F2F Class Notes (Cricket)[W/R]

Write sentences for the new words.

Vocabulary

carat– measurement for precious stones(baoshi)

eg. How many carats is your ring?

 car boot/garage sale/ yard sale (zai zijia)

eg. Every summer I would do garage sales with my mom.

decade– ten years

eg. I have known my friend for two decades. 20 years

auction– paimai

eg. He auctioned her antique wedding dress.

Grammar

He have a car. My friend has a car.

I want go to Yunnan in next year.Yunnan is more beautiful than shanghai.
What I most want to do in yunnan is to visit the merishan mountains.
It’s very beautiful

I want to go to Yunnan next year.Yunnan is more beautiful than shanghai.
What I want to do the most in Yunnan is visit the Merishan mountains.
The mountains are very beautiful.

This news is about chocolate. A company 3D-prints chocolates. Detailed chocolates can be made. They are original in design.

The company is from Belgium. The chocolates are hard to transport. The company wants to open shops around the world.

Chocolate must be melted before it enters the printers.

Difficult words: melt (turn into liquid – like water), enter (go in).

In the 1980s, People bought a 26.27 carat (5.3 grams) white diamond stone at a car boot sale in England for a mere £10. For decades, they thought that it was just costume jewellery until they finally decided to have it valued. They were ‘incredibly excited’ to find out that the stone was genuine and is expected to fetch £350,000 at auction in July.

Difficult words: car boot sale (an outdoor sale where people sell things they do not want any more), mere (as little as), costume jewellery (jewellery made from cheap materials), incredibly(extremely).

Pronunciation

Intelligence:  /ɪnˈtel.ə.dʒəns/   in-telli-jents

Intelligent:  /ɪnˈtel.ə.dʒənt/     in-telli-jent

badminton: /ˈbæd.mɪn.tən/     bad-mitten

Pretty: /ˈprɪt̬.i/                              pri-tee

Hobby: /ˈhɑː.bi/                            ha-bee

Traveling: /ˈtræv.əl.ɪŋ/               travull-ling

Yoga: /ˈjoʊ.ɡə/                               yo-ga

College: /ˈkɑː.lɪdʒ/                        call-lidj

Colleague: /ˈkɑː.liːɡ/                    call-leeg