F2F Class Notes 6th April (Jesse) [S]

Pronunciation

home town – pr – h uuoo m t aa oo n

Vocabulary

passage – like an article

paragraph – short part of the passage

cemetery – the big place you go to with all of the tombs
eg. we visit the cemetery to see our relatives

he is mixed race, half German, half French

her boyfriend took her to many cemeteries

take me home. 

ashes – hui (after burning)
eg. we put their ashes in a bottle / urn

make a hole / dig a hole

plaque – bei (like a sign with writing)

tombstone
eg. we put the plaque on the tombstone which is in the cemetery

kneel – xi gai
eg. we kneel down and remember them

for now – now but in future it might change
eg. for now I live in China, but I may go to Australia to live in the future

these days – now and recently
eg. these days I feel like my English is really good

flat < > hilly
eg. the cemetery in my home town is hilly (mountainous) but in Shanghai it is flat

i just have my parents, so during qing ming festival we need to go to cemetery to pay your respects / remember, we need to kneel down and clean the cemetery because the cemetery on the mountain so once a year we will go to the cemetery so it is very dirty so we need to clean first and then light 3 different incense and take some foods, flowers to pay your respects and to remember.

i just have my parents, so during qing ming festival we need to go to cemetery to pay our respects / remember, we need to kneel down and clean the cemetery because the cemetery is on the mountain so once a year we will go to the cemetery so it is very dirty so we need to clean first and then light 3 different incense and take some food, flowers to pay our respects and to remember.