F2F Class Notes (Li)[S]

How does your upbringing influence your decision-making skills and being independent? How does it compare with your other friends?

Vocabulary

beforehand – in advance

ex. Won’t you do your research in advance?

ex. Let me know beforehand if you’ve made changes to your plans.

I’ll just let it go – leave it and move on

I don’t really mind/I’m not bothered about.. – don’t care about 不在意

sales/shop assistant – somebody who works in a store

I only know the approximate size – roughly 大概

I try my best to come to terms with it – try your best to accept sth

nosy – wanting to know too much about other people’s lives

ex. Her relatives are being too nosy at the family reunion.

ex. The teenagers complained that their parents are too nosy.

Grammar

to be good/bad at sth

ex. I’m not good at being patient.

If I have to search something on TB or JD, I will waste a lot of time and I will search for it more and more.

If I have to search for something on TB or JD, I will waste a lot of/much time on it and I will spend more time searching for more./I will spend more time on searching.  

I just want to buy something, I will go there to the shopping mall.

If I just want to buy something, I will go to the shopping mall/store. 

I’m not good compare with the price.

I’m not good at comparing prices. 

If I need something I will buy that.

If I need something I will buy it (immediately).

Sometimes they will also ask questions that not connection to them.

Sometimes they will also ask questions that are not related to them personally.