F2F Class Notes 20th November (Peter)

Corrections (original – corrected)

I want – I want water

Under the that – under that

There’s no much pencil – there’s not much lead

Vocabulary 词汇

Pitcher – a large glass jar for holding drinks

Ex. Please bring two glasses and a pitcher of water.

Mechanical Pencil – a pencil made from plastic and metal

Ex. I prefer mechanical pencils to wooden ones.

Lead – the long grey sticks that go inside a mechanical pencil

Ex. My pencil is out of lead, could you lend me some?

Frozen – a liquid so cold it is solid; an electronic screen that has stopped moving

Ex. My computer is so old, the screen freezes every five minutes.

Ex. In the summer, I like to freeze fruit juice and eat it.

Bold – very dark writing, like this.

1^st Place – the person who does best in a competition

2^nd Place – the person who does second best in a competition

3^rd Place – the person who does third best in a competition

Expressions 成语

“To be used to something” means “to be familiar with something.” In other words, it means to do, see, or experience something so much that it is normal.

Ex. When I came to Shanghai the pollution bothered me, but now I’m used to it.

Pronunciation 发音

Test (Be careful that it doesn’t sound like “tesk”)

Pitcher vs. Picture