F2F Class Notes (Ben)

Write a short story using today’s rules and, if possible, today’s new words.

Pronunciation

What was your favourite place you have ever travelled to?

Almost 10 years ago I been went to Germany. I visited Berlin, Munich and some small towns. For me, I quite like that country because its quite tidy and the facilities are really convenient for tourists. For people, most people I contacted wasere nice and for the cultural I think for Germans they are more well organised so its more easy to go withfollow the rules. I went there in the summer so the weather was quite good and not so hot, some food I thinkthought was fine like the pork but I don’t like to eat meat everyday.

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What was your favourite place you have ever travelled to?

Almost 10 years ago I went to Germany. I visited Berlin, Munich and some small towns.

For me, I quite like that country because it’s quite tidy and the facilities are really convenient for tourists.
For people, Most people I talked to were nice and as for the culture, I think Germans are well organised so it’s easy to follow their rules.
I went there in summer so the weather was quite good and not so hot. I think some food was fine like pork but I don’t like to eat meat everyday.

1. One sentence = 1. subject + 2. verb + 3. other things
2. as for = about
3. in summer, in winter, in autumn, in spring
4. the = very specific
5. Try to use “my, his, their” when possible (it’s easy to follow their rules)

“MY train was late, so I missed MY plane”

France will try to end violence against women. It will educate the public and children about sexism and violence against women.

It wants more police support for victims of domestic violence. France’s president spoke on Saturday. He said he wants to educate children about pornography.

He also wants to make it easier for rape victims to go to the police.

Another aim is to have stronger laws against people harassing women in the street.

Reducing violence against women is one of the government’s big promises.

There was a minute’s silence on Saturday for the women killed by their husband or ex-husband.

A woman is killed in France every three days. The president said: “France should no longer be one of those countries where women live in fear.”

He added that criminals who hurt women should go to prison. Many famous men around the world are currently facing charges of sexual assault.

Vocabulary

pornography = books or videos of people having sex
Pornographic websites are banned in China.

rape = (noun/verb) force a women into sex
Many women who get raped never speak about it.
He went to prison for rape.

harass = to bother and make someone feel uncomfortable
Making jokes to a colleague about the clothes that she is wearing can be considered sexual harassment.
Men whistling at women on the street is a form of harassment.
Many women get harassed when they wear sexy clothes.