Online Class Notes (Nicholas)[W/S]

Complete second speaking exercise.

Vocabulary

these days – this is what is happening now

These days I like to teach English, whereas in the past I liked learning English.

but unfortunately – I say a good thing and then I follow it with a bad thing

I am very good at basketball but unfortunately I have no time to play.

I came to the conclusion – this is the final thing that I realized

After living in SH for 3 years, I came to the conclusion / I realized that the world is so much bigger than my hometown.

lower my expectations – expect less, I don’t expect much from people

If a man is having difficult finding a woman, he could lower his expectations, and then maybe it will be easier to find a woman.

habit – 习惯

There are good habits and there are bad habits. A bad habit is smoking cigarettes. A good habit is exercising everyday.

Grammar

If you have two verbs the second verb must have the word TO before it.

e.g. I have time to play with my son

e.g. I have time to review his homework.

Original

Yesterday I listened a class it’s describe the class name is Rubbish Happiness – what’s meaning about Rubbish Happiness? It’s describe…and continue do this happy action – the action like watch the short video or watch the funny short video, or reading the short funny story, or follow the drama, and this happy is short for a period, and you get this happy easily and maybe like a drugs and in your opinion this happy is easy to get and then you fall into this action day and day, and then you lose the big picture / goal and lose your future. And I think now I am standing in this point, like when I get home and Im willing to watch this short video or watch some drama especially I also reviewed my best of drama many times. Now you ask me what in my opinion what is the “good day”, and I think a good day is today I have job to do and at the same item I can finish my job – and the same time my son get home I have time play with him and I have time review his homework with him I think it’s my good day. I found a point is I lost my husband – I think my husband can tell me something I don’t know especially in his career, and I want to join in his work, and gives him some suggest. It’s my hope.

Corrected

Yesterday I listened to a class — the class name is Rubbish Happiness – what’s the meaning of Rubbish Happiness? It describes…and continue do these happy actions – these actions  such as watching short videos or watching funny short videos, or reading the short funny stories, or follow dramas, and this happiness is only for a short period, and you get this happiness easily and maybe it’s like a drug / like drugs and in your opinion this happiness is easy to get/[attain] and then you fall into this action day after day/[habit], and then you lose the big picture / goal of your life and lose your future. And I think now I am at this point, like when I get home and Im willing to watch these types of short videos or watch some dramas especially because I have watched the same drama many times. Now you ask me what is my opinion on what is a “good day”, and I think a good day is when I have a job to do and at the same time I can finish/complete my job – and at the same time when my son gets home I have time to play with him and I have time to review his homework with him I think this is a good day for me. I found a point is I lost my husband – I think my husband can tell me something I don’t know especially in his career, and I want to join in his work, and give him some suggestions. It’s my hope.

Original

I think I read a book called the happiness around us – happiness is not big – maybe its a small thing – like you catch up the metro when the door close it’s happiness and maybe your friend give you a drink when you are thirsty – it’s happiness – it’s just a little thing when you are necessary. Most difficult – because we better – I think most time we get the difficult problem turn to better – we turn the difficult to better because of the people – when the people get bored its a difficult thing – and how to live on the earth its a big problem and I think there are many people on the earth they live difficult – they are thirsty they are hungry and they didn’t have good job and they can’t make the money. But life is difficult but we didn’t lack happiness.

Corrected

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Original

What is your best love drama or movie? What the topic of that.
I recommend a drama for you guys. The drama called <Please answer 1988> from Korea. This drama is around 4 families people which neighborhoods. During my drama experience, I give this drama the highest goal for now.
There are no idol join. All of them are strong stars. The scriptwriter is very smart and careful though. Every story details can be repeated deliberation.
The drama’s topic is all about children’s growing and people’s relationship.
From the character of actors, I like a shy boy. I think I am similar with him. Sometimes due to our character weakness. We lost many chance. We scare the ending of things happening.

Corrected 

I want to recommend a drama for you guys. The drama is called “Please answer 1988”. It’s a film from Korea. This drama is about/[revolves around] four families that are neighbors. Based on my experience watching drama, I give this drama the highest rating.

There are no celebrities on the cast. All of them are strong stars. The scriptwriter is very smart and careful though. Every story detail is repeated deliberately.  The drama’s topic is all about children’s growth and people’s relationships. From the cast of actors, I like the shy boy. I think I am similar to him; sometimes due to our weakness in character. We lost many chances. We are scared about how things will end.

The most impressive character is the father. It not about praising the  father for how great he is, but rather to show/[portray] him from different angles to build/develop his character/image. The father may not speak much , but he cares about every detail in his children’s lives.