Double F2F Class Notes (Nicholas)[S]

Speaking exercise

Original

In my high school, it’s a man, he looks very serious, math, he is my homeroom teacher. In fact, geography…because my class is so mixed but he always can let the students be quiet and she teach in the class is very fun, will let us know new things.

Number one is talk with people need be / has to be kind , and number two is he must have a lot of the knowledge / smart / intelligent, express need to fun, and the last have a good look. I want a be a business man. I like to trade, be social / socialize. He teach me how to be a good man because I have a girlfriend when he teach me so I’m always forget do homework, don’t want to go to class, I can’t focus in the study, and one day / one time she talked with me, he have a lot of rule for me, and I can’t do this rule beginner – in the beginning I could not do the rules and I always make a mistake, later is OK and he always talk with me and how can I do right.

Corrected

In my high school, my favorite teach was a man, he looked very serious, he taught math, he was my homeroom teacher. In fact, he taught geography…because my class was so mixed but he always got the students to be quiet and he taught the class in a very fun way / his teaching style was very fun, he helped us learn new things.

Number one you have to be good at talking with people and needs to be / has to be kind , and number two is he must have a lot of the knowledge / be smart / be intelligent, and he needs to express himself in a fun way / he must be fun, and lastly he should be good looking. I want to be a business man. I like to be social / to socialize. He taught me how to be a good man because I had a girlfriend when he taught me so I was always forgetting to do homework, I didn’t want to go to class, I couldn’t  focus in the study, and one day / one time he spoke with me, he had a lot of rules for me, and I couldn’t do these rules at the beginning – in the beginning I could not do the rules and I always made mistakes, later I was OK and he always spoke with me and how I could do it right.


Original

When I saw the advertisement I need to see what kind of the advertisement .Sometimes I will feel good because there have – I want something, or something my favorite star. That will let me feel better. But sometimes a lot of the advertisement / ads let me feel / makes me feel low. Because they want to make money. Yes it’s a good idea that will let other people know their product. Nike had a boxing ad in the middle Huaihai Road.It’s a man he always have a different idea, so that like a magic – and use the computer to be creative. It depends if be good for healthy then it’s good. If they only focus in make money then it’s not good.

Corrected

When I see an advertisement I need to see what kind of advertisement it is. Sometimes I will feel good because the ad has something I want or something that my favorite star wants/likes . That will make me feel better. But sometimes a lot of advertisements / ads make me feel low. Companies advertise because they want to make money. Yes it’s a good idea that will let other people know about their product. Nike had a boxing ad on Middle Huaihai Road. It’s a man he always has different ideas, so that is like magic – and he uses the computer to be creative. It depends if it is good for your health then it’s good. If they only focus on  making money then it’s not good.

Grammar

on the road
in the office
in the car
on the street
on the Monday
on the weekend / during the weekend 
on the week / during the week / during the work week 

When I see the advertisement  = there is only one advertisement
When I see advertisements = OK, this is true for most advertisements
When I see an advertisement = Best, there are many advertisements and I am talking about one of them

I am a beginner = person
This is the beginning = place or time

talk
speak
talked
spoke (past)
I am talking to you right now.
I am speaking to you right now.

I talked to you last week.
I spoke to you last week.

can’t = couldn’t (in the past)

I was forgetting to do my homework.
I forgot to do my homework.

needs to be = has to be

subject + verb + object
e.g. He taught geography.
subject – who did it
verb – what did they do
object – who did they do it to
preposition – “of”

if A then B
if
 this happens then this will happen
if
 a person wants to hold onto something/someone too much then this means they are insecure.

it depends = it’s different
it depends, if the man lives in one city and the woman lives in a different city, and they are far away, we call this a long distance relationship (LDR)
they’re in a relationship but they don’t live together, they live apart
e.g. Do you guys live together? No, we live separately / No we live apart.

it depends = it’s different
e.g. How often do you go to the gym each week? Well, it depends, if I am busy at work I will go once a week, but if I am not busy I will go three times a week — it depends.
e.g. Yim do you want to go on a double date with my girlfriend and her friend? It depends, is she beautiful? (If she is beautiful then yes. If she is not beautiful then no. It depends).
e.g. Is your wife happy today? It depends.

by = how do they do it?
e.g. How do you become a great fighter. You become a great fighter by training everyday.
e.g. I became a really good teacher by practicing everyday.

Vocabulary

creativity / creative – 创造力
e.g. Artists are creative.

let me = make me

sick” = cool
badass” = cool
e.g. Yeah I love that phone it’s sick.
e.g. He’s such a badass.

“most times…” = usually
e.g. Most times ads will just have one big picture.

advertisement – 广告
to advertise – verb
e.g. Companies / businesses advertise their product to sell to people. They advertise by buying advertisements.

geography – 地ç†
e.g. My favorite teacher was my geography teacher — he taught me geography and where the countries of the world were located.

screenshot – 截图
e.g. Be careful! All of your conversations are getting screenshotted and shared!

what are the qualities of a good teacher – ç´ è´¨

expression – ç´ è´¨
e.g. The teacher expresses himself by speaking and writing on the board.
e.g. Art is a form of self-expression.

be social / socialize / “people person”
e.g. I got to events and I like to socialize with people.

waste of time – not a good use of my time
e.g. Having a girlfriend in high school was probably a waste of time for me.

waste = garbage

to feel secure / security / insecurity / insecure – ä¸å®‰
e.g. When President Xi travels, he travels with a lot of security.
e.g. Some men are very aggressive because they are insecure.
e.g. I think a secure man — a man that is secure with himself — is a confident man.

confident / confidence – 自信
e.g. I am confident.
e.g. I have confidence.

don’t play games with me
if you like me, say so, if you don’t like me then say you don’t like me