Open F2F Class Notes_1st June (Harmony)

Single Parent:  single mom/single dad.  Someone who is raising kids without a spouse.

How are you?

• Fine thanks, and you?
• I’m fine. What did you do today? / How is your day going?

How is your day going?

• It’s good/It’s okay/ It’s fine/ It’s awful, and you?

What’s up? (what’s going on?) – casual.

• Not much (not much is going on)/nothing special

Eg.  Harmony at a desk, and I’m busy at work.

Chen walks in

Harmony: what’s up?   (what do you need?)

Chen:  oh nothing/ oh I need help with…/ do you want lunch?

WAZZZUPPP:  slang for hello.  Usually said in a funny way between friends.

Howdy – cowboy (how do you do?):  hello, doesn’t really need a response anymore.

Eg.  Howdy.  Howdy/ hello!

How are you doing?

• Doing good, doing well, doing okay, doing whatever. And you?

Original:

Children’s day
My colleagues and I talked about children’s day yesterday, and I found that we all want to have a children’s day again. Not only we can get one day off, but also we all want to return a child again so that we don’t need to be worried about work, money and anything annoyed as a adult. It is an interesting social phenomenon that some adult, especially from 25-35, are desire to be a child again and miss our childhood so much. In our childhood, children’s day is a big day for us. Our parents also ask for leave to take us to a park and buy some food we always wanted to eat, like KFC which is a dream food of our generation as it is pretty expensive and we could only eat 2 or 3 times in a year.
Also, we compared our childhood and this generation. We think we are happier than them because nowadays, children just focus on their phone or pad without any communication with others. We know every child in our community and we played together after school, table tennis, basketball or just chasing each other. We are concerned about this generation. However, I find every generation are concerned about the next generation as what they do and think are totally different with the older’s. The older can’t understand their mindset, but it’s ok, every generation grow good and become a main force of society. So don’t be worried about them, they will be good.

Edited:

Children’s day
My colleagues and I talked about children’s day yesterday, and I found that we all want to have a children’s day again. Not only we can get one day off, but also we all want to go back to being a child again so that we don’t need to be worried about work, money and anything else annoying as an adult. It is an interesting social phenomenon that some adults, especially from 25-35, desire to be a child again and miss our childhood so much. In our childhood, children’s day was a big day for us. Our parents also ask for leave to take us to a park and buy some food that we always wanted to eat, like KFC which was a dream food of our generation as it was pretty expensive and we could only eat 2 or 3 times in a year.
Also, we compared our childhood to this generations childhood. We think we are happier than them because nowadays, children just focus on their phone or ipad without any communication with others. We knew every child in our community and we played together after school, table tennis, basketball or just chasing each other. We are concerned about this generation. However, I find every generation is concerned about the next generation as what they do and think is totally different from the previous. The older generation can’t understand their mindset, but it’s ok, every generation grows up and becomes a main force of society. So don’t be worried about them, they will be okay.

It is of importance = it’s important.  (more written English)

Eg.  It is of upmost importance.