VIP Class Notes (Tony) [S]

Write about your business trip to Japan. And what you put in your presentation.

Talk about presentation to Japan.

Vocabulary

Do you want to talk about the dogs or cats?

Yes

???   Which one?

Sorry, I want to talk about dogs.

Ride in a car

Ride a bike

Ride(V) a ride(N) at Disneyland / Go on some rides.

Hokkaido – the northern island of Japan, has mountains and skiing.

eg: I’m doing a presentation about Hokkaido.

Halloween – All Hallows Eve, Oct. 31st.

All Hallows/Saints Day – Nov. 1st

Presentation – PPT is a file name, The file is made by Powerpoint, Powerpoint makes PRESENTATIONS.

eg: My presentation is about traveling to Hokkaido

customer – Ke hu

eg: I’m doing this presentation for my customers.

Costume / Cosplay – some interesting or different clothes you wear, so you look like something different

eg: For Halloween my costume is a Vampire. I will have some long fangs(teeth) in my mouth and some white makeup on my face. I will also have some fake blood, and then pretend to drink it.

eg: I’m going to a costume party tomorrow.

eg: I have a pirate costume.

Cross Dressing – When a man wears a women’s clothes or Woman wears men’s clothes

eg: A lot of people like cross dressing in San Francisco.

Orange – the color between yellow and red

eg: Pumpkins are orange.

eg: Donald Trump is orange.

Pumpkin – a big, round and usually orange vegetable. You can eat it, or you can cut it, so it looks like a face.

eg: We had pumpkin pie for dessert.

What do you know about Halloween?

there are about costume partys

the date is Nov. 1st in some parts of Europe or Oct. 31st in USA

eg: Halloween is on October 31st.

ancestors History of Halloween : ghosts or evil things come back, we wear scary costumes to scare them away

there are sweets and candy

We cut faces in Pumpkins, / We Carve Pumpkins

eg: Have you ever carved a pumpkin?

children go get candy from neighbors, Trick or Treat. Kids go to the neighbors homes and knock on the door. Then they say Trick or Treat, and the person always gives them candy. The “Trick” is if someone doesn’t give you candy, then you play a trick on them. But this doesn’t really happen now.

eg:  Kids go trick or treating(V.) on Halloween in their neighborhood.

At the party:

Will you carve pumpkins?

We will not carve pumpkins.

Will you wear a costume?

Yes, I will wear a pirate costume.

eg: What are you supposed to be? (What should your costume be, because I don’t know?)

What are you going as?

I’m going as a pirate.

Will there be food?

Yes, there will be some food.

Do you need to bring food?

No, we don’t need to bring food.

Pronunciation

Halloween – Halla Weeeen

Orange – OR en J’ / Or Rinj

Kids go to the neighbors homes and knock on the door. They always say  “Trick or Treat” usually the neighbors give them some candy. The trick is mean if the neighbors don’t give them candy they will play a trick on them, but it usually doesn’t happen now.

Trick or treating is when kids go to the neighbors homes on Halloween and knock on the door. They always say  “Trick or Treat” then the neighbors give them some candy. The trick means if the neighbors don’t give them candy they will play a trick on them, but it usually doesn’t happen now.