F2F Class Notes (Nick) [S]

Tell a story and think about:
Gender
Past tense vs. -ing (see “graduated” vs “graduating” in the speaking)

Find a new story for next time.

Vocabulary

Prosecutor – the person who proves that you’re guilty of a crime
e.g. The prosecutor presented their case in a very convincing way.

Case – when two people are in court against each other

Internal – inside

Textbook – a book specially for school; for taking classes
e.g. I have a textbook on Contract Law.

Fall out – for something to come unattached and drop
e.g. If you study law, your hair will fall out!
e.g. My hair fell out when I was studying.
e.g. I lost a lot of hair from stress when I was studying.

Grammar

Means vs. Is
— “Means” is used to give a definition
e.g. “Stressed” is when you feel that you have too much to.
— “Is” is used to show that two words are the same, to translate
e.g. “Stressed” (in Chinese) is 压力

After – used to relate to actions (think: this is “after what”?)
Later – used to show that something happens in the future
e.g. He arrived after I did.
e.g. He arrived after I had finished eating.
e.g. I’ll do it later.

I spent all my afternoon on the bed on Saturday, and also all the evening on Sunday. I feel much better now. I met my friend, my classmates of the high school. We talked about many things. She got married after graduated from the United States, and pregnant very quickly. I think time goes so fast, because I attended her wedding in the year before last year, and now her baby can speak. The time goes so fast. We have many pressure. He got this pressure from his family, because she wants to be single. Not real, just she is tired.

I spent the whole afternoon in bed on Saturday, and also all the evening on Sunday. I feel much better now. I met up with my friend for lunch on Sunday, my classmate from high school. We talked about many things. She got married after graduating from university in the United States, and got pregnant very quickly. It seems that time goes so fast, because I attended her wedding in the year before last year, and now her baby can speak. Time goes so fast!