F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Read the article and discuss next class:

http://www.51voa.com/VOA_Special_English/rolled-ice-cream-76751.html

Vocabulary

How many grams are in one Kilogram?

There are 1000 grams in one kilogram.

1kg = 1000 grams

I never get any food stuck between my teeth

one tooth

two teeth

Wu bai wan – Five hundred.  ten thousands.    500 x 10,000 = 5,000,000 Five million

a little over one month

prize – the thing that you get when you win something, usually money

eg: What is the biggest lottery prize in China?

kilo – 1000

eg: Kilometer, Kilogram

measure word – specific word used for things to count them

eg: Chinese has many measure words.

eg: In English we don’t always need the measure word.

one billion – 1,000,000,000

eg: The biggest lottery prize was over 2 billion yuan

one million – 1,000,000

eg: He won 5,000,000 yuan the government took 20 percent tax.