F2F Class Notes (Raph)[S]

Vocabulary

Complaint (n): 1- a statement that something is wrong or not satisfactory.
E.g.: We’ve received a complaint from one of our listeners about offensive language.
E.g.: I’ve made a complaint (= formally complained) to the police about the noise.
E.g.: We’ve had complaints that you’ve been playing your radio too loud.

Offensive (adj): 1- something that makes someone upset or angry. (v: Offend)
E.g.: This program contains language that some viewers might find offensive.
E.g.: He told some really offensive sexist jokes.
E.g.: I think she was offended that she hadn’t been invited to the party.
E.g.: He looked offended when you called him middle-aged.

Speaking exercise

Original:

This weekend on this Saturday we will go get my eyebrows done. After that I will go back home and have dinner with my parents and my son. After that I will take me son to my own home because the next day we will bake mooncake together. So this Sunday my son and I will prepare the ingredients and bake the mooncake together. After the dinner I will drive him to his home.

Edited: 

This Saturday my coworker and I will go get our eyebrows done. After that I will go to my parents’ home and have dinner with them and my son. Then I will take me son to my home, because the next day we will bake mooncakes together. On Sunday we will prepare the ingredients and bake the mooncakes together and after dinner I will drive him home.

Grammar

Our relationship is not published. – Our relationship is not public.

Now we are just a coworker. – Now we are just coworkers.

Pronunciation

Offensive: /əˈfen.sɪv/