F2F Class Notes (Nicholas)[W]

Tell me about an app that you think has good UI. Tell me why it has good UI. Tell me about the app.

In the coming classes we need to identify a specific topic set that Luke can focus on – especially for vocabulary.

Explain difference between BESIDES AND EXCEPT.

Original

People always get sick of something which they love before long, frankly, so am I. When I was a student, I was curious about all kinds of things, such as photograph, painting or musical instrument. However, I always gave up when I have tried it. At the beginning, I tell myself that I truly love it, then I will use every way which I can think of to get it, but I always give up when I face some difficulty. For instance, I found that I loved photographing when I was in high school, so that I dropped out of school and took a photograph school where my parents helped me pay for my expensive tuition. However, I kept learning for less than a month and I gave up and didn’t return a penny, because I found that taking pictures is not as interesting as I thought. At that time, I thought that it was so boring that there are too much photography theory in class. Then I went back to high school again. It’s just one of the many things which I have given up. I know it was wrong and I’m getting rid of this bad habit. Maybe jiu jitsu is the medicine which can help me to correct that shortcoming. What the most exciting thing is that I can restart training this Sunday, it will be the first class since my wounds have healed. I hope that I can keep training all the time. It is the most important thing to me except learning English.

Corrected

People always get sick of things eventually, even if they love them,  frankly, so do I. When I was a student, I was curious about all kinds of things such as photography, painting or musical instruments. However, I always gave up after I have tried it. At the beginning, I tell myself that I truly love it then I will use every way which I can think of to get it, but I always give up when I face some difficulty. For instance, I found that I loved photography when I was in high school, so I dropped out of school and went to photography school where my parents helped me pay for my expensive tuition. However, I learned for less than a month and I gave up and didn’t return a penny because I found that taking pictures is not as interesting as I thought. At that time, I thought that it was so boring and that there was too much photography theory in class. Then I went back to high school again. It’s just one of the many things which / that I have given up. I know it was wrong and I’m getting rid of this bad habit. Maybe jiu jitsu is the medicine which can help me correct that shortcoming. The most exciting thing is that I can restart training this Sunday, it will be the first class since my wounds have healed. I hope that I can keep training all the time. It is the most important thing to me besides / other than learning English.

No comma before THEN or BECAUSE

I took a photograph.
I love photography.
I am a photographer.

Talk about some of the different situations to use these in different ways.

get sick of / get tired of / get bored of / get over it
eg. I played it for months but I’m over it / I got over it / I got sick of it / I got tired of it

my feelings are hurt but I just have to get over it
you hurt my feelings: “get over it!”
it was difficult for me to get over my first breakup

my girlfriend dumped me but I got over it
my girlfriend dumped me again but I need to just get over it

Vocabulary

paralyzed – 瘫痪
I got hit by a car, and my legs couldn’t move. I was paralyzed.
There were too many choices on the restaurant menu I was paralyzed and indecisive.

decisive – 决定性
When Luke has an idea, he makes a decision and then does it. He is very decisive.

dragging things out – making things go longer than they need to
I just dumped her because I didn’t want to drag things out.

kicking the can down the road
I’m pushing it off 
I am delaying making the decision – 延迟

ultimately – what’s the final thing – 最终
Ultimately what do you want to do after you learn English.

Grammar

she to want get a tattoo too

I don’t think a lot of it
I don’t think about it a lot / often

I decide to here when I was 18
I decided to come here when I was 18

I decide to learn English
I decided to learn English

I also download an app called Hello Talk
I also downloaded an app called Hello Talk

Pronunciation

mind

decide – dih-side