Online Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Vocabulary

i could always see snowy daysi experienced a lot of snowy days / i saw a lot of snow 

more northern / southern / eastern / western

the sentence is beautiful – the dialogue is beautiful / script

get a lot of mistakesmake a lot of mistakes

at the finish of the business trip – at the end of the business trip

“the more i want to sleep, the harder it is to fall asleep”

cut down sth – reduce / to make sth less
eg. I’m working too much and I need to cut down

cut down my phone – turn off my phone 

psychology class – therapy session

scapegoat – the person to take the blame

let alone 
eg. I can’t give you 50 RMB let alone 1000 RMB
eg2. I don’t have time to help my own mum cook dinner, let alone your mum.

not to mention = also (but not necessary to mention)

Grammar

longer as usual – it’s often long
longer than usual – often it’s long but this time it’s MORE long

we have already on hand – we already have sth on hand

It’s important to me = I think it’s important
It’s important for me = the impact / effect on me is important

I can fit this ring to every finger – I can fit this ring on every finger

I had a cup of tea with milk = I had a cup of tea and it had milk in it.

Pronunciation

prejudice – “prej ju diss”

reality – “ree yal li tee”

Writing exercise

How to define the truth of life? After I watched <ATONEMENT>, I feel that sometimes the reality or the truth is not really important for others. Life is always unfair, but the justice should be never charged by dishonesty, not to mention by imaginations. Justice is incredibly important for people, however, the reality is always more painful than what we hope. Cecilia and Robbie might go for a new life by letting themselves to forget the past, or they might live a frustrating, sad, helpless life with having a strong hope of justice at the same time. A memorable story is always hurt.

How to define the truth of life? After I watched <ATONEMENT>, I feel that sometimes the reality or the truth is not really important to others. Life is always unfair, but the justice should be never influenced by/ done by / based on dishonesty, let alone based on fantasy / imagination. Justice is incredibly important to everyone, however, the reality is always more painful than what we hope. Cecilia and Robbie might go for a new life by letting themselves to forget the past, or they might live a frustrating, sad, and helpless life with having a strong hope of justice at the same time. A memorable story is always hurts – and that’s just how it is.