F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Vocabulary

the day before yesterday -qian tian

have a toothache

have a sore throat

have high blood pressure

it will lower your blood pressure

have a baby

hair dryer

symptom – a sign of a problem, especially for health and in your body

eg: Western medicine often just covers the symptom and the problem will just get worse.

diet N. – everything that a person eats.

eg: My diet is mostly pizza and hamburgers and beer.

eg: My diet is fried food, rice, noodles, pizza and beer. But I don’t eat lamb.

They say bitter melon can help with a toothache. I don’t know if I believe it, but I think there is some truth to it.

if you go outside with wet hair you could catch a cold.

On a big holiday my family will get a lamb and kill it, then we will eat the lamb together.

today is the 20th.

tomorrow is the 21st.

The day before tomorrow is (TODAY! (the 20th)

the day after tomorrow is the 22nd.   What is 2 days before the day after tomorrow? TODAY! (the 20th)

yesterday was the 19th

the day before yesterday was the 18th

the day after yesterday was TODAY!   (the 20th)

Two days after I arrive in America I will start my new job. I arrive in American on the 15th.

When do you start your new job? What date? The day after tomorrow.  I start my new job on the 22nd.

Before 19 is 18.

After 21 is 22.

DAY :  Monday Tuesday Wednesday…

DATE: 19th 20th, 21st , 22nd, 23rd