Online Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Grammar

i have little rest i didn’t have enough rest 

i post weibo not very often – I don’t post to weibo very often

i was hurry about something – I was hurrying to do sth

he doesn’t know when to come back to school he doesn’t know when we will come back to school 

the date hasn’t been confirmed (passive) / they haven’t confirmed the date (active)

Vocabulary

indefinitely – no clear ending / no known ending
eg. I’m at home indefinitely = you have no idea when you will not be at home

immune system – your body’s ability to protect itself
eg. I had a weak immune system for the last 4 years

pollen – the stuff that comes from flowers
eg. some people are allergic to pollen

Speaking exercise

I think everything will change such as factory, restaurants and go to the cinema will be deeply destroyed in the future. For me I think now is good, maybe I think it’s a chance for people to stay alone to rethink something because lots of people are very busy every day. They have to do the same thing or different things every day for life, for survive, for money but lots of people forgot / maybe they haven’t forgot but lots of people lose the happiness but nowadays everyone choose to stay at home. They have lots of time to read, to listen, to hear different sounds like birds and wind, and rain. I think maybe these days is a time for the seeds, we’re just like seeds, we’re under the soil but we can read, we can study, we can do lots of things we haven’t done but we always have energy, when the right time comes, we can do something better.

I think everything would change such as factories, restaurants and go to the cinemas which will be deeply altered / affected in the future. For me I think now is enough, and maybe I think it’s a chance for people to stay alone to rethink something / reflect on themselves / reflect on life because lots of people are very busy every day normally / are too busy to reflect during their daily lives. They have to do the same thing or different things every day for life, for survival, for money but lots of people forgot their roots / their origin / maybe they haven’t forgot but lots of people have lost their happiness but nowadays everyone choose to stay at home. They have lots of time / they are free / they have plenty of time / have enough time to read, to listen, to hear different sounds like birds and wind, and rain. I think maybe these days is a time for the seeds, we’re just like seeds. We’re under the soil but we can read, we can study, we  (read, study and…) can do lots of things we haven’t had time to do before but we always have energy, and when the right time comes, we can sprout and grow to our fullest potential.