F2F Class Notes (Tony)

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Vocabulary

yesterday was more humid than today

The humidity was high yesterday.

The humidity is lower in the winter.

Yesterday, the humidity was high.

This morning it(the weather) was hot.

The weather was cold

forecast – a guess about what will happen in the future

eg: They want to know the profit forecast. We can check the sales forecast to try and guess the upcoming profit.

Are there other ones?

I think there are other ones.

I know him, we are friends.

Do you know Barrack Obama?

I don’t know him, personally.

I know Barrack Obama.

I know who he is.

I know of him.

I know about him.

Do you know the head of HR?

I know him pretty well.

I don’t know him very well.

We are not close.   (There is a lot we don’t know from this sentence) (Maybe they were friends before, and not now) (Maybe Jeff just hates Tim)

We go way back – Have known someone for a long time

eg: I go way back with Tim, we’ve known each other since high school.

I was born and grew up in Busan city.
Today I will tell you about my hometown Busan.

Busan is the second largest city in korea and is harbor city located southeast in Korea.
Everywhere you go, you can see mountains and oceans therefore there are so many places with nice view.
Haewoondae/Gwangalli/Taejongdae are very famous area and also these areas have nice beach.
Especially Haewoondae is internationally known as beautiful sight.
Since Busan is harbor city, the fresh seafood is famous.
If you go to Jagalchi seafood market, you can get various fresh seafood cheaply.

The population of busan is 3.5 million people, even it is the second largest city, but the different between Busan and Seoul is very large.
For example, the office worker’s annual income in Busan is only 70% of Seoul’s.
So, some of college graduated young people want to move to Seoul, don’t want to stay any more.
However recently over 50’s people return to Busan more and more.
According to their reason, Busan is well equipped with infrastructure and prices are relatively low, so it is very good for old age.
I hope to become a better city as a Busan citizen.

Lastly, I tell you Moon Jae-in who was current elected as president in Korea was born in Busan.

I was born and grew up in Busan city.
Today I will tell you about my hometown Busan.

Busan is the second largest city in Korea and it’s a harbor city located in southeast Korea.
Everywhere you go you can see mountains and oceans, so there are many places with a nice view.
Haewoondae/Gwangalli/Taejongdae are very well known places and also they have nice beaches.
Especially Haewoondae, it’s internationally known as an excellent beach.
Since Busan is a harbor city, the fresh seafood is amazing.
If you go to Jagalchi seafood market, you can get all kinds of fresh seafood cheaply.

The population of busan is about 3.5 million people. Even though it’s the second largest city, the difference between Busan and Seoul is huge.
For example, an office worker’s annual income in Busan is only 70% of Seoul’s.
So, some college graduates(N) want to move to Seoul, they don’t want to stay in Busan anymore.
However recently people over 50 return to Busan more often.
According to them, Busan is well equipped with infrastructure and prices are relatively low, so it is very good for retirement.
I hope Busan becomes a better city.

Lastly, I tell you Moon Jae-in who is currently president in Korea was born in Busan.

In their 50’s

An increasing amount of people over 50 return to Busan.    (Present Simple, Usually or always)

An increasing amount of people over 50 are returning to Busan.   (Present continuous, keeps happening)

These two have very similar grammar.