Online Class Notes (Tibo)

Today we focused on:


https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/03/photos-of-the-week-green-river-fire-ritual-space-needle/677851/

Speaking exercise

I had to work overtime every night.
We have to prepare some presentation to my boss

He will visit SH us next week / he will go on a business trip to SH next week.
Everyone should prepare a presentation for him.
He comes twice or three times a year.

maybe I will stay at home and recover from the sickness.

We usually will walk around the park.
We can also watch a movie at home.
It will freak me out because it looks so realistic.
I take my kid to the art music but usually we see paintings.

When I order some groceries to be delivered to my house I will buy some flowers at the same time

We just hear about volcanoes in Japan which is the nearest one to us. / it is the closest to us.

A lot of seniors, when their hair is white they will go to dye their hair at the hair salon.
They usually dye their hair black or brown.
If you find someone with a crazy hair color you may think he works in a hair salon.

Vocabulary

amid : among / in the middle of
The teacher stood amid the students as he read the book

to soar (v) to go up / increase very quickly
People are unhappy because the price of food is soaring

dye (v/n) change color / substance to change color
Many people like to dye their hair

payload (n) cargo for a rocket  / what you put in a rocket

kayak (n) special small boat独木舟

kayaker (n) someone operating a kayak
Tom loves to go kayaking, he is a kayaker

to spot (v) find where something is.
We need to spot where the enemy is

spot (n) a specific location
This park is my favorite spot in the city

spotter (n) someone who finds where something is
We asked several spotters to find the enemy

…. around the clock (expression)

work around the clock : keep working without much rest / keep working in a very focused way.
Our factory has 3 teams which rotate so that we can operate around the clock

sick (adj)

sickness (n)

to install (v) to set something up so that it is ready / prepare for a program to run on a computer

Pronunciation

installation

operate

battle