Open F2F Class Notes 27 June (Peter)

Corrections

Should I need to use___? – do I need to use/should I use___?

A lot of things need to check – I needed to check a lot of things

Vocabulary

Skull – 头骨

Offensive – disrespectful, the potential to make someone feel upset or disrespected

Offend – to make someone upset by showing disrespect

Offended – upset

Superfood – a food believed to be very healthy

Drill – test run

Fire Drill – when everyone acts as though there is a fire in order to prepare for the day there actually is a fire.

Fire extinguisher – the red metal bottle intended to stop fires

Extinguish – to put out

Tornado – 龙卷风

Hurricane – 飓风

Wildfire – 森林火灾

Tsunami – 海啸

Earthquake – 地震

Landslide – 泥石流

Flood – 水灾

Natural Disasters – 自然灾害

Speculate – to talk about something you don’t know will happen

Evacuate – to leave because of an emergency, 撤离

Global Warming/Climate Change

Grammar

Remember that stories are all past tense, even if some things are true in the present.

Pronunciation

Extinguisher (ex-TING-wish-er)