F2F Class Notes 12th July (Peter)

Corrections

Got wrong station – I got off at the wrong station

I wear like this – I wore something like this

30 degree – 30 degrees

It’s raining I can’t see anything there – I couldn’t see anything because it was raining

Vocabulary

Tan line – a line that shows a difference in colour from being out in the sun.

Hurricane and Cyclone also mean Typhoon, the difference is where the storm is located. Typhoons are located in the northern pacific, Cyclones in the southern pacific, and hurricanes in the Atlantic.

Arabic – 阿拉伯语

The word “Hello” in Arabic is Marhaban. (Upon request)

Phonetic – based on sound

Ex. Pinyin is the phonetic Mandarin writing system.

South Pole – 南极

Expressions

A farmer’s tan describes a tan from wearing a t-shirt and only having dark arms.

A wake-up call can literally be a call to wake someone up, or it can figuratively be a signal that makes someone realize something they have been ignoring.

Ex. He needs a wake-up call; if he keeps treating people this way he’ll have no friends.