F2F Class Notes (Li)[S]

Write a letter to yourself to persuade yourself to stop eating fried chicken every week.

Vocabulary

guilty: to feel bad about something

eg. I feel guilty for eating so much chocolate.

eg. She is guilty for stealing a bag of rice.

guilty-pleasure: something that you enjoy that is generally not highly regarded

eg. Fried chicken is my guilty pleasure.

craving: a strong feeling of wanting something

eg. I have a craving for ice cream when it is a hot day.

crayfish:  a small fish like a lobster

introvert: less outgoing; more quiet and reserved

eg. My husband is an introvert, he is very shy.

1 portion/single serving/for one person

cycling/biking

tricycle – 3 wheels

get fat/gain weight/fat/put on weight

not proactive in approaching people/talking to people

Grammar

quantity – how many

quality – how good or bad something is

In the afternoon, I ordered fried chicken with my colleagues. But, after I finished, I feel guilty. I always order fried chicken and milk tea. The worst thing is, I always order that in the night, after 10. At that moment, I can just watch the film and eat it after my kids are asleep. I know that but I cannot stop eating that. Especially when I’m very tired, it can make me feel very relaxed. I am on my own and no one bother me. Drink, sweet is okay, but cake. candies and dessert, just so so for me. I think hamburger for me it means food, not snack. For me, fried chicken is a snack. If I order it, it has limitation, only 2 piece. My husband don’t want to eat anything so I eat everything by myself. He likes sweets but he can control himself. He is very thin but he always says “Ahh, I’m fatter and fatter. I should be on a diet”. He is as tall as me but I am fatter than him. Recently, because of the virus, some days we cannot order very easily. During these days, I order a little.

Revised: 

In the afternoon, I ordered fried chicken with my colleagues. But after I finished, I felt guilty. I always order fried chicken and milk tea. The worst thing is, I always order that at night – after 10. At that moment, I can just watch a film and eat after my kids are asleep. I know that it is not good, but I cannot stop eating Especially when I’m very tired, it makes me feel very relaxed. I am on my own and no one will bother me. Sweet drinks are okay for me, but cakes, candies and desserts, are not okay/not appealing to me. I think hamburger to me, means food, not a snack. To me, fried chicken is a snack. If I order it, it has a limit only 2 portions. My husband doesn’t want to eat anything so I eat everything by myself. He likes sweets but he can control himself. He is very thin but he always says “Ahh, I’m fatter and fatter. I should be on a diet”. He is as tall as I am, but I am fatter than him. Recently, because of the virus, we cannot order easily. Because of this, I only order a little.

Pronunciation

oily – oi – lee