F2F Class Notes (Nicholas) [S]

Next Class Focus

Alices most difficult word is ARE vs. ALL. All is good pronunciation. Are is difficult.

Grammar

you told it me before /Ā you told me before / you told me this before /Ā you told me it before /Ā you told it to me

I choosed / I chose

Chinese hospital have many many people / ChineseĀ hospitalsĀ have many many people / ChineseĀ hospitalsĀ haveĀ too many people

Vocabulary

insurance (noun) / äæé™© / to be insured (adj)

e.g. If you don’t have insurance (N) then you are not insured (ADJ) against big hospital bills!

lukewarm / to be lukewarm / not hot, it’s not cold, and nobody likes it.

e.g. Most people like hot water very hot, or cold water very cold, but if it is neither than it is lukewarm.

e.g. Alice do you like your job? No I’m a little bit lukewarm about it.

computer / dian nao

monitor / the TV-part of the computer that has the screen

e.g. Every monitor has a screen. Usually computers have screens, but not always. A laptop is the computer and the screen.

screen / the face of the monitor or the computer screen

liberty / the ideas that we should all have freedom

e.g. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USA…with liberty and justice for all!

national anthem / the nation / the country’s song

e.g. Alice feel amazing and patriotic when she hears the Chinese national anthem being playing

patriotic / to feel love for one’s country / a patriot / a person who feels love for his/her country

e.g. Alice is a proud patriot of China. She is very patriotic and loves to go to Beijing and celebrate her country at Tianamen .

e.g. Are Chinese people patriotic?

founded / to found /Ā to start a company or a country

e.g. Jack Ma founded Alibaba. He was the first person.

e.g. The people who founded America – these people were from Europe.

to find / I lost something now I find itĀ 

e.g. I lost my notebook and now I found it.

e.g. Columbus found America.

“long story short…” /Ā the story is too long and we do not have a lot of time, so let me just give you a short version of the long story

e.g. Long story short, we met at a restaurant.

mannerisms / the specific way that you act – your behavior

e.g. Nick has some strange American mannerisms like he moves his hands a lot when he talked.

healthcare /Ā this is the hospital and medicine and doctor industry – it’s everything

e.g. Is China’s healthcare high quality?

Pronunciation

patriotic / PAY-TREE-AH-TICK

all vs are / ALL-LUH / ARE-RE

Speaking exercise

I think it hardest to being a mother isĀ 

I think the hardest thing /part about being a mother isĀ when my son has a cold / gets sick, and when heĀ sleeps with him meĀ every night. These two things are very theĀ hardest / very hard. Because every night he will wake up and cry /Ā “AH!” he cry criesĀ everyday – so he makes it difficult forĀ me no toĀ sleep very well.Ā My favorite thing aboutĀ being a mother isĀ when I get toĀ see my son – the whole my son is my happy thing seeing my son is the happiest moment of my day. When I see him he makes me feel so happy– I feel so happy. Because he is so young. it’s very hard to me. And I want to doĀ other things in the future like get aĀ Job or travel or drink with my friends at night. My husband‘s parentsĀ watch him duringĀ the daytime. They all areĀ very kindness people.Ā they are very kind people