Online Class Notes (Jesse)

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Homework

do some reading about lab grown meat and write about it – add your opinion and thoughts.

Grammar

have you been in perth – have you been to perth?

because of she lived therebecause she lived there 

i feel the environment of this one is very good – I feel that restaurant’s environment is really good

Pronunciation

my friend really likes it

seat – long eee
sit – short

it – short
eat – long eee

booth – oo
broth – oh

Vocabulary

cattle take up half the land of earth

cow (female) / bull (male)

lab grown meat

methane – CH4

use cells from a cow to grow the meat in a lab

breed animals
grow plants

fart (fang pi) = pass wind / break wind
eg. please dont break wind in front of me

it’s very tranquil (adj) – “trang kwil” – “trang kwehl”
tranquility (n)

awkward – very slightly “gan ga”
eg. he replied to me “can I go to your home now?”, so I felt awkward
embarrassing – strong “gan ga”
eg. a guy in a bar refused me when I asked him out, and I felt embarrassed

hot pot sauce 

dip the meat into the sauce

package – tao can
meal / meal deal – tao can

cinnamon – rou gui

mulled wine – hot wine
eg. I love mulled wine

Speaking exercise

At first you need to buy some broth and buy some vegetable and meat and then put them into pot. After 20 minutes you need to add some salt, and it’s done. I think the flavor and the texture was very magnificent.