Online Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Vocabulary

when are you due? i’m due in May – when the baby will come / be born

we needed to face / enter the gao kao – do the gao kao 

met – experienced
eg. i experienced many problems

work very hard / busy – xin ku

attention span – the ability for someone to focus for a period of time without stopping
eg. my son’s attention span is a little short

Thanks to sb – they’re responsible for sth
eg. thanks to technology, we have ipads and iphones

book a time / make a reservation

send you a text to confirm the booking

she went back to Shanghai – she came back to Shanghai

Pronunciation

provincey – province – “proh vinss”

Today I want to talk about Covid-19,which we also called novel-coronavirus pheumonia broke out in Wuhan from December till now. In order to control the disease, Hubei province takes a lot measures to ensure people returning to the city are observerd and monitor. The resumption of work and the new semester of school have been postponed. People in China should weat mask on when we need go outside. Due to the ways of infection, when our mask is on, we can’t touch our face and eyes. Actually, washing hands freguently to keep our hands clean is also important. Luckily, the number of people infected continues to decline during these two weeks. Thanks for those heroes in harm’s way, and pray for them.

Today I want to talk about Covid-19,which we also called novel-coronavirus pneumonia, broke out in Wuhan in December and is still an issue / is still being contained / dealt with. In order to control the disease, Hubei province is taking a lot of measures to ensure people returning to the city are observed and monitored. The resumption of work and the new semester of school have been postponed. People in China should wear masks on when we need to go outside. Due to the ways of infection / due to how contagious it is, when we’re wearing masks, we can’t touch our face and eyes. Actually, washing hands frequently to keep our hands clean is also important. Luckily, the number of people infected continues to decline during / over the last two weeks. I have so much appreciation / thanks for those heroes in harm’s way, and pray for them. / I want to thank those heroes…