Online Class Notes (Tibo)

in what kind of situations do you need to do small talk?

I guess traffic must be quite bad today

do you want a cup of coffee?  / do you want some coffee?

He told me don’t eat more please / please control your diet

I tried beer but my drinking ability is very low / my drinking tolerance is low / I can’t drink much / I can’t hold alcohol

The best I can do is one glass of my beer

Usually I drink for dinner or at friends’ party

a few years ago I went to the Disneyland on Halloween -> a few years ago I went to Disneyland on Halloween

I don’t know more info about halloween, I just know about the pumpkin / I don’t know much about halloween

I remember a few years ago only a lot of kids celebrated Halloween and trick or treat.
They really like this and do the parents to make up for them and they with the pumpkin basket and get sweets. -> They really like this and the parents help them make up f and they carry a pumpkin basket and get sweets. / their parents help them dress as monsters

I usually think it is a festival for kids.
But now so many young people dress up with hot costumes and go party.

I saw some videos from Japan and Korea. So many people follow processions on the street

you can dress as whatever you want

I have never done it

Yesterday Disneyland was locked down

Vocabulary

catch up (v/n) share information to get up to date on something
I had a catch up meeting with Tom to tell him the updates on project X
I haven’t seen Alice for 5 years and she told me she will be in Shanghai next week so we will have dinner together to catch up

to get up to speed on something : to catch up on something
Tom was on a holiday for 2 weeks and he just came back, can you please help him get up to speed on project X?

Celts (n) 凯尔特人
The celts used to live in Ireland

procession (n) 队伍 /列队行进
There was a halloween procession on the street

stampede (n) 奔逃
there was a stampede in Korea and 150 people got hurt

pumpkin (n) 南瓜
I like pumpkin soup

trick or treat (n) give sweets or something bad will happen to you on halloween
Kids go door to door for trick or treat