VIP Class Notes (Luca)

Janice read about allowed the following passage to work on pronunciation. I then read aloud to her so she could listen to a native speaker. Then we used the article as a starting point for general conversation.

For billions of people around the world, January the 1st, 2020 seemed like a great day. It was the start of a year that sounded like science fiction – 2020. Many people had great hopes for the year ahead. Few knew what a rollercoaster ride 2020 would be and how the world would change. The year has been dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This has brought hundreds of thousands of deaths, economic chaos, lockdowns and masked populations. Another huge event was the death of George Floyd at the hands of U.S. police in July. This sparked the Black Lives Matter movement and global protests. The year ended with Joe Biden being voted in as the President-elect of the USA.

Different people will have different memories of 2020. Our reporters asked people around the world to tell us what they will remember 2020 for. Ahmed Hussein from Lebanon said he would never forget the massive explosion at a Beirut port in August that killed at least 190 people. He said he thanked God none of his family or friends were hurt, but was sad at the destruction of his city. Lucy Baxter, a nurse in the UK, said her happiest moment came with the news of the vaccines for COVID-19. She said she could see light at the end of a long and dark tunnel. Ayumi Miyamoto of Japan was saddened by the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics but is happy they will go ahead in 2021. She said 2021 would be a good year.

Grammar

We are going through a few changes, they are shifting more importance onto Chinese.

My flavour became a bit different,

When I came to shanghai, my pallet changed

We have so many work load

We have large work load

Noun Vaccine, Vaccination

Verb Vacinate

Vocabulary

Pallet, this word refers to the part of the tongue where the taste buds are located.

Pronunciation

dominated

chaos Kayos

Koala Koaaalaaaa

Vaccine Vaxsine

Record

Cruel

Occupation

Movie Reccomendation

Death to 2020.