F2F Class Notes (Nicholas)[S]

Next Class Focus

Correct the second speaking story.

Original

No. I think everyone’s fate is his or her choice, not from Jesus / God. Yeah old people believe in fate or inferior people believe in fate — but I never believe in fate.

Corrected

No. I think everyone’s fate is his or her own choice, it doesn’t come from God. Yeah old people believe in fate or inferior people believe in fate — but I have never believed in fate. 


Original

Poor people cannot improve in society. For example, first they cannot have good education or good hospital / healthcare or good insurance and if they have some trouble their parents or their grandparents cannot help them because they have no money.

Vocabulary

shame – 耻辱
e.g. I walked into the elevator and felt shame.

to change your mind you have to change your environment

extreme – éžå¸¸
e.g. Extreme changes require extreme decisions.
e.g. I made some really extreme changes.

rich people take advantage of poorer, less educated people


to advance / to move up
/ to improve in society
e.g. If you’re born into a poor family in the countryside it will be very difficult for you to advance in the world.

zi bei – inferiority – adj
inferior – weaker – noun
e.g. Inferior people have to believe in religion.
e.g. People believe in religion because of an inferiority in their thinking.
e.g. Sometimes people that are very short, have an inferiority complex.

“he has a chip on his shoulder” – he never feels he is good enough, he needs to prove to other people he is very good
e.g. When I was younger I definitely had a chip on my shoulder.

I started to take things less seriously.

responsible / responsibility
e.g. I am responsible for my son.
e.g. I have a responsbiilty for my son.

“you only live once”
“life is short”

wealthy, successful people think in 5 and 10-year terms not the next 5 months.

Grammar

I think I can help me my own self / I think I can help myself

I have never believed in fate = I always, past & present, don’t believe in fate
I never believed in fate. = in the past you didn’t believe, but may now you do, maybe now you don’t

Everyone don’t know what can be happened tomorrow / No one knows what will happen tomorrow 

I hate my before life / I hated my life before

and I was very hate myself / and I really hated myself