Open F2F Class Notes 15th December (Tony)

Vocabulary

from scratch – you cook the dish from the very basic ingredients

Ingredients – all the things needed to make something eg: “The ingredients for a cake are simple, just eggs, flour, sugar and water.”

flour – mian – a white powder used for cooking many things

Recipe – list of all the ingredients and how to cook them. eg: “Thai recipes are very complicated.”

category – a group or list of similar things eg: ”

Gourmet (adj) – a high level of cooking, very high quality food. “Beijing has a gourmet government restaurant for every province in China.” “There is a gourmet Xinjiang place near my home.”

Authentic – not false or copied, genuine, real – eg: “La Pistolera is an authentic Mexican restaurant in Shanghai.”

Original –

Several days ago, the actor Allen Thicke’s death was published and many Chinese audiences felt sorry for that.Actually for Chinese audiences,Allen Thicke was not as famous as “Jason Seaver”, which is a character of the American tv show”Growing Pain”. The tv show’s first broadcasting on Chinese television was in 90s, and my generation literally grew up with the tv show. We wished that we can smart like Carol, popular as Mike, cute like Ben, and Jason and Maggie were our dream parents. We laughed and cried with them.We were all like them,having growing pains. I am not a real fan of Allen Thicke, but he was the perfect dad of my childhood. Hope he Rest In Peace.

Correction –

Several days ago, the actor Allan Thicke’s death was published and many Chinese audiences felt sorry for his family. Actually for Chinese audiences, Allan Thicke was not as famous as “Jason Seaver,” which is a character of the American tv show “Growing Pains.” The tv show’s first broadcasting on Chinese television was in the 90s, and my generation literally grew up with the tv show. We wished that we could be smart like Carol, popular as Mike, cute like Ben, Jason and Maggie. Jason and Maggie were our dream parents. We laughed and cried with them.We were all like them, having growing pains. I am not really a fan of Allan Thicke, but he was the perfect dad in my childhood. I hope he rests In peace.

Next Class Discuss different meanings of sorry.