F2F Class Note 18th April (Tanya)

Demo StudentHaley T

Vocabulary

grades – 成绩

e.g. I get my grades next week!

vocabulary – 生词

to trick – 骗

e.g. I like to trick people by telling them I’m 12 years old.

translate – 翻译

e.g. Please help me translate this sentence from English to Chinese.

Conmen – people who trick or scam other people (usually to get money) 骗子

e.g. I’m so angry, I got scammed by a conman and he took 10 000 rmb from me!

video – 短片

identity – who you are

fake – 假的

site = website 

to write to someone – to send someone a message, for example on wechat or through email

e.g. I wrote to Haley today on wechat.

reasons – 原因

to treat – 处理

crew member – staff member, an employee of the company

Vietnam – 越南

horrifying – terrible, very very bad

viral – when something suddenly becomes very popular on the internet

e.g. My cat video has gone viral on wechat.

petition – 情愿

e.g. If we get enough signatures on this petition, people will never be able to smoke indoors again.

to quit – to stop your job, to resign

e.g. I’m so tired of working at McDonalds! I quit!

Reading

1

People are tricking people who are looking for love. Conmen use love letters, photos, videos and fake identities to scam old people. The conmen pretend to be looking for love on dating sites. They write to people. They then ask for money. They give many reasons why they need money. Thousands of people get scammed online, mostly women. They lose an average of $12,500. Their average age is 59. People should never give money to strangers online, even if that person tells a very sad story.

2

United Airlines treated a passenger badly. Security guards pulled a 69-year-old doctor from his seat. He was covered in blood. He lost two teeth and broke his nose. The doctor paid for his seat. United said a crew member needed it. The doctor said he had to work the next day. United Airlines didn’t listen to him.

The doctor will sue United Airlines. He was born in Vietnam. He said the United flight was “more horrifying” than being in the Vietnam War. His daughter was totally shocked. A video of the doctor being dragged went viral. Many people signed a petition for the United Airlines boss to quit. He said no. He did not apologize at first.

 

Grammar

I am interested in 

1000 – thousand

12 000 – twelve thousand

500 – five hundred

12 500 – twelve thousand five hundred

5000 – five thousand

10 000 – ten thousand

100 000 – hundred thousand

1 000 000 – one million

1 500 000 – one million five hundred thousand

1 005 000 – one million five thousand

1 050 000 – one million fifty thousand

5 324 000 – 5 million three hundred twenty four thousand

Pronunciation

Vietnam – v yet nam

Homework

Write ten lines about your ideal vacation destination (旅游)