F2F Class Notes (Nemo) [R]

1. I quit my circle of friends.

2. My friend wants to quit his job and travel.

3. As long as we work hard, we can get good grades.

4. Serious effort equals success.

5. We enjoyed the view of the coast.

6. In the morning we wake up in the ring/In the morning we’re waken up by alarm ringing.

Vocabulary

irregularity (n): 1- the quality of not being regular in shape or form, or an example of this:
E.g.: The pictures showed cracks and other irregularities in otherwise perfectly regular crystals.

quality (n): 1-how good or bad something is:
E.g.: The food was of such poor/low quality.
E.g.: Their products are of very high quality.

Portugal-葡萄牙

apparently (adv): 1-used to say you have read or been told something although you are not certain it is true: 2- used when the real situation is different from what you thought it was:
E.g.1: Apparently it’s going to rain today.
E.g.2: She looks about ten, but apparently she’s 14.

due to-because of

victim (n): 1-someone or something that has been hurt, damaged, or killed or has suffered, either because of the actions of someone or something else, or because of illness or chance:
E.g.: The children are the innocent/helpless victims of the fighting.
E.g.: The new drug might help save the lives of cancer victims.

witness (n): 1-目击者. 2-a person who sees an event happening, especially a crime or an accident:
E.g.: Police are appealing for witnesses to the accident to come forward.
E.g.: According to (eye) witnesses, the robbery was carried out by two teenage boys.

occupant (n): 1-a person who lives or works in a room or building. 2-a person who is in a car, room, seat, place, or position:
E.g.1: The previous occupants were an Italian family.
E.g.2: One of the occupants of the car was slightly injured.

Pronunciation

questioning-ˈkwes.tʃə.nɪŋ-     asking questions

Plane Crashes on Beach – level 3

In Portugal, a light plane crash landed on a busy beach and killed a 56-year-old man and an eight-year-old girl. The plane wobbled as it landed, apparently due to a partly broken left wing. The two victims died instantly and sunbathers ran from the plane into the sea.

One witness said that more people were not hit because they saw the plane coming and moved away in time, and it was lucky that more people were not killed. The police are now questioning the two occupants of the plane, who were not hurt.