F2F Class Notes 6th May (Tony)
Vocabulary
go along the road
Soho
set a good example
Conventional – used and accepted by most people : usual or traditional
eg: Sogo is a conventional shopping mall.
connotation – the attached meaning to a word, how people often use it.
eg: The connotation of traditional is that it’s older and more conservative.
conservative – a person who believes in the value of established and traditional practices in politics and society
eg: People in Japan are conservative in their social lives.
liberal – not opposed to new ideas or ways of behaving that are not traditional or widely accepted
eg: American people are divided between liberal and conservative, about half each.
sociology – social psychology
eg: There’s a sociology theory called, “Broken windows theory,” which hypothesizes(guesses) that if a house is abandoned then it will be fine if nobody touches it. But if one person breaks a window on the abandoned house, then everybody will start to break windows and damage the house.
Grammar
Do you know where ___ is? Do you know where JingAn temple is?
where is the _____? Where is the front desk office?
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