F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Vocabulary

i should take sugar out of my diet.

good for you

blueberries are good for your eyes

it is healthy/unhealthy

spicy peppers – vegetables

Green/Red/Yellow/Orange  (BELL) pepper– large peppers that are not spicy.

Chili peppers – many kinds of peppers, all spicy

Jalapeno – Mexican spicy pepper.

Ghost pepper – an Indian pepper, hottest in the world

peppercorn – grind this small ball into powder, then use it in cooking.

eg: I wanna put some black pepper on my steak.

eg: Ok, I have a peppercorn grinder, it has whole black peppercorns in it, and it grinds them into powder.

sichuan peppercorn – often not ground up, keep it whole and put it in cooking.

cryptocurrency – bitcoin, new kinds of “coins” and digital currency. Crypto means it is locked, hidden, secret.

eg: Cryptocurrency is becoming very popular now.

Grammar

HAVE DONE – at least one time before

I’ve never eaten/had

I’ve been to NY many times

I’ve gone to New York/   I went to NY

Have you ever seen snow in real life?

What is the future of cryptocurrency?

Is it a scam/trick?

Can you really make money on it?

Cryptocurrency is really very popular in recent years. The history of it is really short. But it did bring a lot of fortune for some guys. Like bitcoin is really cheap in 10 years ago. And for example the story that guy used more than 10 bitcoins to buy a pizza. But if he kept these bitcoins he would be a millionaire today. The first cryptocoin is bitcoin but after bitcoin people just developed a lot of cryptocurrency like ok coin, litecoin, and now cryptocoins is worldwide. No matter some government is give some regulations on the issue of cryptocoins, but they are still on the way of evolution. And I guess bitcoin will be a worldwide accepted currency in the future. But for the others, it may be a kind of scam and people may lose money by trading them. People can make money from trading them. But it do contains a big risk.

Cryptocurrency is incredibly popular recently, but the history of it is really short. It did bring a lot of fortune to some people. Like bitcoin was extremely cheap 10 years ago. And another example is the story that a guy used about 10 bitcoins to buy a pizza. But if he kept those bitcoins he would be a millionaire today. The first cryptocoin was bitcoin but after bitcoin people developed a lot of other cryptocurrencies, like ok coin, litecoin, and now cryptocoins are worldwide. No matter if a government makes regulations on cryptocoins, they will still keep evolving. And I guess bitcoin will be a worldwide accepted currency in the future. But for the others, it may be a kind of scam and people may lose money by trading them. People can make money from trading them. But it does contain a big risk.