F2F Class Notes (Ally) [S/W]

Homework

What do you look for in an ideal husband? What’s the most important things?

Vocabulary

indefinitely – don’t know how long, without deadline
ie. We are closed indefinitely.

efficiency – (n) xiao lv (adj) efficient
ie. Canadian people are not very efficient.
ie. … lack efficiency(n) in their work.
ie. … don’t work very efficiently. (adv)

workaholic: gong zuo kuang
ie. Claire’s bf is a workaholic.

Grammar

love at first sight

“hung up” – adj
ie. I’m still hung up over him. -> I still care about him.

“don’t judge a book by its cover”

Speaking exercise

He studied not very well when we were in primary school.
He was not a very good student/he was not good at studying when …

My passport expiry date is next year in March.
My passport expires in March of next year/next year in March.

I supposed I can fly to Toronto.
I thought I can fly to Toronto.

by his own
by himself
on his own

know-  already know
ie. I can’t know someone in a short time – I can’t get to know someone in a short time

some/any
ie. Do you have any power left in your phone? I don’t have any.
ie. Do you have some news for me? (I expect news)

turn/ turn out:
ie. Her face turned red.
ie. My new boyfriend turned out to be Lily’s ex, so now I have to break up with him.

keep = bao chi  + good thing
ie. I have to keep fit for Kris Wu.
ie. If you keep disrespecting your mom, I would call your grandma. (more info to explain the keep)

Writing exercise

I don’t believe in first impression at all. I would definitely take long time to judge a person, because people always keep perfect manner in the first impression. When you walk into a party, you say hi to everyone you know or you don’t, you smile, you wave your hand, you tell people the jokes, you keep a perfect manner to make a good impression. Everyone does that. But it takes much longer time to actually know the person’s personality, whether he is kind or punctual, whether he treats his friends kindly, whether he has some weird habits. Someone wears nice clothes when he is out to make a good impression, but as time goes by, he turns to be a person who always keeps the dishes dirty, or makes the room messy, and not shower for all days.

Edit:

I don’t believe in first impressions at all. I would definitely take long time to judge a person, because people always keep a perfect manner when you first meet. When you walk into a party, you say hi to everyone you know or don’t, you smile, you wave your hand, you tell jokes/you joke, you keep a perfect manner to make a good impression. Everyone does that. But it takes much longer/a much longer time to actually learn/understand/get to know the person’s personality, whether he is kind or punctual, whether he treats his friends kindly, or/and whether he has any weird habits. To make a good impression, people wear nice clothes when they are out, but as time goes by, he turns out to be a person who always leaves the dishes dirty, or makes the room messy, and not shower for (a few) days.

Pronunciation

punctual – pun+k+chual/shual

smile -SMIle (hook)

smell

hand (ya)  hend

kindly