F2F Class Notes (Raph)[W]

Vocabulary

Fiancé (n): 1- the man who someone is engaged to be married to.
E.g.: Have you met Christina’s fiancé?

Fiancée (n): 1- the woman who someone is engaged to be married to.
E.g.: But you really shouldn’t talk like that in front of my fiancée.
E.g.: I bought a pearl (珍珠) necklace for my fiancée.

Neck (n): 1- the part of the body that joins the head to the shoulders.
E.g.: He had the thickest neck I’d ever seen.
E.g.: She wore a gold chain around her neck.

Necklace (n): 1- a piece of jewelry worn around the neck, such as a chain or a string of decorative stones, beads, etc.. 2- 项链
E.g.: Her husband bought her a gold necklace.

Scary (adj): 1- something that makes you afraid.
E.g.: She’s a scary woman.
E.g.: I’ve always found him a bit scary.

Extract (v): 1- to remove or take out something.
E.g.: Children are always scared when they have to extract a tooth.
E.g.: They used to extract iron ore (铁矿) from this place.

Conflict (n): 1-an active disagreement between people with opposing opinions or principles. 2- fighting between two or more groups of people or countries. 3- 冲突
E.g.: There was a lot of conflict between him and his father.
E.g.: His views would frequently bring him into conflict with the president.
E.g.: We wish to avoid conflict between our countries if at all possible.

Broke (adj): 1- without money.
E.g.: I can’t afford to go on holiday this year – I’m totally broke.
E.g.: Many small businesses went broke (= lost all their money) during the recession (不景气).

Original:

In October, the weeklong National Day Holiday, one of the two longest holidays in China. It has become the most popular time for weddings. My a lot of friends and classmates are also. Because I need to attend many weddings, I will be busy and poor in that time.
I have already seven days off, but I have to take three days off .I’ll have ten days off in a row for their weddings.I know that my boss will be unhappy,but I have no idea.If their weddings’ time confilict, I will cancel the wrose friend’s or classmate’s.My body is only one.In fact, I dislike to be a briesmaid,it will take me a lot of time f,unless my bestfriend invited me.In China,many people think that if a young single woman to be a briesmaid over three times,she will be hard to find a husband.It’s a strange thing.

Edited:

In October, China has the weeklong National Day Holiday, one of the country’s two longest holidays. It has become the most popular time for weddings and this year a lot of my friends and classmates are also getting married. Because I will need to attend many weddings, I will be busy and broke at that time.
I already have seven days off, but I have to take three more. That means that I’ll have ten days off in a row. I know that my boss will be unhappy about that, but I have no choice. I only have one body, so if there’s a time conflict between two or more weddings, I will attend the one of the closest friend or classmate. In fact, unless my best friend invites me, I dislike being a bridesmaid. It takes a lot of time and in China many people think that if a young single woman is a bridesmaid over three times, it will be hard for her to find a husband. It’s a strange thing.

Vocabulary

Fiancé: /ˌfiː.ɑːnˈseɪ/

Fiancée: /ˌfiː.ɑːnˈseɪ/

Gentleman: /ˈdʒen.t̬əl.mən/

Certificate: /sɚˈtɪf.ə.kət/

Maid: /meɪd/

Honor: /ˈɑː.nɚ/

Cancel: /ˈkæn.səl/

Conflict: /ˈkɑːn.flɪkt/

Work: /wɝːk/

Worker:  /ˈwɝː.kɚ/

Coworker:  /ˌkoʊˈwɝː.kɚ/