Tuesday, December 10, 2024

CORE CLASS: Onions on My Burger + Street Food Page 58

 



Pumpkin Pie: Traditional Thanksgiving Dessert


Street Food on Page 58

Words:

Article: story in a newspaper or magazine

Skim: read quickly for new words 

Vendor: person who sells food on the street or in the night market stall.

Menu: list of food in a restaurant

Traditional: from a long time ago

Cart: you can push it

Trendy: fashionable

Based on: from 

Location: place

Questionnaire: survey

A: How may I help you?

B: I need a (measure word) of (food)?

A: Here is your (m.w.) of (food).     Or

We are sold out of (m.w.) of (food).


Measure word + food

A cup of coffee

A bunch of bananas

A pound (lb.) of pork 

2.2 lbs: 1 kg

A can/tin of soup

A pack/packet of ketchup

I need a head of lettuce. 

Device: machine 

Could you please repeat that?

How do you spell     ?



 Ingredients      Waffle

Slice

Syrup    Genre    Mild cheddar cheese


1. Some: Yes

I want some onions on my burger.

2. Any: No = negative

I don’t want any onions on my burger.

3. Some/any: Question

Do you have some onions? 

Do you have any onions? 

Listening Practice:

a. Could you please repeat that?

b. How do you spell ______? 

Big Mac

Eat: ate: eaten    fast food

Invented      technology

genre

 25,000

1/4: quarter

1,000,000: million 

A quarter of a million….

White Castle 

Microwave Oven






Categories of food: kinds of food:

Fruit, meat, dairy products (from the cow plus eggs), vegetables, grain (bread or noodles), etc. 

Lamb: b is silent

Broccoli: green

Cauliflower: white


Ice Cream always has a flavor. 












Immediate family: mother, father, brothers, sisters (siblings), wife and husband

Extended family: aunt, uncle, cousin, grandpa, niece, nephew, etc.


Page 51: Food

Notice: see or pay attention to 

I’m starving: very hungry

What are you in the mood for?: what do you want? 

Main course: entrée, chicken, pasta, steak




We are talking about family members today: brother, aunt, uncle, cousin, grandpa, etc. Let’s check it and I will give you 10/10 if you did it. 

I will preview the vocabulary first. It is on page 39. 

Tons of: a lot of, many, bunch of

Cousin: is your aunt or uncle’s children

Keep in touch: contact; talk a lot

Get together: visit, drop by

Great grandmother: grandmother’s mother

Outgoing: not shy; talks a lot

She has a Japanese accent. 

Phrases: many words together 

Statement: sentence

Siblings: brothers and sisters

Very: super


Marital status: Are you married? Do you have a husband or wife? 

What is your marital status?

1. I am single.

2. I am married. 

3. I am divorced. 

4. I am separated from my wife / husband. 

5. I am a widow (my husband died).

6. I am a widower (my wife died). 

Application

7. Engaged: will get married later

Fiance: boy who is engaged

Fiancee: is girl who is engaged

Talking about relatives. 

I say: My aunt’s daughter is my __________. She lives in ___________. 

Mary says: My aunt’s daughter is my cousin. She lives in Xinzhuang. 

I say: My dad’s brother is my ______. He works ____________. 

Sharon says: My dad’s brother is my uncle. He works in Taipei. He is a cook. 


Let’s take a break. It’s late. We can check the answers after the break. 

I say: My pet’s favorite food is __carrot________. He / She enjoys eating _______carrot___.

Dora says: 

I say: On Thanksgiving, I want to eat _________ and some ___________.

Kevin says: 

Mashed potatoes

Brussels sprouts 

Yams

Turkey

Cranberries

Pumpkin pie


My (me)’s (you) is my (relative). 

My father’s cousin is my first cousin once removed. 


Step father. If my mom marries a different man than my father. 

My father’s uncle is my great uncle. 

My great uncle’s father. Great grandfather or great great uncle

















This was last class: November 5.

Today, we are doing body and health, sickness, illness, etc. 

But, let’s look at the exam. 

It is out of 100, but I divide by 5.

So, if you got 75/5=15% out of 20% 


Different parts of their bodies are in pain. 

Pain: ailment, hurt

Pharmacy: drugstore, place to buy medicine

Take a break until a quarter past four.

1/4

Advice: recommend

Should / shouldn’t   (ought to)

When we are sick, others like to give advice. 





Student A:

1. I have a runny nose (tissue)

(Tissue is the advice.)

You should / shouldn’t ….

You should use tissue to blow your nose. 

2. I have a terrible cold (oranges and kiwis)

You should eat oranges and kiwis because they have Vitamin C. 

We eat soup in English. We do NOT drink soup.

Greasy food is good for a hangover. That is why we go to McDonald’s.

Ear drops are good for an earache. 

Lozenges are good for a sore throat. 

If you cut your thumb, put a bandage on it. 



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