F2F Class Notes (Lily)[R/S]

Write a short paragraph of the pros and cons of Is learning English important in China.

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/i-wanna-talk-about/losing-weight

I wanna talk about losing weight. I suppose many people agree that this is such an important topic for girls in Hong Kong. You can tell by the number of advertisements in the MTR stations, magazines and even on TV promoting the importance of it… in your everyday life.

If you walk in the streets in Hong Kong, you will find that the majority of women are fairly skinny, maybe skinnier than they need to be because I guess if they are not in good shape, they know that if they are not in good shape, they’ll be considered ugly or in general not attractive at all. There was a piece of news that a girl in high school had committed suicide because she was considered fat and had been consistently teased by her peers or been called names by her peers, and she couldn’t take the pressure and I guess she had the concept of being fat is generally a sin.

In fact I myself have tried different ways of losing weight. The first method that I’ve tried was go to beauty salons regularly and there are of course pros and cons of doing that. One of the pros is that it’s really fast and it’s quite effective in fact. Of course the biggest con is that it’s quite costly – it can cost you from say 5000 grand to more than 10,000 grand depending on how many days or how many courses you open. And the other con is that it in fact rebounds quite quickly if you don’t go to the beauty salons on a regular basis. And other than going to the beauty salon, you can also control your diet by eating less than you usually do but it can really be a killer if you are a food lover like me and it’s sometimes hard to maintain the diet.

Vocabulary

majority= a large number, large proportion  –> minority (small number, small proportion)

attractive (adj)= can lure you in

ex: I’m really attracted to sports; Sports are attractive to me.

committed suicide= kill yourself

ex: Some girls have tried to commit suicide in their teenage years.

consistently= always, regularly

ex: I go to the gym twice a week consistently.

called names= when people give you nicknames (usually bad ones)

ex: I’ve been called names in elementary schools. People called me “monkey”.

concept= general idea/ big image

ex: she had the concept of being fat is generally a sin.

method= way

ex: We have lots of methods to learn English.

pros and cons= good and the bad

ex: We always need to state the pros and cons during a debate.

maintain= keep

ex: It’s hard to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

The pros of going to a beauty salon is you can lose weight easily. The cons will be when you stop to go to beauty salon, you will be fat soon, it’s also expensive.

The pros of going to a beauty salon is you can lose weight easily. The cons is that when you stop going to/visiting the beauty salon, you will gain weight soon/ rebound, it’s also expensive.

I used to have a healthy lifestyle by sleeping at 10 pm, but I couldn’t maintain it because I always play with my phone.

I used to have a healthy lifestyle by sleeping at 10 pm, but I couldn’t maintain it because I’m always on my phone.

Pronunciation

weight= way t (w 8)

weigh= way

eight= 8

sleigh = s lay