Demo Class Notes (Leo Q – Ally)

Vocabulary

systematically: (adv) 系统化的

forte: (n)strength

immigration: (n)yi min (v)immigrate

comfort zone: (n)舒适圈

hobby： (n)兴趣爱好

bench:   (n)板凳
ie. Leo is not a bench player.

fanatic： super fan(n)

fragment:  (n)碎片 (adj) fragmented
ie. Some of Leo’s sentences are fragmented(adj)./are in fragments.(n)

stuck: 堵住
ie. I’m late because I was stuck in traffic.
ie. If you get stuck, change the S, which would change the sentence structure.

stereotype: (n)刻板印象

discrimination:  (n)歧视 (v)discriminate

interaction: (n)互动 (v)interact

motto: (n)zuo you ming

count (v): shu

Grammar

speak section：1. description  2. I(personal) 3. Story

Did you count all of your school hours in that?

Reading, writing … That’s not confident for me.
Reading, writing … These are not my strengths/fortes…
Reading, writing … I’m not confident about/on/in these sections..

My hobby is playing basketball.
When I don’t have school/When I’m free/When I have free time, I would always/like to play basketball.
My favorite sport is basketball.

maybe 100 pairs soon..
I have maybe 80 pairs of shoes, maybe I would get 100 pairs soon.
I have 80-something pairs, quickly reaching 100.

My mom gave me my English name.
My mom thought of it./likes it.

Q: Tell me about someone famous that you like.
A: Stephen Curry is best NBA basketball player. He created the 3 point history. He changed the NBA history. I saw him before going to the high school, like 12 years. I’m a small guy before, I”m not good at playing basketball. I saw him. He is a little in NBA too. So he shoot the 3 point. I think it’s very cool, I think I can do it also.

A: I think Stephen Curry is the best NBA basketball player. He created/made history with(using) his 3 pointers. He changed the NBA history. In 2016, the NBA final games, Cavaliers against (vs) Warriors, Stephen Curry went against Irving, and Curry shot the 3 pointer which killed/finished/ended the game. He also practiced 3 pointers with his teammates like Thompson, even in his free time when he doesn’t have a game… I feel that’s a good way to be better than before./He taught me to improve myself. I learned from him that keep playing basketball is important/would make me better and I remember he said “I can do all things”, /which is also my motto/and that’s my motto also.

I saw him when I was 12 years old, when I was still in elementary school/before I was in high school. I was a small guy before, I was only 1meter six./one sixty cm tall. I was a short guy in my class. I was not good at playing basketball. And when I saw him, he is little in NBA too, but he’s a legend/point monster. So when I saw him shoot the 3 pointer in court, I thought it’s very cool. It made me think that I can do it also.