Online Class Notes (Sam) [1]
Vocabulary
two people look the same
two people look alike
eg. sam and jesse look alike
epidemic = localised infection (maybe just one country/city/town)
epidemic = a very common thing
eg. there is a vaping epidemic in sydney
pandemic = a global infection
contagious = can spread from person to person
eg. covid is very contagious / yawning is contagious
vape (verb) / vaping / e–cigarette
customise (verb) = to design something yourself
eg. people can customise their own vape flavours
When talking about smoking…
1 box per day
“1 pack per day”
How long did you smoke for? = how many years were you a smoker
quantity = amount
efficient = using your time/money/resources well
Pros & Cons = good things and bad things / good points and bad points.
eg. there are pros and cons to living in every city
Pronunciation
“i quit smoking”
quit: short ‘I‘ sound. Similar to “hit”
Grammar
my english is not well
not good
well = adverb (describes verb)
eg. I don’t speak english WELL
good = adjective (describes noun)
eg. My english is not GOOD
before covid started
before the (covid) pandemic started
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