Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Diary writing homework – use vocabulary from class (1-2 week)
50% conversation / speaking
Work + Life topics

Cause my hometown is guangzhou and i moved to sh becuase of my bf back then, 5 years ago and then we got married 2 years ago… but my husband he transferred to germany for work for 1 year. he went to germany last year so he’s been away for a half year so i just went back more often. I miss my family a lot so i went back GZ 2 months ago. i went to my mum’s hometown, it’s not in GZ but it’s in GD province. It’s a city near the sea, and we have ate a lot of seafood and then we visit my grandma. That’s it, and I think we have spend 3-4 days in zhanjia and then we went back to GZ. I have to do the test a week before i travel. i dont feel much difference cause we have been together for 6 year before we get married but he’s in really struggling in Germany due to the COVID19. His title is key account manager, he’s supposed to visit lots of clients in germany but due to COVID19 he can only do it online, online meeting and then sending email to client, so it become a bit meaningless for him to go to germany. we have been together since 2014, got married in 2019.

Cause my hometown is guangzhou and i moved to sh 5 years ago because of my bf at the time, and then we got married 2 years ago… but my husband he transferred to germany for work for 1 year. he went to germany last year so he’s been away for half a year / for 6 months so i just went back more often. I miss my family a lot so i went back to GZ 2 months ago. i went to my mum’s hometown, which is not in GZ but it’s in GD province. It’s a city near the sea / on the coast / on the seaside, and we have ate a lot of seafood and then we visited my grandma. That’s it, and I think we have spent 3-4 days in zhanjia and then we went back / returned / flew back to GZ. I have to do the test a week before i travel / a week in advance (of the trip) / a week prior (to the trip). i dont feel much difference cause we had been together for 6 years before we got married but he’s / he has been really struggling in Germany due to the COVID19. His title is key account manager / he is a key account manager, he’s supposed to visit lots of clients in germany but due to COVID19 he can only do it online / do it from home / work from home / do it remotely, including / which include online meetings and then sending emails to client, so it has become a bit meaningless for him to go to germany. we have been together since 2014, and got married in 2019.

Grammar

COVID has been back in SH – COVID has returned to SH / COVID is back in SH 

Vocabulary

swab (n / v) – the long thing they put in your nose / mouth for the COVID test
eg. They swabbed my nose with a swab

my flight ticket – I got a flight from SH to Syd / I booked a flight from SH to Syd

sinus – bi dou
eg. my sinuses are sore because I have a cold

speak out – to communicate sth in protest / or to create awareness
speak up – to not be quiet / silent / to speak louder
speak – use language to communicate

I went there on foot – I walked there
I went there by plane – I flew there
I went there by car – I drove there / I took a car there
I went there by bike – I rode there / I rode my bike there / I biked there 

backache – yao teng
eg. I have a backache so I want to take some chinese medicine / so I want to have a massage / get a massage

I am nearsighted