Online Class Notes (Li)

Vocabulary

disaster – sth like an accident, flood, fire etc. that happens

ex. Many people have been injured in the disaster.

disaster/2 – a complete or terrible failure

ex. dinner disaster

ex. The party was a complete disaster.

ugh – people say this to show disgust

ex. Ugh! I don’t like today’s lunch.

meal planning/meal prepping – to decide what you’ll have for each meal

outburst – to suddenly act out a strong emotion

ex. an outburst of anger or an angry outburst

exasperated – to make someone very angry or annoyed

ex. Matt was exasperated by his failed attempts at cooking.

figure out – work out

Speaking exercise

What will they have for dinner

Matt like eat chicken, spaghetti and macaroni and cheese.

Matt likes eat chicken, spaghetti and macaroni and cheese.

He needs to do a lot of things for the meal

He needs to spend a lot of time preparing for the meal.

He work very hard

He puts in a lot of effort 

His parents are help him to cook dinner.

His parents help him to cook dinner.

Make dinner is cheap and healthy

Making dinner is cheap and healthy

Pronunciation

ugh – uh

exasperated – e-zas-per-ra-ted