Demo Class Notes (Cyan W – Ally)

Vocabulary

psychology: study of mind

diagnosis: 诊断
ie. Can you give me a self-diagnosis of your English?

pharmaceutical: 制药的

fiction: novels/ stories

non-fiction: true books

intonation: 语调

mumble: 嘟哝; 口齿不清地说;

optimistic: 乐观 pessimistic：悲观
ie. She has an optimistic(adjective) view of the future.
ie. She sees the future with optimism. (n)/optimistically (adverb).

alphabet： ABCDE。。。

elite: 上层集团; (统称)掌权人物，社会精英

back and forth: 一来一去

Grammar

ology = study of

roll my eyes = 翻白眼

with a little difficulty = still a little difficult
without too much difficulty = pretty easy

few/a few
Cyan has a few friends. =  more than 1 friend
Cyan has few friends. = emphasize on not a lot of friends

2007 = twenty – o – seven/two thousand and seven
2010= twenty ten

I can read, I can write.. but I speak English… for several times…
I can read and write (things) in English without difficulty. But it’s more difficult for me to speak English./But when I speak English, on occasion/occasionally … 

I need to prepare my oral English in exams but I never use English in my daily life
I need to prepare for my oral English exams but I never use English in my daily life.
I need to practice my oral English …

I started to learn English at 14…
I started to learn/started learning English from 14 years old, that’s much later beginning compared with other people my age.
I’ve been studying English since 14 years old. That’s a much later beginning(n) compared with other people my age.
I’ve only just started to learn English at 14 years old, which is very late compared to other people my age.

I have no chance to speak English to speak with my classmates and foreign friends.
I don’t have too many chances to practice my oral English with my classmates and foreign friends.

Every time I can got high scores in exams.
Although speaking English is hard for me, getting high scores on exams is not.
Although it’s a bit difficult/problematic for me to use English fluently in daily life, I could always get high scores on exams/I always did well on exams.

I found something -> I realized something