Online Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Write about a topic like: what do you imagine your life would be like if you were still single? / never had a kid?
or: what is your favourite thing to do to relax other than shopping

Diary (NOV 12 2020)

This morning I did some oral english exercises. in the afternoon I picked up the kid from school, then we went to the river where a sand pit right by it.my boy likes to dig sand,and there is a swing, all the children like to play. After the game we went back home, my hubby made noodles for the kid, he ate two bowls which made his belly was round , I was worried about his weight. After the meal, I opened up some delivery boxes which I bought from the web. My hubby thought I have bought too many things which made the house very messy. I was a little angry after hearing that. but this is life, I wonder if I have not been married.

Diary (NOV 12 2020)

This morning I did some oral english practice. In the afternoon I picked up my kid / my son / my child / my little boy from school, then we went to a river where there’s a sand pit nearby. My boy likes to dig in sand / play in sand, and there is a swing, which all the children like to play on / there is a swing on which all the children like to play. After the game we went back home, and my hubby made noodles for my kid / my son, who ate two bowls which made his belly was round, and I was worried about his weight / it made him bloated which worried me. After the meal, I opened up some deliveries / packages / parcels / boxes which had been delivered which I had bought from the web. My hubby thought I had bought too many things / too much stuff which made the house very messy and I was a little angry after hearing that, but this is life. After that I wondered / That made me wonder if I had not been married / made me wonder what my life would be like if I never got married.

Vocabulary

relief / relax / release my pressure / help me relax
eg. I like to go shopping to help me relax / shopping is relaxing for me

relief – the feeling of being happy / calm after feeling nervous / scared / worried
eg. I wanted to have a boy, not a girl, so when I saw it was a boy, I was relieved / I felt relief.

he’s not speaking to me / he’s not talking to me (communicate)
I speak English – I use a language
I talk to Jesse / I talk loudly – using words

independence (you don’t need help from anyone) / freedom (can do whatever you want)

according to chinese traditions, women should have a baby before 30

bloated – my tummy is big because I ate too much / too quickly / drank too much
eg. He was a little bloated after the meal

exercises – homework / pieces of paper / specific tasks that you do to improve
practice – speak / do sth

I’m generally a vegetarian 

Grammar

I have done – now it has already happened
I did – just 1 time in the past
I had done – sth already happened WHEN you did something else

My husband makes me happy
Eating the noodles made my son’s belly round (makes it bloated)

where = “and at that place” – describe the place you just said (object)
which = “it” – describe the thing you just said (object)
who = “he / she / they” – describe the person you just said (object)

the = lets the person guess / they already know which thing

due to i don’t eat enough meat

because / as / since + sentence
eg. because I don’t eat enough meat

due to / because of + noun / short phrase
eg. due to my lack of meat, my hair is not very strong / my hair is not very strong due to my diet.