F2F Class Notes 19th May (Peter)

Corrections (original – corrected)

I find my home* near to my office – I decided to rent an apartment near my office

*Note: the difference between home and house is that home has an emotion attached to it (家), and house is a physical building (房子). Usually, a house is a single building. If it is in a large building, we should call it an apartment/flat.

Vocabulary 词汇

Retreat – to fall back, to move away

Ex. After seeing that the other army was much bigger, they retreated.

Ex. After a very hard year, my decided that the whole office would go on a company retreat.

Commute – verb and noun, to travel to work or school, the trip to work or school

Ex. Every day I have to commute to university, but I save money because I live at home.

Ex. My sister has a one hour commute to work every morning.

Condominium – noun, called “condo” for short, an apartment that you can buy

Ex. Instead of renting a flat every time I go on vacation, I decided to just buy a condo in my favourite vacation destination.

Mood Ring – noun, a ring that changes colour “based on someone’s mood”

Ex. Mood rings, which were invented in the USA in the 1970s, are a popular children’s toy even though they do not actually read your mood.

Thermometer – noun, a device that measures temperature

Ex. In the old days, thermometers used to contain a red liquid, but now most thermometers are electric.

Speedometer – noun, a device on a vehicle that measures speed

Ex. Whenever I drive, I make sure that the needle on my speedometer does not go past the speed limit.

Studs – noun, the type of earring that does not hang, but rather sits on the ear.

Ex. Most men with pierced ears prefer to wear studs, but some also like rings.

Stud/Hunk* – noun, a very good-looking man

Ex. After I saw that stud walk into the room, I was shocked to find out he is my friend’s boyfriend.

*Note: these words are very casual and are usually used between friends. A very famous quote from the American film Grease is “tell me about it, stud.”