F2F Class Notes (Ally)[S]
Vocabulary
stunning: chao ji mei (mostly used to describe women.)
ie. I bought a stunning new purse the other day.
commitments: cheng nuo
ie. Chloe is scared/afraid to make a lot of commitments.
Grammar
I want to have … (things you can’t buy)
I want to get sth (for actual things you want to buy)
to “have” – to own something
ie. Chloe has cats.
bored (state, feeling)/ boring (fact, description)
– you feel bored passively, but you are boring actively
ie. I feel annoyed by the annoying kids.
tense:
– all events have tense
– all facts no tense
-when someone is dead, everything is put in past tense
ie. Chloe is stunning. Chloe is tall and skinny. <– a description of you = fact
ie. Ally is boring. <– my personality = fact
Speaking exercise
I think it maybe spend 10000.
I think it(cat) might be 10 000 yuan. / the wanghong spent 10,000 on the cat.
Why I doing that?
Why did I do that?
one quarantine about one month don’t need to work.
If I quarantine again/counting these 9 days, I have almost a whole month’s rest./have a whole month off.
I haven’t seen Lily for a long time.
Lily is unbelievable. -> Lily makes me speechless. I can’t believe Lily.
Lily doesn’t believe me. -> Lily thinks I wouldn’t get a cat.
Writing exercise
My mom always remind me must be caution eating outside those days. But I think most young people aren’t cautious. We didn’t take serious about this and think eating outside it’s not a big deal.
My mom always reminds me that we must be cautious when we’re eating outside these days. But I think most young people aren’t cautious at all. We don’t take it seriously (adv -> describes “take”)/we are not serious (adj – describes “we”) about this and think eating outside it’s not a big deal.
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