F2F Class Notes 17th April (Tanya) [s]

Vocabulary

hot pot – ç«é”…

dumplings – 饺å­

crab – 螃蟹

vinegar – 醋

soy sauce – 酱油

characteristic, property – 特点

property (noun) –

  1. 特点
  2. a house or an appartement, something you own

Speaking exercise

Original 

In winter, I eat hot pot. It make your whole body warm. In summer, we eat watermelon. In summer, I usually feel very thirsty and watermelon provide more water and will make me cool. Qingmingjie, we have the qing tuan. Qing tuan, it kind of round shape and made of rice. Usually we have some ingredient in it such as dou sha.

We have the tangyuan in Yuanxiaojie. Especially in Yuanxiaojie, that is fifteen days after Spring  Festival. In South, we eat yuanxiao in Spring Festival but in North they eat dumplings.

Correction

In winter, I eat hot pot. It makes your whole body warm. In summer, we eat watermelon. In summer, I usually feel very thirsty and watermelon provides more water and will make me feel cooler. During Qingmingjie, we have the qing tuan. Qing tuan has a kind of round shape and is made of rice. Usually, we have a stuffing in it such as dou sha.  We have tangyuan in Yuanxiaojie, which is fifteen days after Spring  Festival. In the South, we eat yuanxiao in Spring Festival but in the North, they eat dumplings.

Homework

Listen to the recorded text and prepare to answer questions about it next class

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