F2F Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

As a man who have moved house for over ten times, I am totally qualified for talking about roommate. Since 2014, I had stared to rent an apartment alone or with roommates who is friends or strangers. I think it’s more comfortable if you live alone without roommates because you can do everything at home while you don’t have to consider others. However, you need to pay all the rent of apartment. And if you get in trouble, you only can depend on yourself, such as changing a bulb or collapsing in the bathroom. If you share an apartment with roommates, there are too many rules which you have to consider about, especially your roommate’s gender is different from yours. I think what an ideal roommate should be is quiet, clean and same gender. It’s undemanding but it doesn’t mean it would be easier to meet a ideal roommate. I had met a lot of freak people. So, you should treasure a roommate if he or she matches your ideal condition.

As a man who has moved house over ten times, I am totally qualified for talking / to talk about roommates. Since 2014, I have been renting / In 2014, I started to rent an apartment alone or with roommates who are friends or strangers. I think it’s more comfortable if you live alone without roommates because you can do everything at home while you don’t have to consider others. However, you need to pay all the rent of an / the apartment and if you get in trouble, you only can depend on yourself, such as changing a light bulb or collapsing in the bathroom. If you share an apartment with roommates, there are too many rules which you have to consider, especially if your roommate’s gender is different from yours. I think what an ideal roommate should be is quiet, clean and the same gender. It’s undemanding / it’s not as demanding / it’s less demanding / it’s not demanding at all but it doesn’t mean it would be easier to meet an ideal roommate. I have met a lot of freak people. So, you should treasure the / your roommate if he or she matches your ideal condition.

Vocabulary

describe your tattoo

It shows a cat named Flerken from the Marvel universe swallowing a planet, trees and leaves, a magic stone, everything he wants. It started off as just 2 cute cats, but I wanted to add some interesting feelings and make it cooler.

Holland / The Netherlands (country)
Dutch (people / language)

rash – a red mark on your body

I like you / so do I / me too
I am happy / so am I / me too 

wash it off – wash it and make it get off

swallow – to eat something just by making it go down your throat

glove – shou tao

tentacle – the legs / arms of an octopus

under 2 hours which is way too short / far too short

deep < > shallow
eg. The Lion King was not very deep… it was a bit shallow (simple)

predictable – you know what will happen
eg. The Lion King was too predictable

professional – zhuang ye de

Grammar

consider = think about
think = think

discuss = talk about
talk = talk

I started – a point in time in the past
I have started – now, already done
I have been starting – past until now, continuing
I had started – past, already done

for = how long / how much time

I come here for English
I come here to learn English

Pronunciation

planet – “plah net”

plant – “plant”