F2F Class Notes (Whitney) [S]

Next Class Focus

Learning to talk about kids for parent-teacher conferences/meetings and for school interviews

Vocabulary

stressful (adj) 紧张
My son had a fever last week, it was a very (pretty) stressful situation (moment).

end of the year – 年底
It’s the end of the year, so everything is so busy.

end of year party/company dinner – 年会
Our company dinner will be on Friday.

Malayasia (n) – 马来西亚

one and a half years old – 一岁半

seaside (n) – 海边
I wanted to go to the seaside because it’s relaxing.

often/frequently – 经常
I don’t want to go to Thailand because we go too often (frequently)

Vietnam (n) – 越南
There are many small islands in Vietnam and we wanted to go there for holiday.

economy class – 经济舱

national flight – 国内航班

international  flight – 飞国际

transfer – 转机

Singapore Airlines – 新加坡航空

Amusement Park – 游乐场

Rollercoaster – 过山车

Parade – 花车/游览车

Fireworks – 烟花

Fast Pass – 快速通道

queuing up – 排队
I hate (dislike) queuing up for rides at Disneyland. This is the special characteristic of China, there is a lot of people everywhere, so you have to queue up all the time.

not convenient  – 不方便
Because my son is 2 years old, it is not convenient to have him wait in a queue for too long.

back – 腰
I can’t carry my son all the time because it’s not good for my back.

I’ll bring my son along. / I’ll take my son with me. 我会把儿子一起带过来
I’ll carry my son. 我需要抱我儿子过来

Winnie the Pooh – 小熊维尼

Pirates of the Carribean – 加勒比海盗

Frozen – 冰雪奇緣

Nanny – 专门带孩子的阿姨

Summer Holiday – 暑假
During the Summer Holidays, my son can go back to the Dominican Republic for a few days.

All inclusive – 一家全包
Hotels like Club Med are all-inclusive.

European – 欧洲人  eu-ro-pee-an


How to say “hello” in different ways:

Hi
Hello
Hey
Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening

How are you doing?
How are you?
How’s it going?
What’s up?

Hi, long time no see! It’s been too long – 好久不见

Oh, look who it is! – 诶 你看谁来了

Hi, nice to meet you – 初次见面  很高兴认识你

Hello, it’s really good to connect with you – 通过邮件/微信认识

Hi, good to see you
What have you been up to lately? – 你最近都在干嘛
Have you been good lately (recently)? – 你最近好吗
Is everything good with you? – 你一切都好吗

I haven’t seen you in too long. I’ve missed you! – 太久没见了 最近想你了

Answers: 答复

I’ve been ____ / I’m + and you? / what about you?
s0 busy 忙
s0 tired 累
really good 很好
alright/so so 一般
not so great 不太好
feeling terrible 非常不好
really sick 生病
on holiday 最近去度假
working really hard 忙着工作
spending time with my son 陪儿子

Complimenting people’s appearance – 表扬外表
帅气 – looking sharp/cool/handsome/suave
漂亮 – beautiful/pretty/sweet/elegant
气质 – “You light up the room” / “You look so fresh”
幽默 – “You’re so funny” / “You’re hilarious” / “He/She is the funniest person I know”

Speaking exercise

I will go to Guangzhou for Chinese New Year because the weather is warm. Actually, we had a lot of choices for where to go but not enough time. Everyone had different ideas and such as Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong or Malaysia. There will be 7 adults and 3 young children travelling with us, so we decided to choose somewhere closer.

Flying to Thailand normally, the tickets cost around 4000RMB but during Chinese New Year is 8000RMB with bad timing.

Do you go to Shanghai Disneyland often?

My sister is a VIP at Disneyland and she often gives me fast passes for most of the rides in the park.

Have you seen ______ before?
Have you seen “The Goodmans” before?
Have you seen “it” before?