F2F Class Notes (Nick) [S]

Vocabulary

Dresser – costume designer – one who designs the clothes and makeup for plays

Character – a person in a play, or a book, or a movie
e.g. Yara helped to dress the character of Mimi Marquez in Rent.

to Mean – to ask about what someone wants to say
e.g. I don’t understand what you mean. Do you want me to stay or to go with you?

Confuse – to not understand; for example
e.g. I was confused about what you wanted to say. I didn’t understand your meaning.

Including – used to begin a list which may have more things than what you say; the words are examples
e.g. I am going shopping today. I need to buy many things, including carrots, bread, and milk.

Musical – a play with many songs in it; a musical play
e.g. Rent is a famous musical.

Run for – the length of time that a play is performed
e.g. A good musical can run for many weeks in the theater.

Grammar

the Chinese Government – we know which one it is; there is only one
When we want to talk about all of a group, we don’t need to use “the.”
e.g. Below, we wanted to talk about all the people of Hebei province, not just a small group.
But, for names, we don’t use “the,” even though it is only one, and we know which one.
e.g. Yara, not the Yara; Rent, not the Rent

one-month-and-half – a month-and-a-half

You ask me I did what in Cats or another things in Hebei. I did my makeup homework. (What is that?) We should do ten different style, include make-up and hair style and clothes. (What characters did do?) I did a large part for her (Mimi) and did some other things for other people.

You asked me what I did. Do you mean what I did in Cats, or what I did in Hebei?
We have to practice ten different styles, including make-up, hair styles, and clothes.
I was responsible for (dressing the character of) Mimi, and I also helped with other characters.

Cats in Hebei was small. The people didn’t always to see musical plays. The Rent is in Shanghai, will have about twenty days. When Cats was in Shanghai it is more than twenty days. The Cats in Shanghai was in July and August. (Which is more popular?) I think Cats is, because Cats tickets is are more expensive than Rent.

In Hebei, people don’t go often to see musicals. When Cats was in Shanghai ran for more than twenty days. Cats ran in Shanghai in July and August.