F2F Class Notes (Ben)

Grammar

easy to + v. = It is easy to do IT
English is hard to learn. = It is hard to learn English
This movie is easy to understand =It is easy to understand this movie
This plant is easy to maintain = It is easy to maintain this plant.
I am easy to cook = It is easy to cook me. (=you can kill me and eat me easily!)

I am easy to cook –> I cook easily. It’s easy for me to cook.

I am easy to get hot –> I get hot easily
I am easy to sweat –> I sweat easily

Shy people aren’t easy to speak to others –> Shy people don’t speak to others easily

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If = 如果
As long as = 只要

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As A as B = A and B are the same / at the same level

She is as tall as me = Her size and my size are the same.
She is as tall as large = Her height and her width are the same.
She is as beautiful as intelligent = Her beauty and her intelligence are the same.

As good as possible
I want my future wife to be as good as possible.

As fast as possible
When I heard my dad was sick, I ran home as fast as possible.

As slow as possible
Some people say it’s healthy to eat as slow as possible.

As terrifying as possible
For Halloween, I want to be as terrifying as possible, so everyone is afraid of me!

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A mouse is dumber than a cat. But a dog and a cat are both as smart (as each other)
We both eat pizza as fast (as each other)

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As = when / because
As I was a child, I grew up in Shaoxing. = WHEN
As I was a child, I couldn’t go to bed after 10. = BECAUSE

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As 作为
As a Chinese person, I always support my country.

Vocabulary

sweat = the water that comes out of your skin when you are hot