F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Read the article and write 5 sentences about it, in your own words:

http://www.51voa.com/VOA_Special_English/words-and-their-stories-sharks-75410.html

Vocabulary

How are all of your classes?

They are good.

My homework is make paragraph from website. On website have some articles, the describe is full, I don’t know what I can add.

My homework is to write a paragraph from a website. On the website there are some articles, the articles are very descriptive, so I don’t know what I can add.

According to Tony, every American has 3 guns. But I know that’s not true.

According to the rules…

descriptive ADJ. – has many details.

paraphrase – to say something that another person said, in your own words

eg: Can you paraphrase the sentence?

teeth – bones you use for eating

mouth – where you put food

sharp – can cut things easily

eg: Humans have sharp teeth and flat teeth. Because we need to cut food and chew it. Because we eat meat and plants.

suggest – say that something could be…

eg: The shape of the teeth suggests that they eat meat.

card shark – someone who is really good at card games, like poker, but they seem to be very bad at it.

eg: He must be a card shark, because he won all the money tonight. That can’t just be luck.

loan shark – Loan sharks are people, not fish. They loan money at very high interest rates to others who need the money badly.

eg: I got $1000 from a loan shark, but the interest rate is 50% per day. So tomorrow I need to give him $1500, or he will break my finger.

There is potentially good news for coffee lovers.

Maybe there is good news for people who love coffee.

Coffee drinkers might have some new helpful information.

Drinking three or more cups of coffee a day may help people live longer.

If you drink 3 or more cups of coffee a day it could help you live longer.