F2F Class Notes 1st March (Celeste)[W]***

Listen to the recording 2-3 times. Copy the sounds. Be prepared to read it in your next class.

Next Class: upgrade any vocab.

Rachel’s birthday

The other five friends were discussing how to celebrate Rachel’s birthday. They planed to give her a surprise. But they had different opinions on whom to invite. One important thing, they couldn’t have Rachel’s parents attend together, because they were quarreling and even quarreled at Rachel’s sister’s graduation. So they invited Rachel’s mom only.

On Rachel’s birthday morning, they began to prepare birthday candles, balloons, foods and drinks. Phoebe asked where the cake was and Monica answered they didn’t have birthday cake but birthday flan. At that time Rachel’s dad came,which made everyone in a panic. And later her mom also knocked the door. To avoid both of them meeting, Chandler made an excuse to let Rachel’s dad to go to the bedroom. At the same time Phoebe took Rachel’s mom to the bathroom to have a talking. Monica lied Rachel’s dad that it was just the staging area and the party would held at Chandler’s apartment so he should wait there.

Finally they held two birthday parties. One was at Monica’s apartment with Rachel’s mom and the other one was at Chandler’s apartment with Rachel’s dad. Rachel hurried to the two sides to cope with her parents and listened to their complaint about each other at the whole party. That’s really a surprise!

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Rachel’s birthday

The other five friends were discussing how to celebrate Rachel’s birthday. They planned to give her a surprise party but they had different opinions on whom to invite. The most important thing was that they couldn’t have Rachel’s parents attend together because they were quarreling/fighting/arguing and even quarreled/fought/argued/bickered at Rachel’s sister’s graduation. So they only invited Rachel’s mom.

On Rachel’s birthday morning/On the morning of Rachel’s birthday, they began to prepare birthday candles, balloons, food and drinks. Phoebe asked where the cake was and Monica answered they didn’t have birthday cake but birthday flan. At that time Rachel’s dad suddenly showed up, which made everyone panic (v) / which made everyone feel panicked (adj)/ which put everyone in a panic (n). Five minutes later/Soon after, her mom also knocked on the door. To avoid both of them meeting, Chandler made an excuse to make Rachel’s dad go to the bedroom. At the same time Phoebe took Rachel’s mom to the bathroom to have a talk. Monica lied to Rachel’s dad that her apartment was just the staging area and the party would be held at Chandler’s apartment so he should wait there.

Finally they held two separate birthday parties. One was at Monica’s apartment with Rachel’s mom and the other one was at Chandler’s apartment with Rachel’s dad. Rachel hurried to the two sides to cope with her parents and listen to their complaints about each other during the whole party. Her party was really a surprise!

Vocabulary

bicker / bickering / bickered (-d) / will bicker v. – to argue or quarrel

eg. My mom told me not to bicker with my older brother.

show up / showing up / showed  up / will show up v. -to appear, to arrive, to come, usually negative

eg. My husband showed up late to our anniversary dinner.

eg. Thanks for showing up to the meeting.

eg. There’s a package that just showed up at my door.

eg. My period finally showed up.

eg. One of my high school classmates showed up last week, we haven’t keep in touch since high school.

let – I let Olivia play on my phone when we take a taxi.

make – I make Olivia do her homework because it’s important.

separate ( sep – puh – rit ) adj. – individual, detached