F2F Class Notes (Lily) [S]

Homework

are you in favor of open-relationship? What do you think of this?

Grammar

I don’t go to Europe = 我不去欧洲
I haven’t been to Europe= 我没去欧洲

I don’t eat spicy food = 我不吃辣
I haven’t tried spicy food= 我没有吃过辣

I haven’t clothes= 我没有衣服  I don’t have any clothes
haven’t + past past tense 没有过
ex: I haven’t +been 
to Japan.
ex: I haven’t +dated for 2 years.

Vocabulary

1.breathtaking= 壮观的 无敌的 amazing wonderful
ex: It was breathtaking to see the night view of SH at the bund.

2. narrow- minded= 狭隘思想
open- minded = 思想开放
ex: Lots of people are narrow-minded, they cannot accept LGBT.
ex: He’s very open-minded, he has an open relationship with his wife.

3. LGBT= Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender
ex: we need to open the doors for LGBT, they are not different, they are just the minority.

4. mosquito (noun)= 蚊子
ex: I hate mosquitos but they love me.
ex: I had 127 mosquito bites on me. 蚊子块

5. wardrobe/ closet 衣橱
ex: I don’t have anything I like in my closet. I need to go on Taobao.

6. open-relationship= you have a boyfriend, I have a girlfriend, but we’re married
ex: A lot of families are prone to an open relationship.

Speaking exercise

The weather becomes cold, I will tidy up my wardrobe. I can’t lift the spirit when I open the wardrobe. When I see wardrobe, I see a lot of clothes are trouble. I don’t want to tidy up, but I don’t have winter clothes. I think take a lot of courage to tidy up the wardrobe.

Revised

The weather becomes/is getting cold, I will tidy up my wardrobe. I can’t lift my spirit when I open the wardrobe. When I see my wardrobe, I see trouble. I don’t want to tidy it up, but I don’t any have winter clothes. I think it take a lot of courage to tidy up the wardrobe.