Online Class Notes (Joe)

Vocabulary

affected – impacted
Everyone in Shanghai was affected by the pandemic

infected – to have a disease
If someone is infected, they will be quanrantined

incur – to cause or experience
He incurred a debt to his father

vaccine – noun
Some people don’t want the vaccine

vaccinate – verb
Some people dont’ want to be vaccinated

censor – verb – monitoring and surpressing information
Some messages are censored before anyone can read them

disband – verb – to unform a group
The group will be disbanded because of what people said in it

popular – liked and admired by many people
This song is so popular

widespread – found or distributed over a large area or number of people
The virus is widespread

Grammar

I wish I can go to the beach
I wish I could go to the beach

the government isn’t telling us truth
the government isn’t telling us the truth

Pronunciation

debt – don’t say the ‘b’

Linking Sounds
When one word ends with a vowel sound and the next word begins with a vowel sound, we link the words with a sort of Y or W sound. It depends on the shape of our mouth at the end of the first word.

I + agree = aɪj əˈgriː