Online Class Notes (Jesse)
Vocabulary
pro-china / patriotic – love your country
drill instructor – an officer in the army that trains new soldiers
he works as an army in that city – he was deployed in that city / he was posted to that city
government official – sb who works in the chinese government
he was very thankful for the army because it benefited him a lot
miscarried (v) / miscarriage (n)
eg. my mum miscarried / she had a miscarriage
* asteriskÂ
placebo – sth that you believe is effective, so actually helps you
eg. i think it is a placebo
sensitive – you can’t have much of it / sth affects you a lot more than normal
allergy – gives you some problem if you have it
it has a familiar smell / scentÂ
light sleeper < > heavy sleeper
it’s a matter of life and death – if you do it right, sb may live, if you do it wrong, sb may die
Grammar
the china – China
he graduated the university – graduated from universityÂ
I don’t how about my hometown – I don’t know about my hometownÂ
they did a livestream / they livestreamed
Pronunciation
melatonin – mel la toe ninÂ
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