Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

packed weekend

find out = to get some information you didn’t have before
find = to locate sth / to think sth / feel sth / to notice sth

recall (formal) remember (casual)

insulated – sth to protect you from the outside / from things coming in
eg. I try to stay insulated from the cold

the elements – the effects of the weather
eg. during summer I try to stay indoors so I’m protected from the elements

Grammar

most of time – most of the time – shi jian
most times – ci

I used to it – I am used to it 

when you after work – when you finish work / after work, you can … 

it’s convenience and quickly way – it’s a convenient and quick way / convenient and efficient 

my earliest memory was in relation to animals. when i was around 3 years old I recall i saw a special animal which i have never saw before and i recall i stayed in my grandparents home and some people bring a turtle, since i had never seen turtle before and some people send some turtles to my grandfather and they put turtles in the place and i was so happy to play with those turtles, such turtles escaped in the night and i tried to find out such turtles at everywhere in my grandfather’s house and garden but i had not found them again.

my earliest memory was in relation to / about animals. when i was around 3 years old I recall / remember i saw a special animal which i had never seen before and i recall / remember i stayed in my grandparents home and some person brought a turtle, since i had never seen turtles before and some people sent some turtles to my grandfather and they put the turtles in the yard and i was so happy to play with those turtles, these turtles escaped in the night and i tried to find out these turtles at everywhere in my grandfather’s house and garden but i didn’t find / couldn’t find them again.