2 F2F Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Vocabulary

tabloids: hua bian xin wen

astro sign: xing zuo

brand: pin pai
ie. Ally can’t afford designer brands/luxury brands.

retouch: xiu (v)
ie. Every girl retouch their photos.

freelance:  (adj) no contract, contact clients directly

peers: people around you, of the same age
ie. This just shows how much you can be influenced by your peers.

down-to-earth: (adj)jiao ta shi di

investigate: (v) diao cha (n) investigation
ie. He investigated all of you.

entertainment: yu le  (v) entertain (adj) entertained
ie. I want to find some entertainment tonight.
ie. The movie was very entertaining.
ie. I have to entertain our guests./keep them entertained.

frown: zhou mei

faith: xin ren (adj) faithful – for relationships
ie. My ex-husband wasn’t faithful. – He cheated on me with a 16 year-old girl.
ie. I have faith in God.
ie. Have a little faith (in God). -> Don’t worry, it will work out.

Grammar

can’t believe/unbelievable – think it’s fake/it can’t happen
ie. I can’t believe you did that!
ie. I can’t believe you have two classes today! It’s unbelievable!

believe in = have faith in
ie. I have faith in you = I believe in you.
ie. I believe you = I believe your story/you’re telling the truth.

“to be” – no action, for states, or adjs
ie. When I was in college… when we are together…

“by” – how much increase/more/difference?
– The price of this bag increased by 2000 to 6000./ is 2000 more than before.

tense
– “ing” means continuous action (do one thing for a while)
ie. am studying, was studying, had been studying…
– “would” for all “if” situations

For all dates:
1st = first = August first, 2nd, 3rd …
22nd = July twenty-second
23rd = July twenty-third
30th = thirtieth

Q: Tell me about an important decision you have made.
A: When I needed to go to college, and I chose my major with my family’s help. I had been study engineer for 4 years… Our class have 10 girls. I still think it’s wrong decision. When I graduated, I work as a cost-engineer for three years and I hate it. So let me choose again, I will choose English or other language as my major. My family open a small company, and need my help/I can help them. And they know the local engineering boss/group so they can give me a career. Because I was too young to know what I really want. At that day, the studio I work not too busy at that time, but same pay, so I start to get other part-time job. So at the same time, I go to the interview, so I get my job.

A: When I needed to go to college, and I chose my major with my family’s help/I chose my major with my family’s help/I followed my family’s plan when I went to college/was in college/just graduated from high-school. I had been studying engineering for 4 years… Our class had 10 girls. I still think it’s wrong decision. When I graduated, I worked/started out as a cost-engineer(person) for three years and I hated it. So if I can choose again, I would choose English or other/another language as my major. My family started a small company, and needed my help/I could help them/they thought I could help them. And they knew the local engineering boss/group so they could give me a good future career opportunity. Because I was too young to know what I really wanted. At that day, the studio I worked at wasn’t too busy at that time, but the salary was the same/they gave me the / I got the same pay, so I got/started to look for another part-time job. So at the same time, I went to interviews, so I got my job.

Q: Tell me about your boyfriend.
A: We’ve been together already 5 years. My boyfriend is kinda like the TV actor from “Mad Men”. He has charming personality and little-bit old fashioned. He doesn’t like the tabloids. He likes to read old book like history of Mao. He really admire Mao. I think the book is maybe 100 000 zi. He is a supplier for food, he don’t need to stay at the office. He needs to go to other companies , find someone needs their company’s products. Older than me 2 years old. When I be with him, I watch a lot movie, TV from American from British … They think he can easily to trick me. They want me to get married with some honest down-to-earth men. They are starting to accept my boyfriend because we been together too long and we keep each other company. All my family divorced so I don’t think they have the hua yu quan. My aunt tell me you can dating for your whole life, just don’t get married… just can’t believe the marriage… He has a house in a our hometown and the house has a really good xue qu.

A: We’ve been together for 5 years already. My boyfriend is kinda like the TV actor from “Mad Men”. He has a charming personality and he is a little-bit old fashioned. He doesn’t like the tabloids/reading tabloid news articles/entertainment news. He likes to read old book like history of Mao. He really admires Mao. I think the book is maybe 100 000 words long. He is a supplier for food, he doesn’t need to stay at the office. He goes to other companies to find/and look for someone who needs their company’s products. He is older than me by 2 years./He is 2 years older than me. When I stay/am with him, I watch a lot of American/British movies and TVs/ from America from Britain … They think he can trick me very easily. They want me to get married with/to/marry some ( mou xie ) honest down-to-earth men. They are starting to accept my boyfriend because we have been together (for) too long and we keep each other company. All my family are divorced/separated so I don’t think they have the right to tell me what to do/are in no position to give me relationship/marital advice. My aunt told/taught/tells me that I can date for my whole life, just don’t get married/without getting married/marriage… She doesn’t believe in marriage anymore… He has a house in a our hometown, and the house is in a very good school district.