F2F Class Notes 12th July (Peter)

Corrections

Wearing black will let you thinker – Wearing black makes you look thinner

No any reason – there’s no reason why

The red is always means the lucky – red always means luck

It’s a good hope for to them – it makes them hopeful

Right (colour) – White (colour)

If someone dead – if someone dies

It is be used to – it’s used by

If the sky in blue – if the sky is blue

We hate the rainy day, on the rainy day… – We hate rainy days, on rainy days…

I don’t like to see a movie – I don’t like watching movies

I don’t get it – I didn’t get it

She looked a rabbit with watch is hurry – She saw a rabbit with a watch who was in a hurry

A house which everything is small – A house in which everything is small

She go out the house – She left the house

To win the red queen – To win the war with the red queen

Finished she woke up – at the end she woke up

I thought maybe I read the book first – I think maybe I read the book first

When I first see it – when I first saw it

They like the cartoon – they like cartoons

I don’t accompany with him – I didn’t accompany him

I like the ancient books – I like the classics

She interests in – she’s interested in

Before I meet him (female) – before I met her

Only a little young people – Only a few young people

The writer is in nowadays – The writer is contemporary/the writer is alive

Vocabulary

Gender-specific – appropriate for only one gender

Ex. The colour red is not gender-specific.

Comedy – humour, a genre of film

Alice in Wonderland – 爱丽丝梦游仙境

Nostalgia – a god feeling that comes from remembering the past, usually childhood

Nostalgic – reminding you of the pleasant past, usually childhood.

Ex. Even though I think the plot of Alice in Wonderland is unrealistic, I enjoy the movie because I think it’s nostalgic.

Contemporary – recent or new

Grammar

Colours do not need the definite article “the.” For example, we wouldn’t say “I like the red,” we would just say “I like red.”

The difference between to watch, look, and see. In general, if you can do it sitting down, the verb you should use is “to watch.” For example, watching movies, children, etc. If you are watching something for an instant, the verb is “to look at/to look,” and means only for a short period of time. To see is 看到 in Mandarin.

Pronunciation

White vs Right (these two words do not sound the same)

Society (suh-SIGH-it-ee)