F2F Class Notes 24th March (Tony) [W]

Vocabulary

craving – a feeling that you want something

eg: “I have a craving for new clothes every week.”

burrito – a Mexican dish, filled with meat, beans and cheese

eg: “I wanna try a burrito.”

kebab – food cooked on a stick

eg: “In China small kebabs are called Chuanr.”

psychic ADJ.– a person who can see the future

eg: “Maybe I had some psychic intuition.”

greasy adj.- cooked food with a lot of oil

eg: “Sometimes you just want some greasy french fries or a hamburger.”

bacteria – ci jun

eg: “Some bacteria are helpful, like in yoghurt.”

I have a sensitive stomach

Original –

I dreamed an interesting dream this Monday. In my dream a friend of my was pregnant for about thre months. After I woke up, I typed the key words of pregnant of your friend in the internet. To found some prediction. Because sometimes a dream will tell you something happen in future. Then I wechat my friend to ask her whether she is pregnant. The answer is surprised me, but finally I knew she was kidding to me. In monday night I saw a wechat moment of another friend, she’s my best friend from middle school. She said, I want to eat Ma La tang, such kind of bad food. I was sensitive to this message, so I asked her whether you are pregnant for your second child, she said yes. And she knew this news the day before yesterday.

Correction –

I had an interesting dream this Monday that my friend was three months pregnant. After I woke up, I looked up, ‘pregnant friend dream‘ online, to find a prediction. Because sometimes a dream will tell you something will happen in the future. Then I messaged my friend to ask her whether she is pregnant or not. The answer was (V.) surprising (adj.),she said yes, but finally I knew she was kidding me. On Monday night I saw another friend’s wechat moment, she’s my best friend from middle school. She said, I have a craving (N.) for Ma La tang, or something greasy. I sensed (V.) something unusual about this message, so I asked her whether she is pregnant with her second child, she said yes. She only got this news the day before yesterday.

Pronunciation

Months – Mun (th)ci         (a very short TH sound)

psychic – Sai Kik

Grammar

to + past tense word    eg:    to ate, to found, to drove,     can never be correct

Chinglish grammar:

the boss of me.         my boss

the car of my friend        my friend’s car