F2F Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Vocabulary

conference: 会议
ie. I’m going to video-conference you in.

exploit: 剥削
ie. Judy exploits her workers.

respond: hui fu
ie. Just WeChat me and I’ll respond when I’m available.

consciously: you yi shi de
ie. You need to consciously think about your sentence structure before saying them, not just spitting out all the vocabulary you can remember.

recognize: ren shi ren chu
ie. Her plastic surgery was a success; I can hardly recognize her.

recognition: (n) shi bie
ie. The iPhone’s facial recognition feature is awesome.

feature: (v)以…为特色 (n) 特征,功能(for products)   
ie. The new iPhone features a new facial recognition app.
ie. Her new show, featuring Britney Spears, is a huge success.

feat/accomplishment: (n)功绩; 英勇事迹
ie. Winning the Olympic medal was a big feat (accomplishment).

outfit: 穿搭
ie. I love your outfit today.

remind: ti xing 提醒人的事物; (告知该做某事的) 通知单
ie. Please don’t be late, I don’t want to remind you (of that) everyday.

reminder: (n) of remind
ie. This perfume is a reminder of our long-lost love.

notifications: ti shi
ie. I hate it when my WeChat notifications pop up during a wangzhe game.

calendar: ri li
ie. I have a full calendar in January so you better make plans now

pop up:(v) 弹 (adj)快闪
ie. Did you go to the Prada pop up store?
ie. Did you call him? No, he just popped up (showed up).

Grammar

It: very good subject to use
ie. It’s hard for somebody to do sth..
ie. It’s something that ….

From: time to time
ie. From 5 o’clock to 6 o’clock, from the time I came to SE(not good)…

Since: includes the meaning “time”
ie. Since I came to SE…

Speaking exercise

From I come SE to now, I get more vocabulary.
Since I came to SE, I got/learned more vocabulary.

Now I always review my daily life at night and speak English with myself. Just last week beginning, everyday when I turn off the light and close my eyes, I talk with myself and when I found one word I don’t know, it meaning in English and I use phone right now. When I get the new word, I think “I’m so clever”.

Recently, I always review my daily life at night and speak English with myself. I started to do that last week./It’s something that began just last week. Everyday when I turn off the lights and close my eyes, I talk with myself and when I see/find a word I don’t recognize/haven’t seen, it meaning in English and I use phone right now. When I get the new word, I think “I’m so clever”.

My favorite blogger is a high school student. Her ID name is JYxiaoyu. Her blogger is so quiet and make people get pretty mood. I recommended her to you.

My favorite blogger is a high school student, who has the ID JYxiaoyu./My favorite is JYxiaoyu, who is a high school student. Her vlogs are so quiet and sweet; they remind me of/gave me a feeling like a cup of water with a candy inside. I recommend her vlog to you.

I think her vlogs will give you a better mood too.

Pronunciation

quiet: no “er” sound, only pronounce “er” when you see “r”