F2F Class Notes 27 June (Peter)
Corrections
My cat was dead – my cat died
Vocabulary
Spectacular – amazing, great
Genre – kind, category
Ex. Some genres of music are Pop, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Rap, Rock, etc.
Jar – a small container, usually glass, 罐子
Sermon – a speech that a priest or pastor gives during a church service
Priest/pastor – the person who leads a church service
Religion – 宗教
Wipe – 擦
Optimist – a person who assumes the best,
Bitter-sweet – an adjective to describe something that is happy and sad at the same time
Phrases
The phrase nothing spectacular means “nothing impressive,” “nothing excited.”
Ex. I’ve had a pretty boring day, nothing spectacular has happened. L
Often, women use the phrase to wear a face to describe the action of putting on large amounts of makeup.
Ex. I’m not ready to leave, I still haven’t put my face on!
Pronunciation
Genre (JOHN-ruh)
Eleanor (EL-in-or)
Sermon (SIR-min)
Culture Practice
The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been.
Lives in a dream.
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?
Father McKenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear，
No one comes near。
Look at him working, darning his socks in the night when there’s nobody there
What does he care?
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave
No one was saved
All the lonely people (Ah, look at all the lonely people)
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people (Ah, look at all the lonely people)
Where do they all belong?
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