F2F Class Notes (Nicholas) [S]

Write something short with our vocabulary from today.

Vocabulary

talkative – talks a lot

e.g. My mother is very talkative and it annoys me.

wide open – not a lot of buildings

e.g. LA is wide-open compared to Shanghai.

enthusiastic / enthusiasm – 热情

e.g. I have enthusiasm.

e.g. I was very enthusiastic while watching the Warrior-Clippers game.

liberal / progressive / blue – very open-minded and embraces the future

e.g. My mother didn’t mind that I had three girlfriends, she thought it was progressive!

conservative / traditional  / red – not so open-minded, and prefers tradition and history

e.g. My grandfather only likes to drink red wine because this is his conservative tradition.

memorable – easily remembered

e.g. This is a trip that was very memorable for me.

over-the-top / “a little extra” / too much / flamboyant – 龙飞凤舞

e.g. OMG did you see her outfit, it was so over the top/extra.

Grammar

adults like it more – [it’s better for adults] – [it’s more appropriate for adults]

asked where are we from – asked where we were from

he seems to worry about our budget / he seemed to worry about our budget

because we stay at the AirBNB – because we stayed at the AirBNB / at an AirBNB

everyone told us “you should go there”

Speak in past tense – 98% of the time

Original

The favorite thing about American maybe I think it’s the weather there – everyday when I woke up I can see the really shining – feel really fresh and shiny everyday is like that. The least favorite thing about America is if you don’t have a car you can’t go anywhere – you can, but it will takes a long time on the metro or the buses.. The lucky thing s my friend is also in LA so every time  when we want to go somewhere we make him to help us to call a LYFT.

Corrected

My favorite thing about America-  maybe I think maybe it’s the weather there – everyday when I woke up I could see the really shining weather – I felt really fresh and like I was glowing / bright/ shining everyday was like that. My least favorite thing about America is that if you don’t have a car you can’t go anywhere – well…you can, but it will takes a long time on the metro or the buses.. The lucky thing is / [Luckily] my friend is also in / also lives in LA so every time when we wanted to go somewhere we made him to help us to call a LYFT.