Online Class Notes (Nick)

Write about how you will use this weekend to relax after many weekends spent traveling.
What will you do (once you’re done sleeping)?

Vocabulary

End up – for something to eventually happen some way or become some way, probably unexpected
e.g. He ended up going home early (even though he had expected to stay late).
e.g. I just went in to look, but I ended up buying two pairs of shoes.
Finally – usually for the last in a group of things, or after a long period of time
e.g. Finally, we have to talk about [topic C] (after talking about A and B)
e.g. Finally, after three hours of being lost, we found the right road.

酱油 – soy sauce

With questions:
Use catch to mean that you heard something.
e.g. Did you catch that? Yes, you want a hamburger without mustard.
For when you need to work quickly or move quickly to be at the same place (speed):
e.g. I’m behind on work because I was sick yesterday, so I’ll have extra hard today to catch up.
e.g. They left five minutes ago, so we’ll have to walk quickly to catch up.

Coast – 海边, but meaning all the area near the sea (not just the sand that we usually call “beach”)
e.g. In the US, most of the important cities are either on the East Coast or the West Coast.

Practical – a skill which you can use; experience which will help you to be good at a job
e.g. Students need to learn more practical skills so that they can enter the workforce successfully.

Field Trip – when a class travels somewhere together to learn about the world by experiencing it instead of reading
e.g. The class took a field trip to the museum to learn about Chinese writing.
e.g. The class took a field trip to Tiantan Mountain to explore nature.

Tired vs. Tiring – tired is when you don’t have any energy; tiring is an activity that makes you feel tired, that takes a lot of energy
e.g. I have been reading all day, so I feel tired / after climbing Emei Mountain, I was very tired.
e.g. Reading academic papers is tiring / climbing mountains is tiring.

Grammar

Finally, buy something – In the end, I bought something / I ended up buying something

Far away of – far away from
— “from” is used to indicate distance, separation

It have a little sweet – it is a little sweet
— Always use is to say that something has some quality, noun + be + adjective

I didn’t catch up your question – I didn’t catch your question / I didn’t get your question
— The first is that you didn’t hear
— The second is usually that you didn’t understand the question

I am planning a trip in next week with my son – I am planning a trip next week

There is a big pressure – there is a lot of pressure