F2F Class Notes (Ally)

Read about a piece of news related to your work and write your thoughts about it.

If you can’t think of anything, summary is fine.

Vocabulary

stitch: feng (n and v)
ie. I got 3 stitches.
ie. My mom stitched together my jeans.

extract: ba
ie. The extraction (n) was very painful.
ie. You want to extract yourself from the messy situation.

discredit: say something is false
ie. The claim that taking out your tooth will make your face smaller has been discredited.
ie. The president discredited the fake news.

highlights: most interesting bits in a long story / tiao ran
ie. I got highlights in my hair
ie. I only watched the highlights

-to be: president-to-be = future president

get-together:(n) ju hui, casual
ie. Do you bring him to your get-togethers?

Grammar

SVO sentence structure
I contacted the client. – more clear
I had contact with the client. – more complex , maybe longer? back and forth?

same as = similar to

time/place = where we are right now
ie. come = SH, go= everywhere else
ie. this moment = now, that moment /that moment

ie. It hurts me that you want to break up with me. (emotionally … deeply)
ie. I have a toothache… (long cont.)
ie. Taking out a wisdom tooth is very painful. (S = thing that hurts)
ie. Taking it out really hurts. (v)
ie. I feel pain. (n)

I should’ve had class yesterday.

I did operated and …
I had an operation and …

It’s influencing the tooth next to it

It’s a little hurt
It’s a little bit painful.
There’s only a little pain.
I only feel a little pain.
It hurts a little bit.

President Trump interrupted him constantly.
… kept interrupting.

He meddles in other’s business.

When I come to Europe the first/second times..
When I went to Europe the first/second times..

The third time when I went to Europe, I think it’s boring.
The third time I went to Europe, I thought it was boring.

I don’t need to supervise him, he’s an IT guy.

Q: Most memorable trip
A: When I went to Roma, Italy, I was cheated by a restaurant. At first, in Europe, most restaurants will charge service fees and the restaurant at first, the waiter told us they wouldn’t charge service fees. When we , me and my husband, finished the meal, he gave the bill, the extra service fees. And we argued with this waiter. The waiter is too xiong e de, so I threatened him with the police. He is an honest man …

Edited:

A: When I went to Roma, Italy, I was almost fooled by a restaurant. In general/generally speaking, in Europe, most restaurants would charge service fees and the restaurant we went to at first…. the waiter told us they wouldn’t charge service fees. When we ,my husband and I, finished the meal, he gave the bill with the extra service fees. And we argued with this waiter./We got into an argument with this waiter. The waiter is too mean/aggressive,  so I threatened him with the police/I bluffed I would call the police. He is a dishonest man …/ He was being dishonest first/He was dishonest first, so this is our way to fight back.