F2F Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Vocabulary

concentrate: v-focus n-浓缩
ie. You should concentrate on this class.
ie. This juice is made from concentrate.
ie. I like freshly-squeezed juice – I don’t drink concentrated juice.

concentration: noun form of focus
ie. You should place your concentration on this class.
ie. This class requires a lot of concentration.

nutrition:è¥å…»

utility:公用事业; 实用; 效用; 有用; 实用程åº; 公用程åº

optimal:最佳的

preservative:防è…剂

sham:骗局

lymph nodes:淋巴

lymphatic:adj

diagnosis:诊断

genetic:基因(adj)

genes:基因

funeral:葬礼

fever:å‘烧

intermittently: 断断续续地

intermittent:adj

constantly: æŒç»­åœ° non-stop

constant:adj

stereotype: 刻æ¿å°è±¡

Grammar

Tense:

  1. 事实:

ie. He had been looking for a job. – He was looking for a job, but now he stopped.
ie. He has been looking for a job. – He was looking for a job, and he’s still looking.
ie. He was a teacher. – He is not a teacher anymore.
ie. He was a college graduate. – He graduated from college, he passed away.

-use words to support your meaning: still, used to …etc.

2. Time in relation to when the verb happened and your time of speaking
– happening use “ing”, past use “was” … etc.

3. Other time words in the sentence
– Last week, next year, today, now, just then, just now, Mondays, usually, never…
ie. I will go to work on (the coming)Monday. 下一个周一我会上ç­
ie. I go to work on Mondays. 我æ¯ä¸ªå‘¨ä¸€éƒ½ä¼šä¸Šç­ (频率=general fact=simple tense)
ie. I would go to work on (each/every) Mondays, but… 一般我(æ¯ä¸ªï¼‰å‘¨ä¸€éƒ½ä¼šä¸Šç­ï¼Œä½†æ˜¯…

each vs every
ie. Every one of you should have a part to do for this project.
ie. Each one of you should do your own part for this project.
ie. Every child should bring an umbrella.
ie. Each child should bring his or her own umbrella.

since…ago/ for ..*time duration*

basically = actually

Speaking exercise

She had low fever from half past years ago.
She had been having a constant low fever since half a year ago/for half a year.