2F2F Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

firecrackers: bian pao

fireworks: yan hua

filial piety: Xiao shun

10 course meal

estranged

eloquent: 有口才的; 流利的; can express opinions very well with words

figure skating: 花样滑冰

games: competition

humble: 谦逊的; 虚心的; 表示谦逊 modest

protagonist/antagonist: 主角; (戏剧、电影、书的)主要人物; 主人公

sportsmanship: 动员风范，体育精神(多指体育比赛中光明磊落、有气度);

self-conscious: adj for people who get nervous about other people’s opinions, too aware of self, not confident enough
ie.

Chinese New Year Eve

have very different lifestyles with their family members
the younger generation has very different lifestyles from/than the rest of their family/their family members/within their family (range) ..

even their child was busy
even if/when their children were busy.

we pay the child only once every year
we give the child some money/ a red pocket/ only once every year

they recycled again and again until they save all people on the bus
they reset/restart/went through the accident again and again until they saved all the people on the bus

too long of a line
such a long line

forget it
never mind it

if they have complaints on me
if they have complaints about me

complain to my boss