Online Class Notes (Tibo)

Fireworks are beautiful.
It is good for celebrations, it gives us a good view and good memories  / it is beautiful to watch.  / it is a great way to celebrate special days.

There was a firework show in HK on new year’s eve. Thousands of Shenzhen citizens went to HK to watch it and the traffic was congested / it created huge traffic jams.

We have long borders around us, we need soldiers to protect them.
There is a list of risky countries and we cannot accept parcels for these.

we used to have to sign original copies but now we have digital signatures.
I think for documents there will be less business for us.
But we also have opportunities for other parcels / in other areas such as e-commerce.
The world becomes smaller / the world is more and more interconnected we can buy everything from everywhere because the delivery time is short now.
we play outside but if it is cold we can stay in the house -> we can have fun outside and if it is too cold we can stay in the house

so many people travel to the north east this year.

Vocabulary

to congest (v) to make it hard to go through / heavy traffic
Due to everyone traveling for the holiday roads were congested

utility (n) things peiple need for their basic life (electricity / water / gas …)
The electric company is a utility company
You have to pay your utility bills every month

Sled (n) something you sit on to ride down a snow slope

lamppost (n) structure giving light on the street

interconnected (adj) connected between different parties
The world is interconnected now

to erupt (v) become active / flare up
The volcano erupted and caused a disaster

eruption (n)

drill (n) training exercise / practice exercise
We have a fire drill this morning

troop (n) group of soldiers
The troops are getting really tired because they participate in the war since last year

Pronunciation

Korea

Korean

envy

heavy

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