F2F Class Notes (Ben) [R]

Vocabulary

at first 本来

a piece of news
There are 2 important pieces of news in Shanghai today.

Grammar

in 6.20 –>

She forgot helping me booking the schedule. –>
She forgot to book the class for me

That will express the way is not go straight. –>
It is indirect.

Cultural difference:
In English, if person A “helps” person B, it means they are both doing something together.
You can help an old lady cross the street.
You can help a friend speak better English.
But Claire doesn’t “help” you book a class. She books a class for you.

我帮你开门 = I will open the door for you.
“I will help you open the door” = the door is very heavy and you need 2 people to open it.

LINKIN Park singer Chester Bennington, who overcame a troubled childhood to top the charts with an angry but melodic brand of metal, was found dead Thursday in an apparent suicide. He was 41.

Vocabulary

apparent (adj) = that seems like
Apparently, this is a murder. This is an apparent murder.

suicide (n) = the act of killing oneself (sui: self, occide: kill)
Zhang Guorong committed suicide in Hong Kong.

homicide (n) = the act of killing a person (hom: human, occide: kill)

overcome = to come over a problem, to defeat a problem
It took me 3 years to overcome my weight problem.

metal = metal music
the charts = the best-selling songs or CDs
He topped the charts with a brand of metal.

This new brand of metal was angry but melodic.