F2F Class Notes (Tony) [R]

Read this and be ready to answer the questions and do the exercises on the bottom.

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Vocabulary

Math Symbols:

+ – Plus

eg: What is 8 plus 5? 13

–    – Minus

eg: What is 5 minus 8? Negative 3   (-3)

x – Times

eg: What is 5 times 5? Five times five is twenty-five.

/ – Divided by

eg: What is 10 divided by 5? (10/5) Ten divided by five is two.

= – Equals / Is

eg: Five plus 2 IS 7.

eg: 12 x 5 = 60.   Twelve times five is sixty.

π – Pi (pie)

Pi R squared. is the circumference of a circle.

we have lots of Math Olympics in our schools

put off (doing something) put it off – to wait and do it later

eg: Many patients put off going to the hospital until after Spring Festival.

eg: They put it off until after Spring Festival.

eg: I put off coming to SE until March.

Grammar

Simple Present:

How many hours do you work a day?

I work 9 hours a day. (Usually, Always, Often…)

I Like (Usually, Always, Often)

I like drinking a cup of coffee in the morning. (every morning, or often in the morning)

Simple Past:

How many hours did you work today?

I worked 9 hours today.

I Liked / I used to like (like before, but don’t like now)

I liked him until he left my hometown. (don’t like him anymore)

I almost work overtime everyday.  (It really means you don’t work overtime) But then the boss lets me go home.

I work overtime almost every day.  (It really means, you work overtime, very often)

I ate that cake.  (I ate it)

I almost ate that cake. (I didn’t eat it)

I ate that whole cake. (Ate all of it)

I almost ate that whole cake. (Ate a lot of cake, but not ALL)

Pronunciation

$50   –  Fifty dollars

$4.5 million – Four point five million dollars