F2F Class Notes (Nicholas) (S/W)

Review when to use COULDNT vs. CANT and correct the speaking story here:

It’s hard to say like or dislike they are people you can’t like him or don’t like him – they are not the mistake – if I have more money I will adopt a baby (would) I think in china some people cant adopt a child because they cant have a child but I personally think the adopted child’s psychology is not health. So if someone adopted the child they should pay more attention in their psychology. Maybe they want something news – you can get some praise 

Tell me a story of a time when you were a rebellious child or a time when you rebelled against someone (teacher, a boss, a parent).

I got a gym membership at the end of last year.This gym is near my office,so I can go there at noon/on my lunch break.I used to go swimming there because my favorite sport is swimming.But I can only do the breaststroke, maybe I’ll hire a coach to teach me how to do freestyle.Freestyle is difficult for me.

Sometimes I did do Yoga there. I like yoga class. Yoga teachers are very gentle/kind, But Yoga is exhausting. If I do Yoga the day before/prior, I won’t be able to swim the next day, but I haven’t been to the gym in two weeks, there’s been a lot of work lately. Maybe I can finish it next week so that I can go swimming again.

Try not to start sentences with “BUT”.

Grammar

How long have you practiced yoga? Only two months.

Vocabulary

to stretch / 舒展

e.g. Chenglin stretches her body at yoga.

e.g. Chenglin stretched her body at yoga yesterday.

e.g. Chenglin enjoys yoga because during yoga she is stretching her body.

to adopt / 收养 / adoption (noun) / this is to become the parent of a child that is not your own child

e.g. There are many children in the world that need to be adopted (verb).

e.g. There are many children in the world that need adoption (noun).

to imagine (V) / 想象 / imagination (N) / to think of the possibilities to think creatively – it’s not real

e.g. I can imagine a future where I live on the beach in Thailand.

e.g. Sometimes children do not want to learn in school, but they have big imaginations!

rebellious (adj) / to rebel (verb) / 叛逆 / to fight back, difficult to control

e.g. Chenglin was a rebellious child.

e.g. Chenglin rebelled against her parents.

e.g. Chenglin always rebelled against her parents – she was a very difficult child.

psychology (noun) / 心理 / psychological (adj) / this is the topic or subject of studying how people thing

e.g. I wanted to get a degree in psychology at university because I was very interested in how people thing.

e.g. If you want to be a doctor of psychology you are called a “psychologist”.

e.g. Chenglin rebelled against her parents probably because she has very serious psychological problems – she even told me she liked the sad movie because people died!

mental 心理 (adj)  / mentality 心态 (noun) / mind 心灵 (noun) / how does someone think

e.g. I want to be rich – that is my financial health. I want to feel peaceful – that is my mental health. Chenglin goes to yoga so she has a peaceful mentality and so that her mind is calm.

brain 大脑 / this is the piece of body that controls the mind

e.g. Don’t do boxing or you will hurt your brain.

praise / to tell someone they are great!

I feel tired, but comfortable, and it’s very relaxing and I can stretch make my body. I don’t like a running. It’s too tired tiring for me. I like to read books and watching watch movies and do my work. It’s about family – it’s very long it’s about 3 hours but you can watch it and it will calm you down within calm down – moon – it is a story about a family and the story happened in the 1980s（年代）- in that age during that time in China – the government don’t did not allow people to have one more than one child children so the protagonist 主角 had one kid and then when his kid was maybe 10 and his he died and his wife can’t couldn’t have another child because his body was broken so they don’t didn’t have child. And his kid died because his best friend‘s kids made a mistake – and make his son die/ his son lost his life – they were play swimming in the river and so his kids died – because and for some reason of something his wife can’t couldn’t have children. So they are were very lonely and they moved to another city – and when they moved to another city they adopted another child – and when this child was in high school he leaved left his home because he’s very rebellious. At end of the movie he comes came back/returned.