Online Class Notes (Jesse)

topic idea: talk about your dad

Vocabulary

swab test / COVID test
eg. they used a swab (n) to swab (v) my throat and nose

sinus – the part of your body that connects your nose, eyes, mouth
eg. my sinuses were very sore after I got the COVID test

i hope it’s ok by then

task / job / work

women who plan to get pregnant soon cannot get vaccinated

symptoms – the bad feelings you get from a sickness
eg. the symtpoms of COVID are shortness of breath, loss of sense of smell, fever …

sleep over (n)
eg. I will have a sleep over with my friend

even though I’m part of the Korean ethnic group, I don’t really like Korean people

call him with my phone – give him a call / I will phone him / I will call him 

frugal – sb who really cares about saving money / doesn’t like spending money
eg. my dad is quite frugal

he’s living in the past – he hasn’t accepted the new way of life / technology

skewers – chuan
eg. I love meat skewers!

be present – focus on now, don’t think about the past or future
eg. Laura always tries to be present but sometimes it’s hard

even though – it did really happen
even if – not a real situation / maybe real, maybe not
eg. Even though Laura had class with Jesse, she still had fun.
eg2. Even if next time Laura doesn’t have class with Jesse, she should still have fun.

fell down a man-hole / fell into the sewer

Grammar

he finally back to the world – he finally came back to the world 

In that movie the characters, at first he really wants to be piano player in a jazz bar. After that when he was on the way to do the performance, and an accident and he died and he went to like a heaven and in that place he know that however he reached his goal he still found that he wasn’t happy. Then he died again to make him more happier than his life. Stay at the moment and keep happy.

In that movie, at first, the characters really wants to be a piano player in a jazz bar. After that when he was on the way to a bar to do a performance / to perform, and he had an / there was an accident and he died and he went to a place like heaven and in that place he realised / learned that even though he reached his goal he still found that he wasn’t happy. Then he died again to make himself more happier than his life. I learned that we should be present and keep happy.