F2F Class Notes (Ally)[S]

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passive voice

Vocabulary

apartment: gong yu
ie. Ally said she can’t afford the nice(adj for gui, hao, gaoji…) apartments in city center.

job-hunting: (n) looking for job
ie. The graduate student need to go on a job-hunt.

manhunt: (v)when the police look for a bad guy
ie. The head of police led the national manhunt.

shallow: opposite of deep

adamant: jian jue de
ie. Lily is a shallow lady who is adamant on living in the city center.

pajamas: shui yi

rent: zu (n and v) zujin
ie. I can’t pay (fu kuan) rent (n). / I can’t afford (fudan) rent.
ie. Lily rented a huge apartment in Jingan.

cheap: lin se
ie. Krissa is a cheap girl who love wearing/to wear pajamas.

term: qi
ie. Donald Trump is on his first term as president.

maximum: zui gao

minimum: zui di

take advantage of: zhan pian yi
ie. I think rich people shouldn’t take advantage of the poor.

reality check: (提醒人面对现实而不再想当然的) 现实感检验
ie. Lily got a huge reality check after she went/going apartment hunting with Ally.

currently: zheng zai
ie. Your food is currently being made.

Grammar

the+adj = na yi lei rent
ie. the poor, the jobless/unemployed, the homeless, the young/old

passive voice: when your subject doesn’t match your verb, you can use the passive voice
– be careful of the verb
ie. The money can be spent on rent.

hua zhuang : wear make-up

“ing”: VERB is to be+ ing… -> present cont.

the other one: the other one (of the two)

the other: specific other one

others: general ,  qi ta ren

other: qi ta (adj)

another: one more

Speaking exercise

“Lily and I went apartment-hunting.” -> we were looking for an apt

She wants to show the other one..
She wants to show off to others / other people.

If living in city center, when you open the door, you can see the busy city and everyone all make up. If I just go buy breakfast, just me no makeup. When I move on the suburb, I can wear my sleepwear and go every place.
If I live in city center, when I open the door, I can see the busy city and every working person in their make up(n).  When I go buy breakfast, I’m not wearing any makeup at all. But if I move to the suburbs, I can wear my pajamas and go everywhere/anywhere/ any place I want.

It’s not very big, but bigger than the one in city center.
It’s not very big, but bigger than the one in city center.

The ones with the furnishings I want cost 25000 yuan/month in rent. How much of your salary would you spend on rent(n)?

I feel like a success./ I feel like a failure.

The rest of the money can do the other things.
The rest of the money you can spend on/on doing other things./You can spend the rest … on the other things./The rest of the money can be spent on the other things.

Every character in this book you can find a real person in the world. A great information she write down one year later, she is writing the season 2 now.
Every character in this book is based on a real person in Sh. Good news: after a year, she came back and she’s currently working on season two.

Pronunciation

SAY – SAY

said – sed

says- sez