F2F Class Notes _20th May (Harmony)

Original:

The wedding was on Sunday, and it rained heavily that morning. There is a saying that says if it’s raining heavily on the day you get married, it means the bride will bring a lot of money to your family. Actually we were a little awkward that morning because we were all dressed in long dresses and it was hard for us to go outside to the hotel, and to the place which the ceremony was held.  When we got to the hotel we had only a little bit of time before we needed to start the ceremony. My job was to give the couple their rings so they can exchange them.  There was a long aisle in front of me to get to them but my dress was so long and I kept stepping on it.  So I had to hold the corner of my dress with one hand and hold the rings with another hand.  It was a bit awkward because I was supposed to hold the rings with two hands. Fortunately, the ceremony went well and everyone was happy.

Retell:

The wedding was on Sunday it rained heavily that morning.  There’s a saying that says if it rains heavily on the day you get married, the bride will bring a lot of money to your family.  We were dressed in such long dresses it was hard for us to go to the hotel to hold the ceremony because we were just in long dresses.  There was just a little time left for us when we arrived at the hotel.  My job was to bring the couple their rings, there was a long aisle between the couple and me and I had to walk along this long aisle to get to them.  But my dress was so long and I kept stepping on it.  So I had to hold the corner of my dress with one hand and hold the rings with another hand.  But I was supposed to hold the rings with two hands.  Fortunately the ceremony was held successfully, and the result was not bad.

Edited:

The wedding was on Sunday, and it rained heavily that morning.  There’s a saying that says if it rains heavily on the day you get married, the bride will bring a lot of money to your family. It was hard for us to go to the hotel where the ceremony would be held because we were dressed in long dresses.  There was just a little time left for us when we arrived at the hotel.  My job was to bring the couple their rings, there was a long aisle between the couple and me and I had to walk down it.  But my dress was so long and I kept stepping on it.  So I had to hold the corner of my dress with one hand and hold the rings with another hand.  But I was supposed to hold the rings with two hands.  Fortunately, the ceremony was successful and everyone was happy.

The result was not bad – the result was okay/ In the end everything went well/ worked out/ was okay

Great, Good, Okay, Not bad, decent, bad, awful

“it’s fine/ you look fine/fine” – it’s received as a negative comment in English

Harmony: do you like this dress?

Husband:  it’s fine

Harmony:  ***angry — goes to change***

Fine Dining:  expensive/ extravagant dining.  A fancy restaurant, usually serves food in courses (like French dining)

Fine (adj.):  can also be used to describe something that is excellent quality. (something expensive)

Eg.  A fine wine, a fine painting, a fine musician, fine day, fine manners, a fine young man/lady

Fat – is rude

Heavy/ heavy set/ bigger/ big boned

Eg.  I was talking to that bigger woman over there.

“hey lady, whatever lady”  — rude tone of voice, taken as a negative.

“I was helping this lady” – okay.

Gentleman/lady

Lady is another word for a female/woman.

“that’s gay” – no longer acceptable in English language.

“That’s retarded” – no longer acceptable in English.

Retard: (slow) a person with a handicap/ disability.  Slower mental capacity than a healthy human.