Online Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Vocabulary

exotic: special, from other area
ie. The African woman is an exotic beauty.
ie. I like the exotic Mexican dish very much.

social/medical insurance: she bao/yi bao
ie. You need social and medical insurance in China.

on the verge of : bian yuan
ie. After being together for so long, they are on the verge of breaking up.

idiotic:  ruo zhi
ie. Ally’s boyfriend is very idiotic because he is on douyin all the time.

fault: que dian
ie. Chloe is a perfect girl with no faults.

switch: ti huan
ie. Do you want to switch work shifts with me?

Grammar

Because of + noun
ie. because of the virus…

Because + sentence
ie. because the virus is still here/is not gone…

Speaking exercise

Because the virus and because I’m start to get used to it. It’s not good but when I start to work I think it will be ok. My family always worry about me get fired. I’m not worried about it because airlines companies overseas closed. They closed lots of companies and fired a lot of people. Our company belong to the country/China, they won’t fire anyone. If they fire too many people, they will make a big mess for the country.

Because of the virus and because I’m starting to get used to it. It’s not good but when I start to work I think it will be ok. My family always worries/is always concerned/have concerns about me getting fired/laid-off. I’m not worried about it because even though a lot of overseas airline companies closed and fired a lot of people, our company wouldn’t be affected. Because our company belongs to the country/China/is owned by the country, they won’t fire anyone. If they fire too many people, they will make a big mess for the country.

I come back SE one time with Lily, and Lily don’t like it.
I came back to SE once with Lily, and I think Lily didn’t like it. I think she likes online classes better because she’s lazy.

Our neighborhood is the only neighborhood in SH need to sign in and sign out every time you get out. Because there is many flight attendants and we usually fly anywhere, so they’re a little afraid.

Our neighborhood is the only neighborhood in SH where you need to sign in and sign out every time you get out. Because many flight attendants live here/ are many flight attendants living here and we usually fly anywhere, so people are a little afraid.

He come back to our hometown, because it’s the holidays. Sometimes you stay together I can see him talk about the other girls at phone so I’m angry.

He went back to our hometown, because it’s the holidays. Sometimes when we stay together I can see him talking to other girls on the phone so I’m angry.