F2F Class Notes 11th December (Peter)

Corrections (original – corrected)

I went Bali – I went to Bali

I have the plans with my friends is in New Year’s and Christmas holiday – I have plans to spend Christmas and New Year’s Eve with my friends

Can you let the map bigger – can you enlarge the map

During the Chinese holiday the space will be pretty tight – during the Chinese holiday, most flights book very quickly

Vocabulary 词汇

Enlarge – to make something bigger

Ex. Zooming into page enlarges the characters on the screen.

Phonetic – based on pronunciation and sound

Ex. Unlike Chinese characters, the Spanish writing system is completely phonetic.

Subcontinent – the southern part of Asia that includes India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.

Ex. Many of the ethnicities in the Subcontinent share a common history.

Expressions 成语

To “catch someone off guard” means to intentionally surprise someone when they are not expecting it.

Ex. The storm appeared so quickly that is caught the town off guard.

If something “changes the game” it means that circumstances have changed and the same plan will not work anymore. You can also simply say “that changes things.”

Ex. You speak Spanish? That changes things.

IF someone says “the tables have turned,” it means that someone who was previously on the bad side of a situation is now on the good side of the situation. In other words, the situation has reversed.

Ex. When you ask to get back together, your ex-boyfriend laughs in your face. A few months later, he comes begging back. Oh, how the tables have turned.

Pronunciation 发音

Recommended (reh-co-MEN-did)

Phonetic (fuh-NET-ick)