I don't know about you guys, but I really enjoyed Thursday's class! The purpose of the class was a) to show you that nouns really are quite easy to describe without words - though most of us think that it would be verbs. b) to show the importance of our bodies and faces when communicating with others and c) help you get over your shyness a little.
I don't know about the shyness thing, but you certainly proved a) and b) - in ways that all of us enjoyed. I hope you will all remember that communicating with others in another language can be achieved in different ways - and that you don't have to let the fact that you don't know a particular word stop you having a conversation.
Once again I was surprised at the variety of different words that you chose to show us. While you knew what everyone was saying in Chinese, there were a few words some of you were not so familiar with in English so lets go over those:
scratch...what we do when a mosquito or an insect bites us
rampage... (v) to angrily destroy things (n) a riot or destructively raging
bow...a weapon made of bent wood with a string (usually made from a cat's gut or intestine!)
arrow...the thin sticks with a sharp metal tip and feathers at the end, used with a bow
marksman...an expert with a gun (or bow and arrow)
sharp-shooter...an oustandingly accurate person with a gun only
barber...a person who cuts men's hair only
barber's...the shop or place where men get their hair cut and their faces shaved
hairdresser...someone who can cut, colour and style hair
hairdresser's..place where men and women get their hair styled, cut or coloured
fireworks...what we light at New Year celebrations. Very beautiful and colourful
bangers/crackers...the red fireworks which just make a big noise when they explode
ski...(v)to move quickly across the snow, (n) a smooth wooden strip we strap to our feet
skate...(v) to move across the ice (n) a shoe with a metal blade
stumble...to trip; to "lose our step" to bump our foot against a stone or something on the ground
crawl...to move on our hands and knees as babies do before they learn to walk
sway...to move slowly from side to side while our feet don't move;trees move gently in breeze
collide..to run straight into something or someone
collision...(n) a car or aeroplane or train crash
arrest...to be taken into custody by the police
Scandinavian..(adj) describes people or things from Norway, Denmark, Sweden, etc
Viking...fearsome warriors from Northern Europe who sailed in wooden ships to trade and fight
Pop Quiz...? find out next class!!
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