Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Review from our first class last year, and go through all the old notes.

Vocabulary

root – the origin
eg. my roots are in Ireland and Australia
eg2. I think the root of the sickness is that I’m too stressed

bound – the be tied to sth / to arrive somewhere in the future
eg. I am bound for Japan / this package is bound for another country
eg2. this app is computer-bound so we can’t use it on iPad

it’s a cloud based online tour

in my memory – from what I remember / as far as I remember
eg. from what I remember, you have 2 kids

ou – lotus root

it’s out of sales – everything is sold out / they’re out of stock
eg. I think they’re out of stock because the product is too popular

still life – bottles, fruit, flowers, bowls paintings
eg. I like to paint still life

abstract – chou xiang
eg. Music is quite abstract because you can’t see it or touch it

calligraphy – shu fa – “ka lig raf fee”
eg. I learned calligraphy when I was a kid

the school task are heavy – the school workload is very heavy / I had a lot of school work
eg. I loaded the car up with groceries / I got a huge load of groceries

Pronunciation

crowded – row

cloudy – loud

tour – too err / too wer
tool – tuu l / tuu wul

world – werr llldd / wer rel d