OpenF2F Class Notes 24 Mar (Trista)

After we were dating for one month, we went to that temple.

We visited that temple after one month of dating.

After our first month dating we went there.

We have a traditional that if you make a wish to Buddha…

Tradition

Pray to Buddha

We just married last month

We just got married last month

You want to a baby

You want to have a baby

You want to get/become pregnant

Maybe he met something serious so he go to there to be a monk

Maybe something terrible or sad happened to him so he would go there to be monk

Maybe he is suffering from something terrible so he will go there to become a monk

They very believe in this

They believe in this very much

They really believe in this

He very runs fast

He really runs fast

He runs very fast

Very – before an adj.

Really – before a verb or adj.

Just for thanks the Buddha

Just to thank Buddha

A small trip

We are going to Linshan temple this weekend. We went there after the first month of our dating and preyed to Buddha for our love. In China, there is a tradition that you should visit the Buddha again and thank Buddha if your wishes come true. We got married last month, so it’s time for us to go there again. So we decided to go there before going to honeymoon. Thank Buddha and in the meantime pray for our travel being nice and peace.
Although I don’t believe in Buddha or God, but sometimes I pray to Buddha when some some important things happened to me. For example, an important test like “Gaokao” ( a Chinese national test for high school students).
I think maybe it is not believing in it. It just help us to release our pressures or rely on something to hold on.

A small trip (a short trip)

We are going to Linshan temple this weekend. We went there after our first month of dating and prayed to Buddha for our love. In China, there is a tradition that you should visit the Buddha again and thank Buddha if your wishes come true. We got married last month, so it’s time for us to go there again. We decided to go there before going on our honeymoon to thank Buddha and in the meantime pray for nice and peaceful travel.
Although I don’t believe in Buddha or God, I sometimes pray to Buddha when something important happens to me. For example, an important test like “Gaokao” ( a Chinese national test for high school students).
I think maybe it is not about believing in it, It is just to help us release our pressures or rely on something to hold onto (rely on something bigger than ourselves)

Preyed

Prayed

Next time- talk about “help vs. help to” grammar