F2F Class Notes (Nicholas)(S)

Write a short paragraph using the vocabulary from today. You can talk about cheating or the China/USA trade war.

I think they can do anything if you want whatever they want – if she wants to have the a relationship with her boss I think its ok fine because perhaps she can get more money or a higher better job this way or something – but if she doesn’t want to have sex with her boss – if she doesn’t want and she – I think – she can always just find another job actually she cant have the job.

I think is not good but if he want to do that its okay just do it. I personally don’t think it’s good, but if he or she wants to do that – it’s their choice.

Almost never use the word “THE” – just make the noun plural.

e.g. the man are usually taller than the woman / men are usually taller than women

When introducing your opinion, in a polite way, you can start the sentence with: “I personally don’t think/think…”

I dont like Android OS – I think iOS is more convenient – because I’ve been used Samsung before but I used it for just one year and it is broken broke and I think its very not very good so I choose chose the iPhone and I used the iPhone 6s before and I use it for  3 years and I thought the OS is was very good – it does did not slow down – I think its very good I thought it was way better than Android so I use iPhone now I have used the iPhone ever since.

They My Chinese friends think the Americans is are not friendly and we dont know why they do it chose to do this. We think – I think Americans worry is not necessary don’t have a reason to worry and we can friendly deal with this thing we can work this situation out in a friendly manner/way.

Pronunciation

think / not sink / think / think Tongue in between your teeth!

Vocabulary

to work it out / to find a solution

e.g. Did Cheng and Nick work out their problem?

cheating / 作弊

e.g. He cheated on the test by looking at his friend’s answers.

e.g. The husband had a girlfriend – so he cheated on his wife.

exaggerate / 夸大 / Kind of like a lie, but making something sounds bigger than it is!

e.g. I didn’t lie! I exaggerated the truth.

tax / 税

e.g. President Trump has placed taxes on Chinese goods/products!

operating system or OS / 操作系统

e.g. iOS, Android, MacOS, Windows

nationalistic / 民族主义 / describes a person who loves his country very much / adj

e.g. Are your parents nationalistic?

nationalist / a person who loves his country very much / noun

e.g. Are your parents nationalists?

nation / country / noun

e.g. Which nation are you from?