F2F Class Notes 4th July (Peter)

Corrections

Nothing could let me feel very great, or nothing feel bad – nothing spectacular happened, but nothing bad happened either

I wanted let you could choose a topic – I wanted to let you choose a topic

Currently I have a career – currently I’m between jobs

The situation of my – my situation

A cosmetic foreign company – a foreign cosmetics company

A more higher position – a [much] higher position*

*Note: Brackets [] indicate that something is optional.

I think you have language talent – I think you have a talent for languages

I had business travel to Chicago – I had a business trip to Chicago

So big museum – such a big museum

I was so talked with Jesse – I talked to Jesse a lot

That things shocked me – that shocked me

In Chicago there are two things that are very famous in the world – Chicago is a world-famous for two things

Many information – a lot of information

Vocabulary

Palestine – 巴勒斯坦

Idiom – a phrase 成语

Manhattan – The central island of New York City, 曼哈顿

Nile River – 尼罗河

Connotation – the feeling associated with a word

Ex. The word remove has a negative connotation.

Remove – to cancel or take something out of its original place

Relocate – to move something to another area

Arab – 阿拉伯

Arabic – 阿拉伯语

Grammar

The word cosmetic is understood to be an adjective, and its plural form (cosmetics) is understood to be a noun.

When we use a comparative word that ends in er (bigger, smaller, etc), we don’t need to use the word “more.”

Phrases

The word crossroads is usually used to describe a place where two or more different things meet.

Ex. Many people consider the Middle East to be the crossroads of Africa, Asia, and Europe.

Pronunciation

Motivation (moe-tih-VAY-shin)

Museum (myoo-ZEE-umm)

Connotation (con-oh-TAY-shin)

Neutral (NEW-trill, NEW-chrill)

Exhibit (egg-ZIB-it)

Pattern (PAA-turn)
Colleagues (CALL-eegz)