Open F2F Class Notes 17th July (Peter)

Corrections

(Original – corrected)

Today I had blank dating – today I went on a blind date

I have had about thirty times blind date – I’ve had about thirty blind dates

I will still ganbidei – I won’t give up

Because the first time – because it was the first time I met him

So you can have safety – so you can feel safe

Vocabulary

Turban – any cloth wrapped around the head

Arab – an Arabic person

Arabic – 阿拉伯, 阿拉伯语

Cloth – the material that clothes are made of

Skinny – 瘦

Pretend – 假装

Argue – to fight verbally

Reputation – what other people think of you

Labelling – the act of putting people into categories

Generous – willing to give much

Grammar

Who’s vs whose

The word “who’s” means “who is,” the word “whose” means belonging to whom.

Pronunciation

Arrogant (AIR-uh-gunt)

Wrapped (rapt)

Cloth (clawth)

Clothes (clowthz)

Stingy (STIN-jee)

Etc, et cetera (et-SET-ra, et-SET-urr-ah)

Original: Today I had a blind date, the guy who is my parents’ friend’s son, before this, I have had about thirty times blind date, so that I can met many different people, who’s personality such as selfish, stingy, arrogant, etc. I don’t know when I can find the right one, but I’ll still keep trying…

Edited: Today I had a blind date. The guy was my parents’ friend’s son. Before this, I have had about thirty blind dates, so I met many different people, whose personalities were selfish, stingy, arrogant, etc. I don’t know when I will find the right one, but I’ll still keep trying…