to some restaurants because this is also a good season for spring outing, people like to go out. Normally we will do this 3-4 days before the QM Festival. Many years ago, my parents will bring some dishes for my grandparents. Recently, the management of the grave do no allow the things, because they have to some people to clean it. I know it’s also a tradition named “Han shi”, many years ago, during this period, you can no fire, only eat cold food or raw food. Someone told me it’s also a tradition to plant some trees in this season.

Revised

We went to the cemetery/ graveyard, I brought some flowers to visit late/deceased relatives. After this, normally we will go to some restaurants because this is also a good season for spring outing, people like to go out. Normally we will do this 3-4 days before the QM Festival. Many years ago, my parents will bring some dishes for my grandparents. Recently, the management of the cemetery does not allow us to bring food the things, because they have to hire some people to clean it (extra labour cost). I know there is also a tradition named “Han shi”, many years ago, during this period, you cannot use the stove, you could only eat cold food/dish or raw food. Someone told me it’s also a tradition to plant some trees during this period.

When we communicate with others, we express our thoughts and feelings not only through the words we choose, but also through our tone of voice, facial expression and body language. In fact, many communications experts believe that far more information is communicated non-verbally (without words) than verbally (with words). “Body language” is an important part of non-verbal communication.

Body language includes many different aspects of our every day physical behaviour: the way we greet one another; how we stand, how we sit or walk; the way we position our arms and legs or use our hands and eyes are some of the most basic.

To learn another language is more than just learning words and grammar, it involves learning about another culture, too. We learn much of our own culture’s body language before we learn to speak, from the time we are children, usually without even being aware of it.  And that body language varies from culture to culture, so it’s something to which second language learners should pay attention.