VIP Class Notes (Jonathan)

Today we focused on:

  Cultures

Vocabulary

[CULTURE]

  • culture shock (n)
  • discriminate (v): discrimination vs racism
  • stereotype (n)
  • biased (a)
  • generalize (v) Please stop generalizing!

[COOKING]

  • cuisine (n) 料理
  • recipe (n) 菜谱
  • menu (n) 菜单

[FOOD]

  • sunflower seeds (n) 瓜子
  • ketchup (n) 番茄酱 tomato sauce 炒菜用的番茄酱
  • poutine (n)
  • gravy (n) 肉汁
  • broth (n) 肉汤
  • fattening (n) 让人变肥的

[CONCEPT]

  • mentality (n)
  • mindset (n)
  • loan word (n)
  • diligent (a) hard-working

[LIVING]

  • condo (n) 公寓 short for condominium