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
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