F2F Class Notes 24th January (Celeste)

Pronunciation

myth  ( mith )  vs. meth

Vocabulary

xin nian – new year

bian pao – firecrackers

eg. Celeste would light firecrackers on the fourth of July.

poultry ( pole tree ) – chickens, ducks, turkeys

chicken wings and drumsticks (legs)

white meat (breasts and wings ) vs. dark meat (drumsticks and thighs)

beef = red meat

indigenous ( in – dij – uh – nuh s ) adj. – originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native

eg. Native Americans are indigenous to the United States.

Grammar

Why I said we couldn’t do sth because…. – That’s why / that’s the reason why I I said we couldn’t do sth because….