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 / ecigarette

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