F2F Class Notes (Tony)

http://www.51voa.com/VOA_Special_English/university-puts-alexa-voice-assistants-in-all-student-housing-79848.html

Read the article.

1. Why did they put this device in all the rooms?

2. Will it help the students with school? Or is it just for fun?

3. Is it a waste of money?

Vocabulary

When did you get here?

I am got here at 8pm.

I scratch your back, you scratch mine. / Mutually Beneficial.

What does mutually mean?

I got around Shanghai with my car yesterday.

it doesn’t have good A.I.

consume – to use so that it will be gone eventually

eg: This car is not efficient, it consumes so much gasoline. (petrol / fuel for your car)

eg: I need to put some gas in my car. This car consumes gas so fast.

eg: I consumed drank some water.

eg: I ate drank some water.

mutually – both groups agree, in an equal way for each person or group involved

eg: The choice was mutual. They both wanted to break up.

eg: I believe we can have a mutually beneficial relationship.

Bene…. –   Good

Benevolent – wanting to do good things and help people, maybe for no reason

eg: He is benevolent and kind, he would help even bad people.

Benefit – A good thing, from something else

eg: This job has good benefits. (N)

eg: How do we benefit (V) from that?

Benefactor – A person who gives the money to invest and helpful.

eg: Bill gates is probably the richest benefactor in the world.

Pronunciation

mutual – Mew Chu Wull

Grammar

I find found another place and take them there.

I wanted to buy a Xiaomi assistant.

Present Simple Tense

Eat – Usually or Always, Often

eg: What do you eat for breakfast?

I eat eggs and milk for breakfast every morning. (Always) = I eat eggs and milk for breakfast. (Usually)

eg: How do you get to work?

I get to work by metro.      (I get to work by metro EVERY DAY.     –   We don’t need EVERY DAY, because the meaning of ALWAYS is in the grammar)

I drive to work.

How often do you read books?

I read books each afternoon.

Other Tenses

ate – past = finished

have eaten – past participle = finished, at least one time before, not sure when.

was eating – past continuous = doing in the past

am eating – present continuous = doing now