F2F Class Notes (Nemo) [R]

Vocabulary

supplement (n): 1- something that is added to something else in order to improve it or complete it; something extra:
E.g.: The doctor said she should be taking vitamin supplements.
E.g.: The money I get from teaching evening-night classes provides a supplement to my main income.

upbringing (n): 1-the way in which you are treated and educated when young, especially by your parents, especially in relation to the effect that this has on how you behave and make moral decisions:
E.g.: I wonder what it was about her upbringing that made her so insecure.

gender (n): 1- the physical and/or social condition of being male or female:
E.g.: Does this test show the gender of the baby?

superstition (n): 1-belief that is not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, but is connected with old ideas about magic, etc.:
E.g.: According to superstition, if you walk under a ladder it brings you bad luck.
E.g.: I don’t believe in the old superstition that the number 13 is unlucky.

rumor (n): 1-an unofficial, interesting story or piece of news that might be true or invented, and that is communicated quickly from person to person:
E.g.: Rumors about her are circulating at school.

tomb (n): 1-a large stone structure or underground room where someone, especially an important person, is buried
E.g.: When they opened up the tomb they found treasure beyond their wildest dreams.

determine (v): 1-to discover the facts or truth about something:
E.g.: The police never actually determined the cause of death.

accurate (adj): 1- correct, exact, and without any mistakes:
E.g.: an accurate machine
E.g.: an accurate description
E.g.: The figures they have used are just not accurate.

pregnancy (n): 1- the state of being pregnant:
E.g.: Most women feel sick in the mornings during their first months of pregnancy.

pregnant (adj): 1-(of a woman and some female animals) having a baby or babies developing inside the womb:
E.g.: She’s five and a half months pregnant.

checklist (n): 1-a list of things that you must think about, or that you must remember to do:
E.g.: I have a checklist of things that I must do today.

Source: http://www.myfirstbaby.org/articles/full/chinese-pregnancy-calendar

​All over the world, couples expecting a child are asking the same question. What is the sex of our baby? While many will find out in a prenatal ultrasound or wait to be surprised at the birth, still others depend on old wives’ tales and superstitions to guess at the gender of their new baby. The Chinese Pregnancy calendar is just one tool in the quest to find out whether to paint the nursery pink or blue.

The Chinese pregnancy calendar is rumored to have been in existence for over 700 years, when it was discovered in a tomb of Chinese royalty by a local scientist. For centuries, women have used this chart to help them determine the sex of their unborn baby.

The chart, which calculates the sex of the baby to be using data from the date of conception and the mother’s age, is said to be over 99% accurate. Many women swear by the Chinese pregnancy calendar, and some even time their conception to coincide with the chart’s predictions.