F2F Class Notes October 30th (Ben)

Vocabulary

dress up 乔装

I saw many people dressed up for Halloween.

family-friendly

Halloween has become a family-friendly celebration.

This movie is family-friendly.

This building isn’t smoker-friendly.

This phone is very user-friendly.

Smart English tries to be student-friendly.

I like this shop, it is very customer-friendly.

a costume = funny clothes

Many adults like to go to costume-friendly parties for Halloween.

If you want to dress up, you need a good costume to wear.

wear / wore / worn

I have never worn a costume.

How many days does Halloween last?

Halloween used to be called “Hallow’s Eve”, so it only lasts one evening !

Christmas Eve = the day before Christmas

trick-or-treats

treat = candy

trick = a nasty joke, 卑劣的伎俩

Many children go trick-or-treating on Halloween.

interest (in)

Sometimes you have no interest in the topic.

to imply 暗指

Hillary implies Trump did that.

unprecedented 前所未有的

= not precedented

= there is no precedent

A female US President is unprecedented.

troubling = suspect 可疑的

It is troubling that the crime happened just when you were there.

http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37813607

It is pretty strange, it is pretty strange to put something like that out, with such little information and right before an election.

In fact, in fact, it’s not just strange, it’s unprecedented and it is deeply troubling, because voters deserve to get full and complete facts.

And so, we called Director Comey to explain everything right away, put it all out on the table. Right?

Idiom:

to beat around the bush 拐弯抹角

Hillary does not address the problem in this speech. She keeps beating around the bush.