Open F2F Class Notes 21st June (Harmony)

L pronunciation: (tongue doesn’t touch the teeth, but curls up and touches the gums at the top of the teeth.)

World (wurld) 1 syllable – (wur –uld)

Word (werd)

Would (wood)

Howl – tongue behind teeth touch your gums!. (howul)

Cool – tongue behind the teeth touch your gums

Fool – tongue behind the teeth touch your gums, long O sound.

Tongue Twister:

LOTS OF LITTLE LONDON LAMP-LIGHTERS LIT LONDON’S LITTLE LAMPS.

R pronunciation:  tongue doesn’t touch anything!

AROUND THE RUGGED ROCK, THE RAGGED RASCAL RAN.

Bed – smile while saying it.

Bad – drop your jaw

Review:

Playing hooky (hookee)

Mule (mewl)

Antibiotics (anti – by – ah – ticks)

Anxiety (ang – zy – ah – tee)

Cripple:  someone with a disability.

Debt (det): money you owe.

Dismiss:  a nicer way to say fire someone.

Resign:  to quit

Décor/ation

Original:

Laziness is useful or not?
In everyone’s mind, there is always a better image of ourself: I will look prettier if I work out everyday; I will be more competitive if I insist learning English… But I am lazy person and I feel so guilty about this. People don’t like the word “laziness”.
However, on the other hand it is very important to us. We didn’t want to housework like washing dishes, cleaning room,so we invented different domestic machines. Laziness is the power of people advance.

Edited:

Is laziness useful or not?
In everyone’s mind, there is always a better image of ourselves: I will look prettier if I work out everyday; I will be more competitive if I insist on learning English… But I am a lazy person and I feel so guilty about this. People don’t like the word “laziness”.
However, on the other hand it is very important to us. We didn’t want to do housework like washing dishes, or cleaning rooms, so we invented different domestic machines. Laziness helps people advance.

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.

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.