F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Homework

Read the article and be prepared to agree with it or disagree:

http://mashable.com/2017/07/21/north-korea-travel-us-citizens-state-department/#2.CaH_YMHkqh

sue – bring a lawsuit against someone, for some illegal action they took, and you seek some compensation

eg: The Korean reporter stated that if this incident occurred in the states then someone would most likely sue them for it.

occurred – 1. happened 2. to think of something

eg: When did that occur?

eg: It occurred to me that they probably can’t sue McDonald’s in Korea, because no lawyers want to take the case.

An idea just occurred to me. [=I just had an idea]
It suddenly occurred to me that there was a simpler way to deal with the problem.
Did it ever occur to you [=did you ever think] that maybe you were wrong?
It never occurred to me to ask. [=I never thought of asking]

recurring (ADJ.) – something that keeps happening

eg: When I was stressed out I often have a recurring dream where I’m in a dark room fighting with my boss.

eg: If we don’t reduce the cost it’s going to be a recurring problem.

REWRITE:

EXAMPLE: I lived in a city where crime was very low.

We went to the zoo where you can see pandas.

He works in a gallery where we can buy modern art.

That’s where a traffic accident happened last night.

We went to the huangpu river where we took a lot of pictures.