F2F Class Notes 17th April (Tanya)

Vocabulary

context – surrounding information

e.g. Usually, you can figure out what a word means through the context

contest – 比赛

e.g. I participated in a painting contest this weekend!

to scam – to trick people into giving you money

e.g. I scammed an old lady into believing that I was her friend and she gave me a lot of money.

conman – someone who scams people or cons people

e.g. Conmen have found a new way of scamming old people.

a con = a scam

stereotype – 典型化

antibiotics – 耐药性

e.g. A lot of different types of bacteria have developed a resistance to antibiotics.

Grammar

Speaking exercise