F2F Class Notes (Tony) [ W ]

Prepare a speech:

Write an outline, and be ready to talk about details of a topic.

Example Outline:

Education or Social Life?

A. Should children spend more time on education or on social life?

1. Experts say social life is important for kids.
2. Studying is necessary for college.
3. Balance between two

B. Career in the future?

1. With a lot of social activities as a kid..

2. With a lot of studying as a kid…

C. Conclusion (Talk about main idea, and what a solution could be)

Vocabulary

15th birthday – a gift from my 15th birthday

a move / moves – special movement, usually with your body

eg: She learned some basic skating moves. Like how to stop, and how to not fall over.

trick – an advanced movement, something special and difficult to do.

eg: He did a “180” (180 degrees,  half a circle) on his skates. So he jumped up and then landed going backwards.

eg: It’s easy to forget how to do tricks on a skateboard. It’s not like riding a bike.

a close call – a situation where something bad almost happened, but then everything was ok

eg: That was a close call, we got home right before it started raining.

eg: I almost didn’t catch my flight. I only got there 5 minutes before I could get on the plane. It was a really close call.

eg: It was really a close call that I got to the office three minutes before my boss.

meet-cute – a situation usually in movies where two people meet in a cute and romantic, but maybe awkward way.

eg: We had a meet cute when I went inline skating. Haha just like the movies.

Do you remember something which happened in your sensitive years, maybe 15/16 years old? Something that, although many years have passed, but it still springs up in your mind as if carved on your heart. Sometimes You don’t think about it, but it always barges into your night dream.
It was a nice day. I put on my inline skates to try to skate. I was 15 years old, and I had just gotten them as a birthday gift from my Dad. I was really excited because it was my first time and I had wanted these skates for a long time. This was a secret I never told anyone: I liked a boy who was tall with streamline muscles and tan skin. He skated very well like, you know, a ray of light. I wanted to skate with him one day, but I shamed with my terrible skills. I got carried away and practiced 3 hours straight but still hardly to stand stably and move forward, I fell again and again. I was upset until someone help to pull me up. It was him, romantic story happed like a prince encountered a princess. Although I thought he will help everyone if they fell and sat on the ground, but for me it was special, as if it was a link between us. he kneeled on the ground and checked if I hurt, my face turned red, I almost felt it. he looked at my eyes straight and asked: are you ok? I nodded slightly, he continued to say with a charming smile, can I ask you a question? I was ecstasy but kept peace seemed I didn’t care about it. Did you really want to learn to skate? I looked at the floor to avoid looking at him directly and said yes. He said nothing and showed me the skating skills step by step and then stopped, leaned back on a tree. Your turn the said. my heart jumped hardly inside of my chest and almost out of it, I would try but my feet didn’t follow my order, I just placed one foot strategically then another. He still stood there and watched me doing it without speaking but also without taking his eyes off me. I was very embarrassed and felt as a clown while he did it, I wish he would turn his back and went away.
After that time, I found he always appeared in my life, as if something happened between us and linked us together. I didn’t tell him I likes him, and I won’t do that forever.

Do you remember something which happened in your sensitive years, maybe 15/16 years old? Something that, although many years have passed, but it still springs up in your mind as if carved on your heart. Sometimes You don’t think about it, but it always barges into your night dream.
It was a nice day. I put on my inline skates to try to skate. I was 15 years old, and I had just gotten them as a birthday gift from my Dad. I was really excited because it was my first time and I had wanted these skates for a long time. This was a secret I never told anyone: I liked a boy who was tall with streamline muscles and tan skin. He skated very well like, you know, a ray of light. I wanted to skate with him one day, but I was ashamed of my terrible skills. I got carried away and practiced for 3 hours straight but still could hardly to stand up, let alone actually skate. I fell again and again. I was upset until someone helped to pull me up. It was him, a romantic story happened like a prince encountering a princess. It was our own kind of “meet-cute” just like in the movies. Although I thought he would help everyone if they fell and sat on the ground, but for me it was special, as if it was a link between us. He kneeled on the ground and checked if I was hurt, my face turned red, I almost felt it. He looked straight into at my eyes straight and asked: are you ok? I nodded slightly, he continued to say with a charming smile, “can I ask you a question?” I was ecstatic but kept cool seeming like I didn’t care about it. “Did you really want to learn to skate?“ I looked at the floor to avoid looking at him directly and said yes. He said nothing and showed me the skating skills step by step and then stopped and leaned back on a tree. “Your turn,“ he said. My heart jumped hardly inside of my chest and almost out of it, I would try but my feet didn’t follow my orders, I just placed one foot strategically on the ground then another. He still stood there and watched me doing it without speaking but also without taking his eyes off me. I was very embarrassed and felt like a clown while he did it, I wish he would turn his back and look away.
After that time, I found he always appeared in my life, as if something happened between us and linked us together. I never told him I liked him, and I won’t do that ever.

Pronunciation

strategic (ally)  – Struh Tee Jik  (Lee)