F2F Class Notes 6th May (Jesse)

Now he has a PhD in chemistry and so he is really smart and interesting which means we have a lot of things to talk about. He met my son twice, once when he was 6 months old and once when he was 2 years old. As he is very diligent and bright, my parents like him.

so / which means 

as / because 

100,000,000 – yi yi 

shi yi – 1 billion 

independent – you can do whatever you want

eg. Angela and Judy are both quite independent 

average – in the middle 

we have little time to meet them – we don’t have much time to meet them 

at school / on campus 

get together – to meet

eg. we will get together tomorrow for dinner and KTV 

reunion (n) / have a reunion 

eg. we have a roommate reunion every year 

to sing / to do some singing 

in recent years / in the last few years 

i was before but not anymore / used to be 

eg. i used to be good at cards but not anymore 

jealous – ji du 

eg. i am jealous of you 

envy – xian mu

eg. i envy you 

romantic (adj) – romance (n)

trusting – to trust people / things 

think a lot of things – i think about a lot of things / i think a lot 

something we cannot to do – we can’t do 

limitations – xian zhi

eg. we have a lot of limitations that we want to overcome 

want / need / have / can / can’t – to do (inside you)

could / would / should / must – do (other people push) 

hopeless < > hopeful

to lose hope < > to have a lot of hope 

eg. after lots of failure we often lose hope 

naive – to trust everyone and have no experience (due to age) – “nai eve” 

eg. i was naive when I was 15 years old 

mature < > naive 

my first love – chu lian