F2F Class Notes (Raph)[S]

Vocabulary

Compete (v): 1- to try to be more successful than someone or something else.
E.g.: It’s difficult for a small shop to compete with the big supermarkets.

Socialize (v): 1-  to spend time when you are not working with friends or with other people in order to enjoy yourself:
E.g.: II usually don’t socialize with my colleagues.
E.g.: II hope Adam’s actually doing some work at college – he seems to spend all his time socializing!

Survive (v): 1- to continue to live or exist, especially after coming close to dying or being destroyed or after being in a difficult or threatening situation. (n: Survivor)
E.g.: The baby was born with a heart problem and only survived for a few hours.
E.g.: These plants cannot survive in very cold conditions.

Serious (adj): 1- not joking or intended to be funny. 2- A serious person is quiet, thinks carefully about things, and does not laugh a lot. 2- severe in effect; bad.
E.g.: Please don’t laugh – I’m being serious.
E.g.: I remember her as a very serious child.
E.g.: The doctor said that his disease is very serious.

Psychology (n): 1- 心理学

Drug (n): 1- 非法毒品

Grammar

They have many competition. – They have a lo t of competition.

Verb “to have” in the Present:

I have
You have
He has
She has
It has
We have
You have
They have

Original:

The other day I told about watching a Chinese TV series Ode to Joy. It’s about 5 young women who comes from different cities with different educational background and different character. They live on the same floor of apartment. They are neighbors and they work in different companies. All of them work very hard to serve in Shanghai. Whenever one of them have problems, the others will try to help her to solve the problems, but sometimes they will argue each other but finally they will make peace. I think the TV is a little similar with Friends. It’s also about their love, work, happiness and relationships. I like all of them because they all of them work very hard and they have same goal to be in Shanghai.

Edited:

The other day I told Celeste about a Chinese TV series called Ode to Joy. It’s about 5 young women who come from different cities and have different educational backgrounds and characters. They live on the same floor of  an apartment building. They are neighbors and they work in different companies. All of them work very hard to survive / make a living in Shanghai. Whenever one of them has a problem, the others  try to help her solve it. Sometimes they argue with each other, but finally they make peace. I think this TV show is a little similar to Friends. It’s also about their love, work, happiness and relationships. I like all of them because they work very hard and they have same goal of making a living in Shanghai.

Pronunciation

Relationship: /rɪˈleɪ.ʃən.ʃɪp/

Survive: /sɚˈvaɪv/

Serious: /ˈsɪr.i.əs/

Series:/ˈsɪr.iːz/