F2F Class Notes 24th February (Raph)[S]

Vocabulary

Pertinent (adj): 1- relating directly to the subject being considered
E.g.: His remarks were very pertinent to the subject.

Impertinent(adj): 1- rude and not showing respect, especially towards someone older or in a higher position than you:
E.g.: I hope he didn’t think I was being impertinent when I asked him about his private life.

Pronunciation

Korea: /kəˈriː.ə/

Career: /kəˈrɪ r/

Homework

Write a short story about your experiences with donating. Upload your writing to the website.

Speaking exercise

Original:

Lala Land is a story about love, career and dream. The movie follows Sebastian, a musician, and Mia, an actress, as they try to make their dreams come true. He cannot pay his bills, but continues to pursue jazz dream. She works at a coffee shop at a movie set lot trying to get to auditions between shifts. As you can tell from the posters that they fall in love with each other. At the same time, they are already deeply committed to their professions. Their courtship is fine to watch, but it’s their quest to succeed in their own professions that is really interesting. The conflicts between their characters and their professions emerge, which make them feel unhappy and uncertain about their relationship, so finally they broke up. Five years later when they meet each other again in his jazz club Mia is a famous actress at that moment and get married with another guy. Both of them made their dreams come true, but they lost their lover who accompanies them for the hardest time.

Edited:

Lala Land is a story about love, career and dreams. The movie follows Sebastian, a musician, and Mia, an actress, as they try to make their dreams come true. He cannot pay his bills, but continues to pursue his jazz dream. She works at a coffee shop at a movie set lot trying to get to auditions between shifts. As you can tell from the posters, they fall in love with each other, but at the same time, they are already deeply committed to their professions. Their courtship is fine to watch, but it’s their quest to success that is really interesting. The conflicts between their characters and their professions emerge, which makes them feel unhappy and uncertain about their relationship, so finally they break up. Five years later when they meet each other again in his jazz club Mia is a famous actress and married to another guy. Both of them made their dreams come true, but lost their lover who had stayed by their side through the hardest times in the process.