Online Class Notes (Nick) [S]

Try to rewrite your idea regarding “sensation fatigue” as a short article for next class. (See if you can correct the last parts of the speaking below.)

Vocabulary

Good at – expressing an ability
e.g. I am good at learning English.

Disjunction / Conjuntion – “con” means with; “dis” means without, negative; “junction” means to bring things together

Purchase – to buy something

Find out – to discover, to have some new knowledge come to you, or appear
e.g. I found out today that I have a big hole in my pants.
Find – to feel that something is some way
e.g. I find him annoying.

Attention span – the amount of time you can pay attention for

Grammar

I want to point out how big WeChat can influence that – I want to point out how much WeChat can influence that

I have been teaching for five days here, and now I want to write it down. Sensation fatigue.

After I been living three to four years in China, I impressed and amazed how the knowledge growing and influence in their daily life.I just, for example, WeChat app becomes the most important and essential in their life. This app integrate from basic conversation functions extent to shoppping or even you can buy your life insurance. Basically you cannot live without your cell phone. As a yoga teacher, I found out this is the problem for the future students. All the sensation, stimulation occupy their brain. From my observation, they think they are present in the class when they look my demonstration and then they thought they understand it, they go back to their mat and they couldn’t think about what I just did. When they go back the mat they just blank. I think this is really sad and it will be a problem in the future.

I have been teaching here for five days here, and now I want to write my thoughts down. Sensation fatigue.

After [I have been] living three to four years in China, I am/feel impressed and amazed at/by how the technology is growing and influencing people in their daily life.** For example, WeChat app has becomes the most important and essential in their an unavoidable part of life. The average person is totally dependent [up]on this app / The average person would be lost without it! This app integrates*** everything from basic conversation functions extent to shoppping or and you can even you can buy your life insurance on WeChat. [Basically you cannot live without your cell phone.] As a yoga teacher, I found out think this will be a problem for in the future students. All the sensation, stimulation occupy their brain. From my observation, they think they are present in the class when they look my demonstration and then they thought they understand it, they go back to their mat and they couldn’t think about what I just did. When they go back the mat they just blank. I think this is really sad and it will be a problem in the future.

** how technology is growing and influences [people in their] daily life

*** Everything from basic conversation functions to shopping, and even the purchasing of life insurance, has been integrated into WeChat.

Everything from basic conversations to shopping and life insurance have been integrated on WeChat.