Profile Update Class (Nick)

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Next update September 2019

Previous Levels

Listening: 3
Speaking: 2.25
Pronunciation: 3
Writing: 2.5

Class Notes from today:

From last class:

How were your father and grandfather different? Do you have any fears? Why do you fear your father?

Vocabulary

Philosophy – what is there? what can we know? why should we be good? 哲学
Psychology – how people think and how the brain works 心理学
Politician – someone who works in the government to develop policy and talk to the people 政客

Biography – when someone writes about another person’s life
Autobiography – when someone writes about their own life
e.g. I just finished a wonderful biography of the US general and President Ulysses S. Grant.

Nobility – a social class that is higher because the king/emperor/etc. has given this title to the family

Upper Class – people who have a higher social status because of money, fame, titles

Fame – when lots of people know who you are
e.g. Journey to the West is a very famous story.

See – being able to use your eyes; standing in a place where you can find something with your eyes; 看过
e.g. I cannot see the color red. I am colorblind.
e.g. From here we can see Jing’an Temple.
e.g. I have already seen this movie.
Look – when you move your eyes towards something
e.g. Look! Over there! Can you see that bird?
Watch – to look at something for a long time
e.g. Every year we watched Journey to the West.

Monk – someone, usually a Buddhist or Daoist, who studies and tries to live a good life following their religious teachings
Religion – belief in god(s)
e.g. Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Daoism, Hinduism, etc.

Desert – a dry place where it is very difficult for things to grow
Dessert – something, usually sweet, that you eat after dinner

Grammar

I write in Chinese first and translate in English – I wrote it Chinese first and translated it (in)to English

We looked this TV series every year – watched

Pronunciation

Desert vs. Dessert – de – zert vs. de – zert