Online Class Notes (Jesse)

read the book and write about it – any vocab u don’t know we can discuss next class

Vocabulary

a guy came up to me – walked to me from the street

foreign people – foreigner / non-chinese / westener / european / asian 

portugese (adj)

niece (girl) / nephew (boy)

he’s 9 years my junior 

considerate – always consider others

absent minded – sb who always forgets things and thinks about other things

keyboard – electronic piano

i can stand here and exercise – i can stand there and practice  / Jesse always gives me writing exercises to do
exercise = work out
eg. I always exercise at the gym

fast / quickly 
eg. I improved very quickly

soon – a short time after sth / often means from now
eg. I improved soon after I started

Grammar

i can got a more mature understanding of sth – I could get / I was able to get  

bring me together to the teacher’s house – take me to the teacher’s house 

when I 8 or 10 – when i was 8 or 10 

go back to home – go back home / go there / come here (here, there, home = special places)

it’s a chance to push me – it’s a chance to push myself 

I downstairs – I go downstairs 

when I on the street – when I was on the street

my next chair – sitting next to me / in the seat next to me / the guy next to me