F2F Class Notes (Lily)[S/R]

Yesterday I met with my friend and we are talking ab0ut the trip to Britain next year. We just have a meeting and talk something about what happened recently. Later one of our friend said her classmate invite her to Britain next year but she didn’t want to go with them, because she didn’t like their planning/ So she asked us if we would like to go Brittan with her. She want to go to London, Scotland. I said yes, I want to go to Britain too, I don’t have anyone to company me, if you could go with me, it would be great.

Then we talked about where we would like to go, how to arrange accommodation, how to ask for vacation, now we plan to Britain in summer holiday next year. When friends meet together, we will complain our work, company, life. Now there’s a new thing come up, suddenly we think we have hope in life. We are excited about the traveling. I wish we can make it reality.

Revised

Yesterday I met with my friend and we talked ab0ut the trip to Britain next year. At the beginning, we just had a gathering and talked things that happened recently. Later, one of our friends said her classmate had invited her to Britain next year but she didn’t want to go with them, because she didn’t like their planning. So she asked us if we would like to go Britain with her. She wants to go to London, Scotland. I said ” yes, I want to go to Britain too, I don’t have anyone to accompany me, if you could go with me, it would be great.”

Then we talked about where we would like to go, how to arrange for accommodation, how to ask for vacation/leave, now we plan to go to Britain on the next summer holiday. When friends gather together, we will complain about our work, company, and life in general. Now there’s a new event coming up, suddenly we feel that there’s hope in life. We are excited about the traveling. I hope it can become a reality.

Self-harm among girls (level 6)

There has been a steep rise in reports of self-harm among young teenage girls in the United Kingdom. A new study from the British Medical Journal reports that more and more girls aged 13 to 16 suffer from self-inflicted harm. Researchers from the University of Manchester looked at data on nearly 17,000 patients from more than 600 doctors’ surgeries. The researchers found that there was a 68 per cent increase in self-harm among 13- to 16-year-old girls over the three-year period of the study. During the same period, rates stayed constant among 10- to 12-year-old girls and 17- to 19-year-olds. The study said self-harm rates among girls are three times higher than those for boys.

Doctor Nav Kapur, study author and professor of psychiatry and population health, said increasing stress and psychological problems were probably what was fuelling the trend. He said: “We must take self-harm seriously. It’s important to understand its underlying causes.” A UK children’s charity said: “Self-harm can often be an expression of a deeper problem, which is why early intervention services to support these children are vital. Without this, the consequences really can be a matter of life or death.” Self-harm is one of the biggest risk factors for suicide among teens. Suicide is now the second most common cause of death in the under-25s worldwide.

Pronunciation

study= stu dee

underlying= UNDERlying

Vocabulary

1:underlying (qian zai de) = fundamental; basic: