F2F Class Notes (Ben)

Grammar

A maple tree doesn’t look like delicious –> A maple tree doesn’t look delicious

Why there is no AC here? –> Why is there no AC here?

time and time again –> again and again, over and over again

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Before you do anything stupid, think twice.
Before doing anything stupid, think twice.

I read this news the other day, and it said a 17-year-old girl from Sweden went bungee jumping in Spain. She went to a bridge which was 50 meters above the ground and jumped off the bridge before all the ropes were fastened.

Unfortunately, she dead and the cause of this accident was the instructor’s oral English was lame. When he said “no jump”, she thought it was “now jump!” and she jumped before everything was ready.

And this story tells us how important it is to learn a foreign language, and we need to double-check before we doing something dangerous.

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I read a piece of news the other day, and it said a 17-year-old girl from Sweden went bungee jumping in Spain. She went to a bridge which was 50 meters above the ground and jumped off (the bridge) before all the ropes were fastened.

Unfortunately, she died and the cause of this accident was the instructor’s oral English was lame. When he said “no jump”, she thought it was “now jump!” and she jumped before everything was ready.

And this story tells us how important it is to learn a foreign language, and we need to double-check before we do something dangerous.

hypocrite
He said I could always find him if I was in trouble, but I when I eventually did so, he found excuses and was nowhere to be seen. I think he is a total hypocrite.

Natural light is different from artificial light.

Vocabulary

salvage = save something that has been damaged
When my house burned down, I was able to salvage some furniture to get a bit of money.

She got offended when I asked her if she was pregnant, so I salvaged the situation by saying I had heard her speak of pregnancy earlier in the week.

turn into = to become something
A caterpillar will turn into a butterfly some day.

what seems to be
What is the problem? = What seems to be the problem?
The problem seems to be a traffic accident.

The film follows a six-member crew of the International Space Station that uncovers what initially seems to be the first evidence of life on Mars; however, the crew finds their discovery might not be what it seems.

The police has found what seems to be a letter in German.