Double F2F Class Notes (Kyle) (S+W)

Rewrite this paragraph about your son’s future using the new vocabulary.

My son wants to be a solider, as he has told me about that frequently. He wants me to send him to the army when he grows up. I think it’s a good idea. In my opinion, my son is a tough boy right now and he will become a tough man.

He would like to fighting and in his mind he would never give up.—-> He has a solider’s spirit. (describes him)
But in my son’s age, he can only see the solider as holding hold guns or weapons and can’t think about the future things/he doesn’t fully realize what is means to be a solider/man. Maybe one day soliders won’t be going war on the battleground, but instead they will maintain world peace. I hope that we can all share a future of world peace and security.

-that’s a big deal / a very serious personal issue

–“Practice makes perfect” = a famous saying, a traditional phrase, everybody says this

-Opportunities = 机会

Grammar

Have vs Haven’t

as he has

He wants me can sent him –> He wants me to send him …..

and he will become – future tense,  same thing as above.

1st verb is changed (Present tense) + 2nd verb Infinitive/Regular tense

Vocabulary

1. to make an appointment / to set an appointment ——>
2.  with a specialist – a professional, or a doctor who specializes in a field of medicine

ex. The next-task that I need to do is set an appointment with a specialist.

——->  What’s next for class? What will we do next?

its hard/difficult/ not convenient/challenging –> a challenge: a problem 

ex. At work, currently I have a challenging situation with my manager’s approach to the work environment. 

Easy/ convenient / simple —-> No problem!

ex. There is a water machine nearby it is very convenient to get water here. 

“A small online booking system with an online medical consultancy”

Consultancy- we provide you a service, like at Smart E ! We are raising bar in Shanghai consultancy … 

thorough –-> to have everything you need , complete

Ex. The driver drove the truck through the tunnel …. The doctor wasn’t very thorough in his explanation.

not so thorough –>  it could be better

bartering = to discuss the prices for a service…. to say 1 price, 1000. too expensive. 400! Oh my gosh! Leave my country! Okay, I am leaving…. OKAY OKAY OKAY, I’LL( I will) TAKE 600! You say, 500 is my final offer. Win-Win.

ex. I was bartering on the beach in Thailand.

When I was in Thailand, I had a bad experience with bartering. I don’t like to have to barter because sometimes you can face some difficult situations. 

It was a rainy day and I saw the guy offering a/a horse riding service. I asked the guy for the price and he wasn’t very clear. price, But actually I did the my/some homework about price. So I took my brother and he went for a short 100 meters. They came back and I said the distance is not real was not far enough and the price you asked said  was  not clear. I know this game, you ride this horse to another point to take some good picture, but my brother didn’t have receive this service. The situation almost escalated/ became more physical.  

hide- to conceal

not far enough – we made a deal for a good experience!

clear –> Is that clear? Do you understand? Ni ting de dong ma? Ni dong ma?

Review Version:

My son wants to be a solider, as he has told me about that frequently. He wants me can sent him to the army when he grows up. I think it’s a good idea. In my opinion, my son is a tough boy, tough man would like to fighting and in his mind he would never give up.
But in my son’s age, he only see the solider can hold guns or weapons and can’t think about the future things. Maybe one day solider will going to the battleground, to maintain world peace. I hope that would never happen.

Corrected Version:

My son wants to be a solider, as he has told me about that frequently. He wants me to send him to the army when he grows up. I think it’s a good idea. In my opinion, my son is a tough boy right now and he will become a tough man.

He would like to fighting and in his mind he would never give up.—-> He has a solider’s spirit. (describes him)
But in my son’s age, he can only see the solider as holding hold guns or weapons and can’t think about the future things/he doesn’t fully realize what is means to be a solider/man. Maybe one day soliders won’t be going war on the battleground, but instead they will maintain world peace. I hope that we can all share a future of world peace and security.