F2F Class Notes (Nick) [S]
Homework
Write about your costume class homework. What are the beards like? What else do you have to make?
Vocabulary
Broadway – a famous street for plays and musicals in New York
e.g. Rent started on Broadway.
Tunnel – a hole through a mountain for cars or trains
Set – the buildings, cars, tables, chairs, used to make a play look real
e.g. The cast of Rent travels with their set from city to city. It was even brought from the US!
Furniture – 家具; the things you put in your house for sitting on, sleeping on, putting things on, eating on; all the big stuff
e.g. When I moved into my new apartment, it had no furniture, so I had to sleep on the floor.
Politics / Political Science – the study of government and society; 政治学
e.g. Studying politics in China is very different from studying politics in the US.
Mandatory – something which you have to do
e.g. Studying Chinese political theory is mandatory in college.
Socialism / Communism – Marxist-Leninist-Mao Zedong thought
Submit – to give something to someone for a grade or correction
e.g. Yara must submit her fake beard for a grade in her costume class.
Grammar
It was going well – It went well
— The musical is over now.
It will be in Nanjing two days – It will be in Nanjing for two days
— For is used to show the length of time
e.g. It took two days for us to travel to Chengdu.
It vs. them
— It is one, them is many
Speaking exercise
Today I studied oil painting the whole day. And we are painting nudes model. Our teacher is painting it too. I must to do my homework tonight because tomorrow I have class to send it. It’s to make fake beard for tomorrow class. The class is teach us how to make fake beards and fake hair.
Today I studied oil painting the whole day. We are painting nude models. Our teacher is also painting them. (For another class) I must to do my homework tonight because tomorrow I have to bring it to class to submit it. It’s to make a fake beard for tomorrow‘s class. The class is to teach us how to make fake beards and fake hair.
Pronunciation
Nudes – noods (like food)
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