Online Class Notes (Nicholas)(S)

Pronunciation

wild / WHILE-DUH

Vocabulary

procrastinator 拖拉者 / procrastinate / 拖延

e.g. In college and in high school, the teacher would say that our papers were due in June I would wait until June to do them. I was a procrastinator. I would always procrastinate.

e.g. I save all my work for the night before. I procrastinate!

average / the normal

e.g. Alice is the average height for women.

soy milk / 豆浆

e.g. My mother says “don’t drink soy milk” or you will become a woman!

Grammar

I think hit is not only the good choice / I think hitting isn’t a good choice

I think talk about children is better way / I think talking to children is better way

I wish my boy will like to sports / I hope my boys likes sports in the future

have not = don’t have

Speaking exercise

Original

I am working woman and my weight maybe lower 50 kgs or I can do very best yoga. 10 years ago – I think my mind is more wired / wild – 10 years ago my mind just in small town, I don’t know Shanghai, Beijing, big city or abroad – I just know a small town nd 0 years ago I thought I was a very stronger , but I was not a stronger, I just a very small girl, and now I think I have not many skills, knowledge, I think I must improve myself more and more.

Corrected

In the next 5 years, I see myself as a working woman and my weight will maybe be 50 kgs lower, or I will be able to do the very best yoga. 10 years ago I think my mind was more wild – 10 years ago my mind was just in small town, I didn’t know SH, BJ or any big city or abroad – I just knew a small town and 10 years ago I thought I was much stronger, I was just a very small girl / small minded girl / poor girl / weak girl and now I think I don’t have many skills, or knowledge, I think I must improve myself more and more / each day.