F2F Class Notes (Nicholas)

Write one paragraph (4-5 sentences)…tell me the difference between your parents’ “way of thinking” and you/your friends’ “way of thinking”? How are they different? How have the changed? Why have the changed this way?

e.g. My father’s generation (生成)….compared to my generation.

Vocabulary

insular / 狭隘 / uninterested in going outside of their own traditions and customs

e.g. Chinese people in America tend to be very insular.

e.g. Chinese people in America are usually very insular.

assimilate / 吸收 / to let go of your past identify and join a new culture or country (i.e. to learn its language, customs, and traditions)

e.g. They keep to themselves; they don’t assimilate.

cut throat  /  a personality, an attitude, that says “nothing will get in my way of winning”.

e.g Americans thought the Chinese students were very cut throat.

a common personality of Asian people / a common “way of thinking” among Asian people

Grammar

a few days ago I supposed to go to Cambodia / a few days ago I was supposed to go to Cambodia

I tripped to Thailand twice / went to / took a trip to