Online Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Homework

Who do you think would be happier? Rich or poor people? Why? What do you want for your future? To be rich or not? How do you think your life & personality would change if you became rich?

Pronunciation

barbarian – bar BAIR ree yen

skewer – SKYOU wer

Vocabulary

teacher’s pet – the favourite student of a teacher
eg. you were a teacher’s pet

it’s ok to drink beer – it’s not a problem to do it
beer is ok – I like it a little

it’s too pressure – it’s too stressful 

give their children a high expection – have high standards for their children / have high expectations of their children

but my parents no but my parents aren’t like that at all 

it’s normal / common / to be expected 

people there are not in a rush – people’s pace of life is slower / the pace of life there is slower 

opinionated – people who have lots of “personal ideas”
judgemental – people who love to judge
eg. he’s so opinionated and judgemental

Grammar

they live simple they live simply / they have simple life 

they want me go back xian – they want me to go back to xian

a clear target that you can meet them – a clear target that you can meet

he didn’t have some work to do – he didn’t have any work to do

they are all on leaves – they are all on leave

Writing exercise

Actually I didn’t know what to write this time, maybe because I was too lazy to think about the topic, however I thought somehow lazy was happiness, for example, I thought I was slim enough and I didn’t need to lose weight. It’s hard to realize happiness is just around ourselves, people thought happiness was rich, powerful, and high position. I had been thinking like that for years, but now I am really easy to be joyful. I think happiness would happen easily, just depends on your attitude.

Actually I didn’t know what to write this time, maybe because I was too lazy to think about the topic, however I thought somehow laziness was happiness, for example, I thought / I used to think I was slim enough and / so I didn’t need to lose weight. It’s hard to realize happiness depends on ourselves / is up to each of us / all around us / always within reach, but people thought happiness is being rich, powerful, and high position. Before 2020, I had been thinking like that for years, but now I am really easy to be joyful / it’s easy for me to be joyful. I think happiness would come easily if you look for it. It just depends on your attitude.