F2F Class Notes 13 June (Peter)

Corrections

Hardware designing – hardware design

I always want to start – I’ve always wanted to start

If you want to achieve that achievement – if you want to reach that level

Convert to the accent – revert to the accent

Involved – evolved

A movie named – a movie called

Vocabulary

Creole – the language that results when speakers of two different languages must communicate

Ex. The national language of Haiti or French Creole

Pidgin – the language that results when speakers of two different languages must communicate

Ex. The only difference between a pidgin language and a creole language is that pidgin languages have no native speakers.

Swahili – 斯瓦西里

Clove – a sweet and fragrant spice used for cooking, 五香

Intelligible – able to be understood

Ex. The Arabic dialects are not mutually intelligible.

Pronunciation

Machine (muh-SHEEN)

Et cetera (et-SET-chra*)

*Note: this is the American pronunciation

Pidgin (same pronunciation as pigeon)

Involve (in-VALLV)

Evolve (ih-VALLV)