Why so Glum?

Negative means “no.”

Driving me crazy: I don’t like it.  

Stew is soup with meat.

We eat soup in English because we use a

spoon.

Awesome: great, fantastic, terrific, good, wonderful

Isn’t that a shame: terrible, bad

Allergic to: your skin gets itchy

Addict: like a smoker, they can’t stop

We do NOT drink soup. We eat soup.

Student A: read the sentence

Student B: write all of the sentence down under the picture

the sentence describes

Reiterate: say again so you don’t forget

How do you pronounce    ?

1. Entrée: main dish/cours (steak, pasta, chicken)

2. Mashed Potatoes

3. Salmon: “l” is silent

4. Cashier: person you pay the money to

5. Chatted: talked

6. Maitre D’ = French borrow word; The man who

works at the front door in a restaurant.

7. Drumsticks: chicken leg

8. Raw: not cooked

9. Chicken thigh: bigger

In detail: give a lot of information; explain a lot

He is not a waiter.

It tastes bland: almost no flavor, like water or rice

bread, etc.

It tastes tangy: sweet and sour together, like

BBQ sauce

It tastes greasy or oily

Ingredients

Oden: fish

Cabbage

 

 

Sweet potato: yam

Omelet

Tuna

 

Listening practice:

1.              Could you please repeat that?

2.              How do you spell    ?

Teach taught

Lesson: learn something

Kitchen

 

Zone out: space out

 

Hawaii  Oahu  Hawaiian food

Ingredients    popular

Urgency

 

 

 

 

 

In detail: give a lot of information; tell a lot

Writing is 10% of your grade. We have to do it once every semester. I gave you a score. If you fix the mistakes, I will give you a higher score.

1.  I explained many times a paragraph is five or more sentences. With two or three sentences, you did not develop / explain your idea. Many of you still wrote paragraphs that were NOT five or more sentences. Please fix them.

2.  I explained many times about spacing before punctuation. This is punctuation:  , . ? ! “ ; : …

Do NOT do this. Please fix this.

3.  This is a university. We do NOT use contractions in formal writing. Contractions are for speaking. They are for talking. They are not for writing. Here are some examples of contractions. He is – He’s, They are – they’re

4.  This is a logical problem more than a writing problem. Absolute statement.

Jadi always eats at McDonald’s. She loves to eat the chicken burger. We don’t always do anything. Jadi never speaks French. She does not understand the language.

Avoid absolute statements in writing because they are NOT logical. How do we fix it?

Jadi usually/often/normally/regularly eats there.

If you did NOT come to class, write a story now about your favorite foreign restaurant and the restaurant you hate the most. Come get some paper from me. This is 10% of your grade. IMPORTANT.

It is a quarter past 11: 11:15

I will skim first for the new words.

Notice: pay attention or see, look at

I’m not in the mood: I don’t want to do it; I don’t feel like it

Glum: sad; unhappy, depressed

Gossip: talk about other people when they are not there

1. It was a dead giveaway: I knew your secret; it is easy to know what is going on

2. Definitely: for sure; absolutely; 100%

Employee: worker

Employer: boss

Cut it out: stop doing that

Stand up for yourself: protect yourself

1.  Ethics: what other people want you to do, law, rules

For example, you cannot steal or kill

2.  Morality: the rules you make for yourself

3.  Personality: character (traits)

4.  Psychology: what is happening in your brain

Honest: true; the “h” is silent

Reliable: always do it

Loyal: never leave your husband or wife; we will say the dog is a loyal animal

Fair: treat everyone the same; the teacher should try to be fair to the students

Provide: give

Listening Practice

Could you please repeat that?

How do you spell   ?

 

 

 

 

 

Cauliflower & Broccoli

Cauliflower versus broccoli

This is semester two, 203 class. Last semester, this class did very well for grades. If you came to class every time, I am sure you got a high grade. Let’s look at the grading system again. It is a little different this semester:

Attendance (20%): come to class. Every hour you do NOT come to class, I deduct (minus 1%). If you miss a class, that is minus 2%. 18%.

Participation (10%): be happy in class and write full sentences, etc. Talk with feeling. Monotone is no good.

30% just to come to class

Ideal: perfect; the best

Diet: the food we eat

Dairy product: from a cow, like milk, butter, cheese plus eggs

1.          I went on a diet. (This means to lose weight.)

Poultry: meat from a bird, like chicken, turkey or duck

Cantaloupe: orange melon

Bell pepper

Broccoli: Green

Cauliflower: White

Avoid: stay away from; don’t want…

Answer with a sentence to practice grammar. If they say “YES” with a sentence, write down their name. If they answer “NO” with a sentence, do not write.

She wants shredded cheese.

We buy food in a store. We order food in a restaurant.

Randomly: no purpose or reason

1.          Walnuts are healthier than peanuts.

2.          Peanuts are cheaper than walnuts.

3.          Ketchup is from a tomato.

4.          Macaroni is one kind of pasta.

She put some raisins and strawberries on her oatmeal.

Carbohydrate: carbs

I am on a low carb diet. I am avoiding beer and bread. No rice. Etc. No noodles. But, you can eat lots of protein.

Excuse: reason for not doing something

Declining: to say “no,” to say you don’t want it

It doesn’t agree with me: it makes me sick or uncomfortable

Hindus in India can’t eat beef.

Jews and Muslims can’t eat pork.

Jew, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim: religions

A lot of Taiwanese people don’t eat beef because their ancestors were farmers.

How do we order eggs in a restaurant?

Waiter: How do you like (want) your eggs?

Answer: I like (want) my eggs:

a.          Sunny-side up

b.          Over easy.

c.           Hard boiled. Cooked in water.

d.          Poached. Cooked in water, but no shell.

e.          Omelet style

f.              Scrambled.

I am an Atheist.

I am an Agnostic.

“P” is silent in raspberries.

I talk. You write down what I say.

Could you please repeat that?

How do you spell    ?

Type: kind of

Cheddar Cheese

 

 

 

 

 

This is semester two, 203 class. Last semester, this class did very well for grades. If you came to class every time, I am sure you got a high grade. Let’s look at the grading system again. It is a little different this semester:

Attendance (20%): come to class. Every hour you do NOT come to class, I deduct (minus 1%). If you miss a class, that is minus 2%. 18%.

Participation (10%): be happy in class and write full sentences, etc. Talk with feeling. Monotone is no good.

30% just to come to class

Ideal: perfect; the best

Diet: the food we eat

Dairy product: from a cow, like milk, butter, cheese plus eggs

1.          I went on a diet. (This means to lose weight.)

Poultry: meat from a bird, like chicken, turkey or duck

Cantaloupe: orange melon

Bell pepper

Broccoli: Green

Cauliflower: White

Avoid: stay away from; don’t want…

Answer with a sentence to practice grammar. If they say “YES” with a sentence, write down their name. If they answer “NO” with a sentence, do not write.

She wants shredded cheese.

We buy food in a store. We order food in a restaurant.

Randomly: no purpose or reason

1.          Walnuts are healthier than peanuts.

2.          Peanuts are cheaper than walnuts.

3.          Ketchup is from a tomato.

4.          Macaroni is one kind of pasta.

She put some raisins and strawberries on her oatmeal.

Carbohydrate: carbs

I am on a low carb diet. I am avoiding beer and bread. No rice. Etc. No noodles. But, you can eat lots of protein.

Excuse: reason for not doing something

Declining: to say “no,” to say you don’t want it

It doesn’t agree with me: it makes me sick or uncomfortable

Hindus in India can’t eat beef.

Jews and Muslims can’t eat pork.

Jew, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim: religions

A lot of Taiwanese people don’t eat beef because their ancestors were farmers.

How do we order eggs in a restaurant?

Waiter: How do you like (want) your eggs?

Answer: I like (want) my eggs:

a.          Sunny-side up

b.          Over easy.

c.           Hard boiled. Cooked in water.

d.          Poached. Cooked in water, but no shell.

e.          Omelet style

f.              Scrambled.

I am an Atheist.

I am an Agnostic.

“P” is silent in raspberries.

I talk. You write down what I say.

Could you please repeat that?

How do you spell    ?

Type: kind of

Cheddar Cheese

 

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Skim: read quickly

I will skim for new words first.

Packed: a lot of people

I wonder: I want to know

Grand opening: the first day of business for a new company

Vegan: don’t eat meat or dairy products (from a cow, like milk, butter, cheese, ice cream and eggs)

Environment: the world around us, trees, mountains, lakes, etc. 

Consumption: eat or drink

Extreme: very hard or difficult

Mighty: very

Cutting down on: less and less

In order to: because

Discuss: talk about

Scale: machine that tells you how heavy you are

Adopt: get / try something new

Gain: more

Lose: less

Eating junk food is not good for our liver or kidney

Organs

Male: boy

Female: girl

 

Could you please repeat that?

How do you spell     ?  

Bland: no taste

Ingredients

Mutton: sheep meat

Sandwich

Genre: science fiction, comedy, cartoon, drama, etc.

Juice: juicier

Sweeter

Baltimore 

 

 

I Am Going to Make Some Tweaks

 In some cases: sometimes

Any (anybody/anyone) or some (someone/somebody) grammar:

1. Use “any” or “some” in a question.

Do you have some sunscreen?

Do you have something/somebody?  

Do you have any sunscreen?

Do you have anything/anyone?

2. Positive (yes): I have some sunscreen.

3. Negative (no): I do NOT have any sunscreen.

This classroom today is stuffy. HOT.

In two weeks (we DO NOT say “two weeks later”), we have the final exam. Next week, we will do review for the test and I will tell you what to study.

In an hour: after an hour

In some cases: sometimes

Did you see anyone/someone giving shaves?

Both are OK because it is a question.

Pedicure: cut the toenails

Manicure: cut the fingernails

While: when

Appointment: meeting

I am wearing contact lenses.

Usually, we say I am wearing contacts.

 

Giving advice. Your partner will tell you the problem. Please give your partner advice with a sentence.

Problem: I smell bad.

Advice: You should / ought to wear deodorant.

I suggest you wear deodorant.

I suggest you hide your toothbrush. You should put it on the floor behind the toilet. He won’t find it there.

I advise you to wear deodorant.

Do NOT say “You can…”

Sentence pattern.

Please answer with a sentence to practice grammar:

My roommate always uses my toothbrush.

You should suggest he buy his own toothbrush.

The crazy woman is throwing watermelons at me again.

a. I am allergic to face powder.

I suggest you don’t do makeup.

b. My hair always sticks up.

I suggest you use hair gel.

I advise you to use hair gel.

c. My eyelashes are too short.

I suggest you buy mascara.

 

 

 

I shower two times a day, but…

1. Before we talked about personality. That is inside you. Your inner beauty.

2. Now, we talk about appearance. That is your outer beauty.

 

Plastic surgery, cosmetic surgery, cosmetic procedure: go to the doctor to change your body or face    Cindy

Listening practice

1. Could you please repeat that?

2. How do you spell __________?

Tweak: change a little

Enhance: improve

Natural

Painful: hurt  

Cindy: girl’s name

 

 

 

 

 

I had an eyebrow lift

I had fat removed (from) under my eyes.

Liposuction on my inner thighs

Thigh: strongest part of your leg

Do you think they are superficial because they want plastic surgery?

The number of cosmetic procedures has nearly doubled in the last (past) decade (ten years).

Time for a Pedicure

 

I will skim (read quickly for new

words) first.

Shown: featured

Dye the hair: change the color

Distinguished: smart and respected, usually an older person

Corporate: big company

Executive: boss

Gorgeous: beautiful

Though: but

Hair transplants: get new hair

Bald: no hair

“Take the plunge:” try something

new

If you don’t mind: don’t care

Permanent: forever; you can’t change it

Perspective: thinking or idea

Enthusiastically: energy, you really care or like it

For Wednesday, I will just give everyone 10/10 for homework.

1. Your midterm is out of 50% on the paper.

2. 50% divide by 5 = your final score.

3. For example, if you got 40%, your grade is 8%.

 

I know in America people do NOT speak with a sentence.

If you ask: “Where is the train station?”

We need to answer with a sentence in this class because we can practice grammar.

Could you please repeat that?

Use your imagination.

Tattoo

Have you ever put in contact lenses?

Ever is only in the question.

Yes, I have put in contact lenses.

Why is ever only in the question?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Announce: tell everyone

Please answer with a sentence.

I dyed my hair black.

What will happen if you don’t

floss? He will have dirty teeth.

I paid NT$1000 for my haircut.

What is the purpose of sunscreen?

Sunscreen will protect my skin from

a sunburn.

Mustache.

Cosmetic procedure: when you

go to the doctor to change your

face. 

Discuss: talk about

Could you please repeat that?

How do you spell    ?

Tattoos      bad

Tattoo artists     Matt

Genre

Midterm Exam for English November 4th and November 7th

I delayed the midterm exam one week because I have been sick. The test is Tuesday Nov. 4 for the Tuesday afternoon class and Friday Nov. 7 for the two Friday morning classes. 

1. Memorize these words: paragraph, gerund, synonym, affirmative, column, negative, personality, amazing, confused, jealous, humorous, siblings, acquaintance, genre, comedy, animation, introverted, extroverted, rebel, sightseeing, take, short notice, determined, depressed, volcano, definitely, organize, absolutely, help, parentheses, suggest, grammar, prefer, stomach

2. There is a grammar part similar to Unit 1, Lesson 2, A: Complete each sentence with an affirmative gerund or negative gerund with not. This is in your textbook on page 127.

3. There is a grammar part similar to Unit 2, Lesson 1, A: Complete each sentence with the simple past tense or the present perfect form of the verb. This is also in your textbook on page 127. 

She Came from Changhua (彰化)

 

Skim: read quickly

I will skim page 8 for new words (vocabulary).

Determine: decide

Likely: probably

Siblings: brothers and sisters

Influenced: affected

Predictable pattern: probably will happen; usually the same or like this

Definitely: for sure; certain

Conforms: follows the rules

Theory: idea

Tends to be: usually

A ton of: lots, much

A bit of: a little

Rebel: a person with their own thinking; does not follow the rules

A bit: a little

Flip flops: summer shoes

Fascinating: interesting

How many siblings do you have?

Expect them: want them to do

Attendance: come to class

Every hour you do NOT come to class, I deduct (minus -) 1%. 20%

According to that clock…

Until

 

 

 

 

          I talked to my classmate, Tina, who

 

comes from Miaoli. There are beautiful

 

mountains with lots of pine trees and the

 

Hsin Tien River full of shrimp and sharks.

 

Tina’s favorite app is IG, because she can

 

chat with friends easily.

 

 

 

                   

 

 

Explain.

I talked to Juno, a classmate from

 

Hsinchu. Juno told me the meatballs there

 

are delicious because they add cilantro.

 

Juno wanted to study at Shih Hsin

 

university as she heard it has a good film

 

program.

 

             I talked to Sandy Wang, a classmate

 

who comes from Changhua. Sandy

 

believes her hometown is unique because

 

they have scallop meatballs with cilantro

 

and the majestic Bagushan Mountain

 

range.

Writing Questions: