Online Class Notes (Tibo)

Now I am at home, I come from Shanghai, Im living in Shanghai, These ays the China the virus in China … we have to stay at home.
I think because we stay at home so our home is safe so I don’t scared much.
I have a 2 yo daughter. The age is very crazy, we cannot go out to play, we must at home so sometimes I feel very tired and boring.
Now I have a 2 yo daughter so I haven’t go to work for about 2 years. I have to take care by myself.
My father is sick for a Long time so my mum must take of him and my in law parents are about 70 and they are very health but I don’t let them tired so so.I want to take care of my daughter by myself but I gave up my work for 2 years. Sometimes I feel tired and independent but sometimes my daughter is an angel so she always says mummy I love you.

Sometimes she will say mummy I am so beautiful so then I will be fine.
Why I want to improve my English because of her, I gave her a birth in the US so I and my parents hope that she will study in the international school or bilingual school in the future so I want to connect with her teachers. so it is the reason.

Now she studies in the early education school, twice a week she goes to the early education school. now we cannot go to the school, all of the schools in china are stopped now. I hope she can go to school as soon as she can

Now I am at home/ I stay at home
I come from Shanghai/ I am Shanghainese, I’m living in Shanghai.
These days there is a new virus in China so we have to stay at home. /We have to stay home these days because of the new virus

I am not scared / the virus doesn’t scare me because we stay at home and our home is safe.

I have a 2 yo daughter.
She is very crazy at this age.
We cannot go out to play (at the moment) and we must at home so sometimes I feel very tired and bored.
Now I have a 2 yo daughter so I haven’t been to work/ haven’t worked for about 2 years. / Because of my daughter I stopped working 2 years ago.

I have to take care of her by myself.

My father has been sick for a long time so my mum must take care of him and my parents in law / in laws are about 70 but they are very healthy / although my parents in law are 70 they are very healthy.

but I don’t let them get tired/ do tiring things. / I try to help them as much as I can.

I want to take care of my daughter by myself but I gave up my work for 2 years. Sometimes I feel tired and helpless but at times my daughter is an angel and she always says mummy I love you.

when she says mummy I love you, I feel good  / it motivates me / it gives me motivation / it puts me in high spirits
I want to improve my English because of her / the reason I want to improve my English is because of her.

I gave birth to her / she was born in the US so my husband and I hope that she will study in an international school or a bilingual school in the future so I want to be able to talk with her teachers easily. so it is the reason.

Now she studies in an early education school, she goes there twice a week.
now we cannot go to school, all of the schools in China are closed now. I hope she can go to school as soon as possible.

Vocabulary

independent (adj) : not needing anyone
As adults we are independent.

dependent (adj) : needing someone’s help
Our daughter is dependent on us because she is very young.

to motivate (v) 促动
It motivates me when my daughter tells me she loves me.
She motivates me.

motivation (n)
It gives me motivation

be in high spirits : in a happy and lively mood
I was in high spirits when I heard about it.

individual (n/ adj) single / someone.
Tom bought many cars but I only bought an individual car.
All the individuals must wear a mask when they go outside

Grammar

someone is scared
I am scared

Something is scary
This movie is very scary

have + past particle
I have worked in this company for a long time

using although / though
Although we are bored we must stay home.
Though it is expensive we decided to buy it.

a/ the
a : one among many / not specific
We went to a hotel when we travelled to Japan.

the : specific (1 in particular)
The Sheraton hotel in Beijing is very nice.

Usually when talking about something new start with a and then use the when you talk about it again.
She studies in an early education school. (first time you talk about the school)
She goes to the school twice a week (you talk about the school again)

Pronunciation

individual