Open F2F Class Notes_27th Apr (Harmony)

How was your day? – different than How are you?

• More specific “it was good, it was bad, it’s okay, it’s been busy”

I have married/ were married – I was married (past tense)

I work is very busy – My work is very busy/  I am very busy at work

I want to Change a good job – I want to change to a good/better job/   I want to change my job

Fun:  something that makes you happy.

Ex:  For fun, I will play with my son.

Cruel (crewl)

Life is very cruel and very actually – Life is very cruel and very difficult/ merciless

Merciless:  does not forgive, shows no mercy.

Forgive:  to accept someone’s apology when they do something wrong.  Or to not be mad at someone if they upset you. 

Ex:  My friend forgave me because she is nice.

Ex:  I will forgive my son if he spills his food.

TV Series: 电视剧.  Many episodes of a television show. 

They are help the girl – they help the girl to feel happy

Very true/truly – Very real

I 16 from Harbin to Shanghai – I moved to Shanghai from Harbin when I was 16

Original:

The life is cruel and merciless, especially stranger graduate in Shanghai. They haven’t folk, housing and true friend. Unless they are very excellent otherwise they haven’t get good job. They must hardly study new work and to manage their emotion. Sometimes EQ is more important than IQ. The young people usually fall in love, but they possible suddenly separate form bf or gf when they meet better one. It’s very actual when they choose marry object.

Edited:

Life is cruel and merciless, especially outsiders who graduate in Shanghai. They don’t have folks, housing or true friends. Unless they are very excellent they don’t get a good job. They must study new work hard, and manage their emotions. Sometimes EQ is more important than IQ. The young people usually fall in love, but it’s possible/likely they will suddenly separate from their bf or gf when they meet a better one. There are more factors than just love when two people get married.

Haven’t the/ they haven’t – They don’t have

Hardly:  barely, almost not at all

Ex:  They barely study at all.

Reality:  real life

Snob:  someone who only like the best things in life, and looks down on anything they think isn’t “the best”.