F2F Class Notes (Nemo) [S]

Vocabulary

stiff (neck) (adj)-落枕, If you are stiff or part of your body is stiff, your muscles hurt when they are moved:
E.g.: Sitting still at a computer terminal all day can give you a stiff neck.

intuition (n): 直觉, an ability to understand or know something immediately based on your feelings rather than facts:
E.g.: I can’t explain how I knew – I just had an intuition that you’d been involved in an accident.

regret (v/n)-后悔, to feel sorry about a situation, especially something sad or wrong or a mistake that you have made:
E.g.: Is there anything you’ve done in your life that you regret?

amount-a quantity of money:
E.g.: She was so disappointed with the service she refused to pay the full amount.

Grammar

in that time my son was 3 years old-AT that time….
take a long time plane-take a long flight
in another hand I was wondering…-on the other hand

Pronunciation

vocation-/voʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/
vacation-/veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

Speaking exercise

My husband likes gambling, although luck fairy never take care of him.
During the Russia world cup, my husband was invited me to join the gambling and to guess which team could be out of the world cup.
Although he didn’t put a huge of money to bet, but I don’t like that and resist determinedly. The odds is too small, if you like this team, you can bet some money to support that team. and the precondition is you know that team. You can’t base your feeling to choose team.

My husband likes gambling, although lucky fairy never took care of him.
During the Russia World Cup, my husband was invited me to join the gambling and to guess which team could be fall out of the world cup.
Although he didn’t put a huge amount  of money into the game, but I didn’t like that and I resisted determinedly. The odds are too low small, if you like a team, you can put some money in order  to support that team, and the precondition is that you know the team. You can’t base your choice on a feeling/intuition.