Do you think it’s good to tell children “you can be anything you want if you try hard enough” – or should we be honest with children for ex. if they are bad at something, should we tell them that they are bad?

When you were a kid, what was your “dream job”? What did you want to be when you grew up?

It’s a very long time ago….When I was a child I think to be a teacher is my dream job because I think they are very clever, and they teach us a lot and we learn a lot they all nice person so to be a teacher is my dream job.

It’s a very long time ago…when I was a child I want dot be a teacher — that was my dream job — because I thought teachers were very clever, and they taught us a lot and we learned a lot. They were nice people — so being a teacher was my dream job.

There are some very bad children in your class, and I think teacher suffer a lot and they have much stress, so to be a teacher is not very interesting I think [desirable].

This changed for me when I saw children behaving badly in class. I thought teachers suffered a lot and they had a lot of stress, so being a teacher wasn’t very interesting to me anymore.

It’s a useful major I think and you can tell your family or your friends, when they are sick you can give them some guidance. 

GOOD.

But I used to want to be a journalist. I think they can go everywhere to touch every kinds of person and they can do a lot of things. Sometimes I play piano, but I’m very beginner.

I think they can go everywhere and touch many different kinds of people, and they can do many different things. Sometimes I play piano, but I’m just a beginner.

Vocabulary

plateaued / to plateau / not improving, you’ve reached the ceiling

Nicholas you need a Plan B = if plan A doesn’t go well, you can still do Plan B

Plan A / what you want

realistic / to be realistic / you make plans that aren’t crazy

closed off

opened up / to open up

emulate / to copy

retain / to keep

e.g. Riley traveled and lived in Vietnam for many years but she always retained her Chinese culture.

censorship / 审查

dissent / 异议

e.g. Governments always try and control dissent among the people so the society can be peaceful.

regime / government leadership / sometimes it’s a negative word

e.g. The Kim Regime — they usually mean his government is a bad one.

stability / like stable / doesn’t change / not crazy

the biggest parallel / the biggest similarity / the biggest thing they both share