F2F Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

I am not really understand -> I don’t really understand
I am confused about it

I am really lazy and if I need to study I want to study something I am interested. I dont want learn the things I am not interested.
I think it is movies and TV so I love the harry potter movies and I watched it again and again I think I can read more details from the book.

I think the time is before the Harry Potter so it makes sense explains some detail history about Harry Potter,

I love happy endings because open endings will drive me crazy I just search info again and think about it all the time. I see a movie this week, it is open ending I think.

happy but it must be I am interested in this country or the culture. But I don’t like the Middle East … Dubai. I love London because there are a lot of museums.

I am really lazy and if I need to study I want to study something I am interested in I dont want to learn things I am not interested in.
I think it is movies and TV so I love the harry potter movies and I watched them again and again I think I can find more details from/by reading the book.

I think the time is before Harry Potter/ it precedes Harry Potter  so it makes sense and give some more details/  brings additional details about Harry Potter,

I love happy endings because open endings will drive me crazy I just search info again and again and think about it all the time / it would stay stuck in my mind. I saw a movie this week, it had an open ending.

I am happy to travel but it must be to a country or culture I am interested in.
But I don’t like the Middle East … Dubai. I love London because there are a lot of museums.

Vocabulary

Average : 普通的
Average restaurants in London all taste bad.

low end / high end : bad/cheap – good/expensive
I went to a high end restaurant in London, it was amazing.

phonetics 音标
I hate phonetics.

escape rooms : Mr X and other similar companies
There are many escape rooms in Shanghai.

couch potato : someone who likes to stay on the sofa and watch movies all day long.
I am a couch potato on my days off.

to gossip : to talk about the lives of others
Old ladies love to gossip around tea.

to precede : to come before in time
Fantastical beasts…. precedes Harry Potter.

to succeed : to happen after
Harry Potter succeeds Fantastical beasts.

additional : extra / added
Can I have one additional cup of tea please? (He/She already has one and wants one more)
Drinks are free but alcoholic beverages require an additional USD10. / for a cup of wine you need to pay an additional USD10.
To be upgraded to first class you just need to pay an additional 20,000. / 20,000 more.

baptism 洗礼
I received baptism when I was little.
I was baptized when I was little

spirituality 精神性
I am really interested in spirituality.

Grammar

be -> status / emotion
I am single/married/engaged/Chinese/healthy/sick
I am happy/sad/depressed/….

for the rest – actions – use an action verb

What’s wrong with you? you look unhappy.
Something is wrong with the computer. it doesn’t turn on.