F2F Class Notes 12th January (Celeste)[W]***

Listen to the recording of the story below. Then slowly read the article with the recording and copy the sounds.

Next Class: Review and upgrade some vocabulary.

Review

My scooter was broken so I called Michel to come to pick me up and take me home.

Last Saturday I dropped Michel off at Jing’an Temple because Michel’s scooter was broken

I told my friend to get off at Hanzhong bus stop and then turn right. Keep straight/keep going straight on Hangzhong Road until the third intersection of Huakang Road and Gonghe Road. Then he will see my house.

Vocabulary

intersection ( inter – sek – shin ) n. – where 2 or more streets cross each other

eg. Celeste lives at the intersection of Wulumuqi Road and Huashan Road.

Chinese New Year coming soon,but I’m not interested because I felt without the feeling of when I was a child.
In my childhood, no more snacks and toys,so whenever the Chinese New Year, my parents prepared a lot of candy, fruits and all kinds of dish for the new year. They got ready the bouilli, the braised fish, chicken, etc. Many my favorite dishes at the Chinese New Year Eve for a long time. I always looked at my mom cooked the dishes because I could learning how to cook, it was very interesting. And then we enjoyed the dinner very slowly. After dinner, my parents gave the red packet to my brother and me, we were so happy. Usually, I got RMB20 in the red packet which was a lot of money for me. However, my mom always said “Don’t waste money, let me gave you custody”,then she took the red packet back from me. On that evening in last 5 minutes time ,everyone would set off firecrackers at the doorway to celebrate the new year to came.

Edited

Chinese New Year is coming soon/will come soon, but I’m not interested because I don’t have the feeling of when I was a child.
In my childhood, I wouldn’t get any snacks and toys before CNY. So when it was almost Chinese New Year, my parents prepared a lot of candy, fruits and all kinds of dishes. They got the hongshaorou which is a pork dish, the braised fish, chicken, etc. ready. Many of my favorite dishes needed a long time to cook. I always watched my mom cook the dishes because I could learn how to cook, it was very interesting. Then we enjoyed dinner very slowly. After dinner, my parents gave the red packets to my brother and me, we were so happy. Usually, I got RMB20 in my red packet which was a lot of money for me. However, my mom always said “Don’t waste your money, let me save it for you,” then she took the red packet back from me. On that evening in the last 5 minutes/Five minutes before midnight, everyone would set off firecrackers at the doorway to celebrate the new year.

Grammar

a lot of sth = many of sth

Pronunciation

snacks vs. snakes

braised ( bray zd )

etcetera ( et – set – er – uh )

watched ( watch – t )

firecrackers ( FI – yer – crack – kers )