Open F2F Class Notes 21st June (Harmony) [3]

On 6 27 – on June 27^th.

Reading:

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1606/160602-harambe.html

ohio (oh – hi – oh)

Cincinnati (sin – sin – ah – tee)

Ape (aype)

Tranquilizer (train – quill – eye – zur)

Society (so – sigh – ah – tee)

Investigate:  look into/research/get to the bottom of.

Eg.  The police officer investigated the missing bike.

Eg.  I investigated the reason for my missing key.

Eg.  I will investigate why the bank account is missing money.

Enclosure:  cage/area that is separated to keep people safe from what’s inside.

Footage:  video recording.

Drag/dragging:  pulling forcefully.  (pulling along the ground)

Eg.  The garbage bag was too heavy so I dragged it outside.

Eg.  My bike was locked and I lost my key, so I must drag it back home.

Shallow:  not deep

Feared (past tense): fear/ scared

Sedate/Sedated:  put to sleep for a short time.

Eg.  When I had a surgery/an operation I was sedated.

Eg.  After I ate sleep medicine, I was sedated.

Petition: a series of signatures to try and get sth changed in government/ policies etc.

Accountable:  responsible/ to be held responsible.

Eg.  Parents are accountable for their children’s actions.

Judge:  to assume sth about someone/something.  To pass judgement.

Eg.  We often judge people who appear/look homeless.

Lazy: (adj.) doesn’t want to do work

Eg.  My cat is so lazy, all she does is sleep.

Laziness: (noun) being lazy

Eg.  You can be dismissed from your job for laziness.

Competitive: (competition), you are better than the rest/ trying to be better than the rest.

Insist:  to demand.

Original:

Planting the flowers that you have to be patient, especially in the much raining days of the summer.Last summer my flowers were almost died, because they got heavy rainwater and their rootstocks were putrefied. Through this bad experience that I know I should take the flowers into my house in the summer. When I bought the new flowers, I decided to

Edited:

When Planting flowers, you have to be patient, especially during the rainy/heavily raining days of the summer.  Last summer my flowers almost died, because they got heavy rainwater and their rootstocks were putrefied. Through this bad experience I learned I should take the flowers into my house in the summer. When I bought new flowers, I decided to pay more attention to them.

Putrefied (pew – trih – fied):  rot or decay.

Be patient

Pay attention to

Take them inside = if they are outside already.

Keep them inside = if they are inside already.