Online Class Notes (Joe)
Pronunciation
found /faʊnd/
You made great progress with the word ‘main’ today. Well done!
I think the progress was due to the fact that you got the correct mouth shape. Focus on that.
Vocabulary
Coffee shop (We don’t say ‘coffee store’)
There are lots of different coffee shops in China
Mild Coffee (We can’t say ‘tender coffee’)
Latte is a milder coffee than Espresso
viral (adj) – rapidly growing in popularity (only media can be viral)
The video went viral
trendy (adj) – rapidly growing in popularity (physical products can be trendy)
Starbucks coffee used to be trendy in China
palatable (adj) – more acceptable to someone as delicious
Latte is more palatable because it’s a milder coffee
an acquired taste (adj) – less acceptable to someone as delicious (it takes time to get used to it / the opposite of palatable)
Olives are an acquired taste
Grammar
People in 3 or 4 tier cities don’t drink too much coffee
People in tier 3 or 4 cities don’t drink too much coffee
People in 3rd of 4th tier cities don’t drink too much coffee
It’s very far from the working area
It’s very far from the area where people work
It’s very far from the commercial area
(When we use the working as an adjective it usually means ‘not broken’. e.g. My phone is working)
I usually went to the beach before
I used to go to the beach
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