F2F Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

course: class/ ke Cheng
ie. I’m taking an English course. (a long series of classes)

promotion : xuan chuan (v) promote
ie. LJQ is promoting (v) a new product.

sensitive (adj): min gan
ie. He’s a sensitive guy

sense: (n) gan jue
ie. A woman’s 6th sense (n)
ie. She has a very good fashion sense
ie. I sense(v) a weird vibe.

amateur: beginner/ noob
ie. Krissa is an amateur on/at sentence-making(n) /making(v-n) sentences.

do action=”grammar”/]

How you doin
How’s it going
What’s up = what have you been up to
What have you been doing

behind the scenes = Hua xu
behind the curtains

anything/nothing/something
ie. I don’t have anything to do./I don’t have anything special to do.
ie. I have nothing to do.
ie. I have something special planned for tonight. (specific)
ie. Did anything happen last night? / Did something happen last night?  (You look weird, I know something’s up)
ie. Nothing happened last night.
ie. Something happened last night that changed my life. (specific)

Speaking exercise

anything new(adj)
something that happened recently

This is my second last class

I will take my class one class once a week
I will take my class once a week/I will have/take one class per week (once = one class)

In my school advertisement video, we have a big lab.
In my school intro video, we have a big lab.

should = “gai”, what is appropriate
ie. I should go now because your wife is coming soon.
ie. Children should sleep early.

Writing exercise

sedative 使镇定的adj. 镇静剂n.
The tiger at the zoo went mad,then stuff sedated tiger to make it quiet.
clay 黏土;泥土;类似黏土的东西
gentle 温和的;文雅的
Peter don’t put the clay on your sister’s head. Will you be gentle?
poke 刺;捅;戳
pain 疼痛
bump 隆起;肿块
clinic 诊所;医务室
This little boy doesn’t feel pain when someone poke his skin until he gets a bump. I don’t think your visit to the village clinic is going to work.

supposed to 应该;猜想会…
tear up 撕毁
recovery 恢复;复原
Oh, you tore up your sister’s poster and it can’t be recover…I think you supposed to get hit by your sister.
blemish 瑕疵;污点
My boss is a perfectionist and he can’t stand the slightest blemish.
democracy 民主
It is very lucky to be born into a democratic family.

Edited:

sedative 使镇定的adj. 镇静剂n.
The tiger at the zoo went mad,then the zoo staff sedated the tiger to make it quiet./put it down.
clay 黏土;泥土;类似黏土的东西
gentle 温和的;文雅的
Peter, don’t put the clay on your sister’s head. Can you be a gentleman?
poke 刺;捅;戳
pain 疼痛
bump 隆起;肿块
clinic 诊所;医务室
This little boy doesn’t feel pain when someone pokes his skin and he gets a bump. I don’t think your visit to the village clinic is going to work.

supposed to 应该;猜想会…
tear up 撕毁
recovery 恢复;复原
Oh, you tore up your sister’s poster and it can’t be recovered… How can you do this? You’re supposed to be the big brother. I think you will/are going to get hit by your sister.
I’m supposed to be at school by 9.
blemish 瑕疵;污点
My boss is a perfectionist and he can’t stand the slightest blemish.
democracy 民主
It is very lucky to be born into a democratic family.