F2F Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Vocabulary

brainstorm: nao feng bao

strength: you dian/liqi

emergency: jin ji shi jian

deal with/handle: jie jus (for problems or situations)

applause: gu zhang

front-runner: ling xian de ren

surface: biao mian

entire: quan bu / whole

napkin: can jin zhi

tissue paper: ce suo shi / bo de zhi

procrastinate (v): tuo yan

procrastination (n): tuo yan zheng

slacker: someone who’s lazy and not active, likes to lie around in bed…

Grammar

play+ musical instruments/sports/games … ie. I play piano/badminton/computer games…
play with + toy/partner… ie. I play with(on) my phone/I play with my sister

except for+noun (similar to because of )
ie. Everyone except for Krissa passed the science test.

when= dang, not only for “time”

tell vs tell by
ie. tell = direct, what can you find? ie. I can tell she’s rich.
ie. tell by = fang fa ie. i can tell by her bag that she’s rich.

most of +range … ie. most of the people in my class/ most of my dinner/most of my life
most +adj: ie. Most beautiful (when xxx-est doesn’t work)

Q: What is your biggest strength?
A: My biggest strength is learning something quickly except for don’t use brains. You can tell by it on my need to over somethings that I need to do them perfect on time. Then can get bravo from my partner. Elementary school students always have some interesting tests like science trying and I always be the leader.
A: My biggest strength is learning something quickly except for when I don’t use my brain/when I want to. You can tell that’s true when I need to deal with emergencies. Then I would get a bravo/an applause from my partner. For example, when I was in elementary school, I was always the leader of my team during/for interesting science projects.

Q: What is your biggest weakness?
A: My biggest weakness is lazy to do everything. I always waste time in some unimportant things or do some project perfect on the face. I can’t follow my schedule by myself so I like to say the blogger follow them schedule. Because I can’t follow my schedule, and do them perfect, this is the most biggest weakness in my 18 years life. When I was a elementary school student, I always do the homework for a long time. But I always stay in front of my table but what I was doing give me a paper for dinner. I can play this paper one hour.
A: My biggest weakness is laziness in doing/for everything. I always waste time on unimportant things or do things perfectly on the surface, but actually, deep inside they might be garbage. I can’t follow my schedule by myself/on my own so I like to watch the blogger do it. This is the biggest weakness in my 18 years of life./in my entire life. When I was an elementary school student, I always use a long time to do my homework/I always use a long time for homework/it always took me a long time to do homework. But I always sit in front of my desk but what I was actually doing other things. For example, I can play with tissue paper/napkin for a long time.

Pronunciation

strength: stre+N+th

biggest – no “r” sound .. big+est

nervous – ner+vis