Open F2F Class Notes _7th June (Harmony)

 

I have a little anxious or stress I have afraid – I feel anxious, stressed and afraid.

 

Quit:  to leave something/ to give up/ to end your job.

Dragon Boat Festival: Duan Wu Festival.

Rice Dumplings: zongzi

Egg yolk:  the yellow part of the egg.  

 

Shape:  the look of something.  (square, circle, rectangle)

Filling:  the food you put inside of sth (dumpling)

Spaghetti:  long Italian noodles.

Penne (pen – ay):  Italian noodles that are short with a hole in them.

Angel’s hair noodle:  similar to dragon beard noodles.  (spaghetti but thinner)

“it will stick to your ribs”:  to describe food that is really heavy and sticks in your stomach.

 

Original:

The men whose the name was Qu Yuan and he was the famous scholar in Chinese history. When He jumped into the river to kill himself, a lot of people put many zongzi in the river to remember him that eating the zongzi was began a traditional habit and then it had continued to now.

Edited:

A man whose name was Qu Yuan was a famous scholar in Chinese history. When he jumped into the river to kill himself, a lot of people put many Rice Dumpling in the river to remember him. Eating Rice Dumplings became a traditional habit and has continued to now.

Has/had

Eg.  The tradition had continued until the year 2000. (stopped, past tense)

Eg.  The tradition has continued until now (still going)

Lunar (lu – ner) calendar:  the Chinese traditional calendar.

Raisins: dried grapes.

Eg.  I like raisins in rice dumplings.

Race:  moving fast to beat your competition.

Eg.  Running in a race in the Olympics.

Eg.  Racing dragon boats.

A man whose name was Qu Yuan was a famous scholar in Chinese history. When he jumped into the river to kill himself, a lot of people put many Rice Dumpling in the river to remember him. Eating Rice Dumplings became a traditional habit during Dragon Boat Festival and has continued to now.  Dragon Boat Festival happens May 5th of the Lunar Calendar every year. Dragon Boat Festival has many dragon boat races in some special places. 

 

Solar Calendar:  the calendar the whole world follows

 

Fiscal calendar:  the company’s calendar