F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Vocabulary

What’s a simple way to say that?

I took my son to the hospital

he don’t isn’t used to = be accustomed to

he didn’t used to = didn’t do before

Bad Sentences, unclear meaning.

How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it? (The Egg won’t crack the concrete floor!)      is IT, the floor? or the egg?

How can you lift an elephant with one hand? (It is not a problem, since you will never find an elephant with one hand.)      Is does the hand belongs to the Elephant or me?      (It’s pretty clear that it’s YOUR hand, BUT…. someone COULD misunderstand)

How can you use one hand to lift an Elephant?   (Less chance for misunderstanding)

a physical – a physical examination by a doctor

eg: I took my son to the hospital to get a physical.

eg: I took him there to get checked.

appointment – a date to meet, usually for professional reasons.

eg: I have a doctor’s appointment this afternoon.

eg: The doctor scheduled my son’s next appointment.

a trick question – a question which has no good answer.

eg: Tell me one thing that should NOT be done in moderation.

eg: I think training soldiers should have some extreme standards, and not be done in moderation.

Great answer, but that is a trick question, everything needs to be moderated or it will be pointless.

barn – a large farm building

eg: You couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn.

Pronunciation

take him to the hospital – take’im t’th’ hospital         Take Him, Too THE hospital.

SHORT ING pronunciation:

…ING = …in’

Running – Runnin’

Working – Wer Kin