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 cityhe 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

* asterisk 

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 / scent 

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 chinaChina

he graduated the university graduated from university 

I don’t how about my hometown I don’t know about my hometown 

they did a livestream / they livestreamed

Pronunciation

melatonin – mel la toe ninÂ