F2F Class Notes (Raph)[W]

Vocabulary

Allergy (n): 1- a condition that makes a person become sick or develop skin or breathing problems because they have eaten certain foods or been near certain substances. 2- 过敏 (adj: Allergic)
E.g.: I have no food allergies.
E.g.: I’m allergic to cat hair.

Reaction (n): 1- behavior, a feeling or an action that is a direct result of something else. (v: React)
E.g.: I love to watch people’s reactions when I say who I am.
E.g.: There has been an immediate reaction against the government’s proposed tax increases.
E.g.: Reactions to the proposal so far have been very good.

Overreact (v): 1- to react in an extreme, especially an angry or frightened, way.
E.g.: Try not to overreact to criticism.

Used to (v): 1- done or experienced in the past, but no longer done or experienced:
E.g.: I used to eat meat, but now I’m a vegetarian.
E.g.: We don’t go to the movies now as often as we used to.

Used to (doing) something: 1- familiar with a condition or activity:
E.g.: We were used to a cold climate, so the weather didn’t bother us.
E.g.: She’s used to working hard.

Immune System (n): 1- 免疫系统

Decompress
Some people like play video game to decompress, when they have a holidays. – Some people like to play video games to decompress, when they have holidays.

Meditate
Meditating is a really useful way that let people feel relax and lose pressure. – Meditating is a really useful way to help people feel relaxed and lower pressure.

Down time
I will feel anxiety, when I have down time. – When I will feel anxiety, I need to have down time.
If you made a schedule yesterday, you don’t have down time. – If you have a full schedule, you don’t have any down time.

Ran into
I ran into a lot of traffic, when I drove from Songjiang district to Jing’An temple.

Grammar

We need to wait a few time. – We need to wait for some time.

I hadn’t a long time buy things on Taobao. – I haven’t bought anything on Taobao for a long time.

History reason – Historical reason

They don’t do anything to opposite the government. – They don’t do anything to oppose the government. 

They just think about for themselves. – They just think about themselves. 

Pronunciation

Residence: /ˈrez.ə.dəns/

Renowned: /rɪˈnaʊnd/

Tutorial: /tuːˈtɔːr.i.əl/

Graphics: /ˈɡræf.ɪks/

Immune System: /ɪˈmjuːn ˌsɪs.təm/