Online Class Notes (Jesse) [W]
Homework
+ summary of an article
Vocabulary
i will prioritise first quality over quantity – I will prioritise quality over quantity
break it down – specific categories, details
cascade – the visual result of sth being broken down / like stairs
eg. the water cascades down the mountain
trendy / trending
trendy – cool
trending – fashionable right now
ashamed
eg. I am ashamed of my fox eyes
puberty – the changes that your body experiences
adolescence – the period of time from puberty to adulthood
cavity – hole in your tooth
eg. i have a cavity
obsessive compulsive disorder – OCD / qiang po zheng
that’s my only compulsion
eg. brushing my teeth every meal is my only compulsion
braces – the things on your teeth to make them straight
eg. I had braces when I was a kid
mouthwash
eg. I have to rinse my mouth out with mouthwash
procrastinator not a prostitute
germophobe – clean freak
facial treatment
Grammar
china is different with the west – China is different from / to the west
Pronunciation
almond – “ar mond”
salmon – “sa men”
hail – “hey ell”
hill – “hil”
Writing exercise
The weather is getting colder, I can see people wearing mink on the street. My friends who always like to wear furs and mink now works in unilever , which helping me to get a foot in that company.
Fox eyes are new trend on social media. KOL and influencers are posting videos modeling the look, with cosmetics and tactics to emulate the almond look.It is racist to appropriate this quintessential Asian feature, which brings old stereotypes and taunts. While the trend will i the end subside like the other fashions, but it the influence of the trend will last. One of the impact of mimic and teasing Asian eyes for us is that people all go to do cosmetic surgery to meet the western beauty standards of double-fold eyelid and big eyes.
The weather is getting colder, and I can see / I have started seeing people wearing mink on the street. My friends who always like to wear furs and mink now work in unilever, which helps me to get a foot in that company / get a foot in the door of that company.
Fox eyes is a / the new trend / is trending on social media. KOLs and influencers are posting videos modeling the look, with cosmetics and tactics to emulate the almond shaped eyes look. It is racist to appropriate this quintessential Asian feature, which brings old stereotypes and taunts. While the trend will, in the end, subside like the other fashions, but it the influence of the trend will last. One of the impacts of mimicking and teasing Asian eyes for us is that people will all go to do cosmetic surgery to meet the western beauty standards of double-fold eyelids and big eyes.
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