Online Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

level headed – able to control your emotions when under pressure

Vocabulary

girly / boyish
manly / lady-like 

kiwi – sb from NZ
eg. He’s a kiwi

roach / cockroach
eg. I hate cockroaches

action (genre / type of storytelling)
actions (things you do)
eg. there’s a lot of action in this movie
eg2. I did lots of different actions to try to communicate what I wanted to say

Grammar

clear and loud – loud and clear 

several of my annual leaves – several days of annual leave 

i have a bunch of holidays i need to use it up – I have a bunhc of holidays that / which I need to use up 

Pronunciation

continuity – kon tin nYOU itee 

American Gangsters review
I watched one of the classic crime films named American gangsters last Sunday. Here’s a quick review of this film.
American gangsters focus more on storytelling rather than actions, in which it tells an interesting story of how a drug empire grew from a driver and became the new York’s biggest drug dealer, and later his fight with an extreme upright detective. The personality descriptions of these 2 main characters take up large amount of space. Frank Lucas is a silent and ruthless man, and he sees himself as examples of the family / in all groups of people. He strongly believes his success will soon or later come to alive, so he persistently tries and, in the end, get him the best heroin and control the whole market in New York. The other main character, Richie, who is also very rigid and determinated guy, who returned unmarked 8,000 dollars when he was poor in his early career and wouldn’t cover his best partner’s crime. When these 2 distinctive characters become enemy, the dynamics and plot conflicts become more and more intriguing. The plot of and whole story setting ups are much similar to the other classic crime film-catch me if you can, as the 2 main characters they cherish each other and respect each other and at the end of the story, they become good friends. Essentially, the bird with same feathers flock together.

American Gangsters review
I watched one of the classic crime films named American gangster last Sunday. Here’s a quick review of this film.
American gangster focuses more on storytelling rather than action, and it tells an interesting story of how a drug empire grew from a driver and became the new York’s biggest drug dealer / the biggest drug dealer in NY, and later his fight with an extremely upright / upstanding / by-the-book detective. The personality descriptions of these 2 main characters take up a large amount of space / makes up a big part of the movie. Frank Lucas is a silent and ruthless man, and he sees himself as an example of the family / in all groups of people / he sets the example for the family. He strongly believes his success will sooner or later come true / become a reality / come to fruition, so he persistently tries / so he is persistent and, in the end, gets him the best heroin and controls the whole market in New York. The other main character is Richie, who is also a very rigid and determined guy, who returned 8,000 dollars in unmarked bills when he was poor in his early career and he also wouldn’t cover up his best partner’s crime. When these 2 distinctive characters become enemies, the dynamics and plot conflicts become more and more intriguing. The plot of and whole story, the setting are quite similar to the other classic crime film-catch me if you can, as the 2 main characters they cherish each other and respect each other and at the end of the story, they become good friends. Essentially, birds of a feather flock together.