F2F Class Notes (Whitney) (S + W)

Vocabulary

artistic side – a part of you that is creative or artistic
I want to join a cooking or dancing club to bring out (cultivate) my artistic side.

weeknight (n) – Monday to Thursday night
I only have a small amount of time on weeknights, so I prefer to explore my artistic side on the weekends.

Lily’s New Year’s Resolutions: goals/promises that we make to ourselves to improve in the new year

For : example: I will increase my English vocabulary to 5,000 by the end of the year.

1. Improve oral English (personal presentation skills)
2. Get a driver’s license
3. Have an international holiday with my family
4. Take part in some interesting club or organisation such as cooking club or dancing club
5. Make more friends
6. Read some novels from my book list

Grammar

If my mother very wants to go to Thailand, then I will respect her

Feelings

Level 1, Super basic: I am sad.

Level 2, Easy, but not so direct: Feeling gloomy.

Level 3, Slightly less direct (ambiguous): When it rains, it pours. (when life is hard, it is really hard)

Level 4, Poetic/artistic: I have sadness living in places sadness shouldn’t live.

Level 1: I am wearing a yellow sweater.
Level 2: Wearing sunshine today. (sunshine = the colour yellow, the colour of the sun)
Level 3: Wearing yellow on my sleeve. (Wear your heart on your sleeve)
Level 4: May the sweaters I wear light the way. (May the bridges I burn light the way)

May the bridges I burn light the way. = The decisions and choices that I make will hopefully guide my future.
Burn Bridges: the bridge is burning (literal meaning), ending relationships/making a choice for yourself (metaphorical meaning)

Level 1: He is crying
Level 2: Tears falling from his eyes
Level 3: That boy and his waterfall eyes.
Level 4: I can see the sea in his eyes.