F2F Class Notes 11th January (Raph)[W]

Vocabulary

Religion (n): 1- the belief in and worship of a god or gods, or any such system of belief and worship.
E.g.: It’s unfortunate that a lot of terrible things are done in the name of religion, something that was supposed to bring people together.

Tolerance (n): 1- willingness to accept behavior and beliefs that are different from your own, although you might not agree with or approve of them:
E.g.: This period in history is not noted for its religious tolerance.

Terrorism (n): 1- the use of violence to cause fear and achieve a political goal. (Terrorist attack: 恐怖袭击)
E.g.: The government will take new measures to fight terrorism.

Crime (n): 1- an illegal act or activity.
E.g.: Something must be done to reduce the level of crime in the area.

Courier (n): 1- a person or company that takes messages, letters, or parcels from one person or place to another.
E.g.:I want to have this package delivered by motorcycle courier.

Grammar

When will you go back to Shanghai? – When will you come back to Shanghai?
I have five minutes early. – I was 5 minutes early. / I arrived 5 minutes early.

Pronunciation

Task: /tæsk/

Text: /tekst/

Original:

Recently, I watched a TV series call “This Is Us”. Until now, it has 8 episodes and it talks about that a mother gave birth to fraternal triplets. Unfortunately, the third baby died at birth. On the same day of the mother giving birth to, the hospital found an abandoned black baby. The father learned about this thing from the doctor and decided to adopt him as their third baby. So the series mainly describes that this couple raised these three kids from babies to adults and the things happened among them.

Edited: 

Recently, I watched a TV series called “This Is Us”. Until now, it has 8 episodes and it talks about a mother who gave birth to fraternal triplets. Unfortunately, the third baby died at birth. On the same day the mother gave birth, the hospital found an abandoned black baby. The father learned about this from the doctor and decided to adopt him as their third baby. So the series mainly focuses on this couple raising these three kids from babies to adulthood and the things that happened to them.