F2F Class Notes 20th September (Raph)

Savory (adj): 1- having a spicy or salty quality without being sweet.
E.g.: Some moon cakes are savory.

Red Bean (n): 1- 红豆
E.g.: I love sweet red bean moon cakes.

Mandatory (adj) 1- required by a law or rule.
E.g.: Celebrating a holiday is not mandatory. It is a choice.

Leverage (n): 1- influence or power used to achieve a desired result
E.g.: The player was very popular, which gave him a lot of leverage with the owners of the team.

Halloween: 万圣节
Thanksgiving: 感恩
Easter: 复活节

People line up for that ice cream not only because it tastes good, but also because of its price. It tastes almost the same as a Häagen Dazs ice cream, but it costs less.

Original:
I pretended I was in Japan and made up the story below:
I have planned to go back to my hometown in the National Day. I need to find out my identification device to get on the plane. However, I couldn’t find it. I will go to the China embassy to re-make the ID the day after tomorrow. My hometown is in the northeast of China. In Japan, you can also have the food from the northeast of China, but they are not authentic. If you want to have the authentic northeast Chinese food, you need to go to my hometown. Actually I don’t like my hometown’s food, because they are very salty and greasy.

Edited:
I am in Japan and I plan to go back to my hometown in the National Day. I need to find my passport to get on the plane, but I couldn’t find it, so I will go to the Chinese Embassy the day after tomorrow to get a new one.
My hometown is in the northeast of China. Here in Japan, you can also have food from that region, but it is usually not very authentic. If you want to have authentic food from Northeast China, you need to go to my hometown. Actually I don’t like that kind of food, because it is very salty and greasy.