F2F Class Notes (Cricket)[R] ***

Write about your wedding plans.

Vocabulary

destination wedding– getting married abroad-especially in a beautiful place

eg.  I will have a destination wedding in New Zealand.

high school sweetheart– the person you dated in high school

eg. I am marrying my high school sweetheart.

abroad– away from your country- traveled to other countries

eg. I have never been abroad. 

expiration date/sell by– date a product will not be able to be sold on the store shelves

eg. If my food is past the expiration date I won’t eat it.

Grammar

We are together for seven years.- We have been together for seven years.

My friend suggested New Zealand to me because it is a beautiful place.

I must go to here in my life.- I must visit/(go to) New Zealand at least once in my life. 

If I have my wedding in New Zealand my parents can’t go.

The world wastes a third of the food it produces. The UK wastes over 7 million tons every year. There are answers to this problem. Schools could teach children about food waste. Supermarkets should stop throwing away vegetables because they are the “wrong” shape. Finally, “sell-by” dates need to change.

It is unacceptable that people are going hungry and food is being wasted. It is bad for the environment because it wastes energy. The food in the ground makes a gas that is bad for the environment. Supermarkets also throw away good vegetables if they are a strange shape. They should sell these vegetables.

Pronunciation

un-ac-cept-able- un-ex-sept-a-bull

environment– en- vigh- urn-ment

energy– en-ur-jee