F2F Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Vocabulary

manpower: ren li people
ie. It took huge manpower to build the great wall.

exhaustive: thorough
ie. At the airport security, we had to go through exhaustive screening for COVID 19.

screen: (v) 筛查; 检查;

hassle: trouble
ie. It’s a hassle to go through quarantine again.

exhibit: zhan lan (v and n) 展览; 展出; 表现，显示，显出(感情、品质或能力);
ie. He exhibited (v) superhuman abilities.
ie. We went to an art exhibit. (n)

antique: gu dong
ie. I bought an antique chair.

vintage: fu gu
ie. He bought a vintage Chanel.

regroup: 重组; 重编; 重整旗鼓
ie. Ally needs a chance to regroup (<– herself).

browse: (v)liu lan (web page) browser
ie. No, just browsing. (just looking around)

Grammar

“buy what you’re saying” – believe you

the weekend before last
the day before yesterday
two days before yesterday

take care of vs provide for (<– only money)

ing vs ed
ie. My parents are so annoyed(passive feeling = parents) by the annoying(actively ing annoying = children) children.

I overslept.

I have an online meeting this afternoon. It was so boring make me sleep.
I had an online meeting this afternoon. It was so boring it made me sleepy./fall asleep.

when I was little…
in the old days…. <— long long long ago

We have two groups…
We have two shifts…

It was exhaustive…
The trip is exhausting.
We are exhausted.

I’m pretty boring now …
I’m pretty bored now …
My life is pretty boring now…

Q: Last weekend
A: Last weekend I went to SH book exhibit with my boyfriend. We are late and hungry so we just work around and take look everywhere. Just go out. We bought nothing but we saw some gossip. A young man buy a old stuff but the old stuff is faked. So we watched the seller lie to the man. The man buy it. My boyfriend said he have some experience at old stuff so I don’t know which person are liar. So after that we went to eat some food and went home. It’s just a normal weekend.

A: Last weekend I went to the SH book exhibit with my boyfriend. We were late and hungry so we just walked around and took a look/looked everywhere/browsed (v). After that/ shortly after, we left without buying anything but one interesting thing was ….  we saw some gossip. A young man was buying an antique(v and adj) bian but it was fake(adj)/was a fake (n). So we watched the seller lie/tell a lie to the man. The man bought it. My boyfriend said he has some experience at examining antiques/with/related to antiques but I don’t know which person was lying/was the liar. So after that, we went to get some food and went home. It was just a normal weekend.

Pronunciation

walk

work