Online Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

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Vocabulary

1 week ago < > in 1 week
eg. Today is Sunday. In 1 week, it will be Sunday again.
eg2. Today is Sunday, 2 days ago it was Friday.

within 1 week – maybe after 2 days, maybe 3, 4, 5, 6,…
eg. The company sent the package today, I should receive it within 3 days.

plural – more than 1
eg. cups is the plural of cup.

I confused them / I mixed them up

serious – yan zhong
eg. I have a serious problem with my teeth
serious – ren zhen
eg. Lily is a serious English student
serious – not friendly / strict / strong
eg. Jesse is angry so he is very serious today

blood test – the doctor checks your blood
eg. I went to get a blood test before going to the dentist

bleed – blood comes out
eg. my mouth was bleeding

COVID – xing guan fei yan

about that / something like that / almost – cha bu duo
eg. they look about the same
eg2. we will finish around 5PM
eg3. is it the same as that? yeah something like that

microphone – mai ke feng

Grammar

most of colleagues – most of my colleagues / most colleagues

most of time – most of the time 

any = 0 +
some = 1+ / 2+
eg. is there anyone outside? = maybe 0 people
eg2. There is someone outside! = 1 or more

I went to the park with my friend together
we went to the park together 

Pronunciation

confuse them – con fyouuuzzz them
confused them – con fyouuuzzz dthem

blood = “blud”

Yesterday ，my friend accompanied me to the dentist because I have four wisdom tooth which need to be pulled. We went to the hospital in a hurry because we leave home a little late but the dentist didn’t blame me. The dentist arranged a tooth extraction operation for me and she injected anesthetic into my gum which made me feel no pain, but I still was very scared. After about a half hour ,the dentist finished the operation and she repeatedly advise me don’t eat some spicy food like hot pot and eat light food most of time . So I decided to make cook for myself and hope the wound will be better quickly.

Yesterday ，my friend accompanied me to the dentist because I have four wisdom teeth which need to be pulled. We went to the hospital in a hurry / we rushed there because we left home a little late but the dentist didn’t mind / was OK about it. The dentist arranged a tooth extraction operation for me and she injected anesthetic into my gum which made me feel no pain / which made it numb / which blocked the pain, but I was still very scared. After about a half hour / half an hour, the dentist finished the operation and she repeatedly advised me not to / advised me to not eat any spicy food like hot pot and that I should eat light food most of the time. So I decided to make cook for myself and hope the wound gets better quickly.