Online Class Notes (Jesse) [30]

Vocabulary

fireworks / firecrackers 
eg. we set off fireworks / we light fireworks

the alarm goes off in the morning – becomes really loud

relatives / family / family members

red packets – hong bao

we have a meal together with many traditional dishes

we can reunite with our family / we can get together with our family / we can have a family gathering / we can have a family reuinion

all the store and all the department – shopping malls / department store / shopping center 

(smallest) shop < department store < shopping mall (biggest)

their luck is not so good
they’re not very lucky

sound – anything you can hear
voice – from your mouth

USA – the United States of America

Grammar

whatever where they are – wherever they are (ren he di fang)

at midnight