F2F Class Notes (Lily) [S]

Vocabulary

1.take (       ) for granted = you think they should be doing whatever they are doing
ex: I took my mom for granted, I used to think she should be doing all the housework.
ex: I think my husband is starting to take me for granted.

2. buy groceries =买菜
ex: If you buy groceries, cook, and wash dishes, he will expect you to do the same after marriage

3. dead-end =死路一条
ex: It’s a dead-end if you start cooking for your boyfriend before marriage.

4. pregnant =have a baby
ex: do not get pregnant before you get married.

5. equal (adj)= fair 公平
ex: it’s hard to treat your children equally.

6. divorce= break up in a marriage
ex: when couples divorce, there are often a lot of arguments.
ex: nobody wants a divorce, but couples are not happy in the marriage so they have no choice.

7. naive (adj)= 天真
innocent (adj)= 纯洁
ex: The old lady is very naive, she thinks if I listen to her, I will solve all my problems.

8. mother-in-law= husband’s mom
ex: it’s very difficult to live with his mother-in-law.

9. rent (noun)= 房租
rent (verb)=租( )
ex: I don’t have to pay rent now, because I live with my husband.
ex: I used to rent an apartment in Shanghai.

10. cheat on (someone) =劈腿 出轨
ex: A lot of men cheat on their wives.

Speaking exercise

It remind me two week ago, my friend talk to me about her marriage. She and her husband has a fight, because her husband told her that she didn’t like him. My friend is a subjective woman, her husband loves her more. Her husband is very friendly people, but it happen too many times so he got angry. My friend after work, she didn’t want to talk with her husband because she’s so tired, but her husband wants to talk. Her husband have no friends in China, he’s Italian. My friend has a lot of friends, her husband just have her. I told my friend maybe she has a talk with her husband, he writes a note for their talk. In the evening, they had a talk and a dinner.

Revised

It reminds me of two week ago, my friend talked to me about her marriage. She and her husband had a fight, because her husband told her that she didn’t like him. My friend is a subjective woman, her husband loves her more. Her husband is very friendly people, but it happened too many times so he got angry. After my friend gets off work, she doesn’t want to talk with her husband because she’s so tired, but her husband wants to talk. Her husband has no friends in China, he’s Italian. My friend has a lot of friends, her husband only has her. I told my friend maybe she needs to talk with her husband, she wrote a note for their talk. In the evening, they had a talk over dinner.