F2F Class Notes (Tibo) [S]
Today we focused on:
Mulan
Speaking exercise
I finished on time before I have already revised everything -> I had already revised
this is how tests goes -> how tests go
I am not sure how many scores he will give me -> how high my score will be
this time they are easier than last time -> they were easier
Before in terms of legislation women didn’t get the right to vote. they didn’t have a right to say …
as we move into the era of the age of information everyone can be a journalist and I am following some accounts on WeChat and I tend to check what they have to say about the movie and decide to watch it or not.
It doesn’t have a good reputation so I decided not to waste my time.
even if you combine improvements into the movie it doesn’t make a good movie you need to focus on how to tell a good story.
He prioritized his progressive ideas
it comes to the control of the balance and I felt he failed this time. and I quickly lost my interest.
I don’t like the feeling that all you have in your mind are the details
You don’t get an emotional impact
I finished on time before I have already revised everything -> I had already revised
this is how tests goes -> how tests go
I am not sure how many scores he will give me -> how high my score will be
this time they are easier than last time -> they were easier
Before in terms of legislation women didn’t get the right to vote. they didn’t have a right to be represented / suffragettes movement
as we move into the era of the age of information / information era everyone can be a journalist / there are a lot of citizen journalists and I am following some accounts on WeChat and I tend to check what they have to say about the movie and decide to watch it or not. / trust their movie reviews
It doesn’t have good review so I decided not to waste my time.
even if you blend all these elements into the movie it doesn’t make a good movie you need to focus on how to tell a good story.
Before in terms of legislation women didn’t get the right to vote. they didn’t have a right to say … / to voice their opinion / a right to be represented
He prioritized his progressive ideas / he talked about time travel in a brand new way
it comes to the executive control of the balance and I felt he failed this time. and I quickly lost my interest.
I don’t like the feeling that all you have in your mind are the details / that the details are so prominent
You don’t get an emotional impact / the emotional impact is too mild.
Vocabulary
review (n): about content
The movie had great reviews
reputation (n): about public image
The director had a bad reputation for being violent
citizen journalist (n)(n) normal people doing journalism
He picked up his iPhone and shot a clip to show what was happening : this is citizen journalism
citizen journalism (n)
suffragette (n) : women seeking the right to vote
The suffragette movement started at the beginning of the 20th century.
weight (n) (to a vote) strength
His words have a lot of weight because he is the CEO of the company
characters (n) people in a story
I didn’t like the characters
remake (n) new adaptation
Disney is releasing remakes of previous animated movies
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