F2F Class Notes 27th November (Peter)

Corrections (original – corrected)

I’m happy that she can stay here and be with me – I’m happy that she came and stayed with me

She has to put her full attention on me – she has to give me her full attention

She recently keep in touch with her old friends – she recently got back in touch with some old friends

There was some sort of activity decades before – A few decades ago, people used to…

They were keeping pigs and planting             plants – they were raising pigs and planting rice

Vocabulary 词汇

Manure – fertilizer made from feces (faeces).

Faeces – scientific word for poop

Euphemism – a gentle way of expressing something that is uncomfortable to say directly

Examples of euphemisms:

He passed away (meaning: he died)

I have to go number 2 (meaning: I have to poop)

I have to go number 1 (meaning: I have to pee)
They’re sleeping together (meaning: they’re having sex regularly)

Integrate – to mix, to join

Disbelief – shock

Ex. When Trump won the election, it left me in disbelief.

Expressions 成语

To say that someone is “in her fifties” means she is an age between 50 and 60. This can be used for any number beginning with “the twenties.”

Pronunciation 发音

Feces, or Faeces (FEE-sees)

Manure (muh-NOOR, or muh-NEW-er)