F2F Class Notes 12th November (Selma)

November 12, 2016Demo StudentAngela

Vocabulary

to be diagnosed (v) – doctors identify which disease/illness you have

e.g. Angela’s uncle was diagnosed when he was 53.

twins (n) – getting pregnant once but giving birth to two children

triplets (n) – getting pregnant once but giving birth to three children

quadruplets (n) – getting pregnant once but giving birth to four children

to adopt (v) – to take in a child who is not biologically yours from an orphanage, to take in a child that has been abandoned by its parents

e.g. Can you adopt a child in China?

比较少 – not that many/ very small amount / the chance of that happening is very small

e.g. I didn’t hear about that in my social circles.

e.g. I think it does not happen that often.

Orphan (n) – a child who is abandoned by its parents

e.g. Orphans live in an orphanage.

Orphanage (n) – a place where orphans live

e.g. Are there many orphanages in Shanghai?

Real-estate (n) – a name for all living places such as apartments, houses, etc

The rate at which the real-estate prices are increasing is unreasonable.

Nursing Home (n) – a place where old people live when they can no longer take care of themselves

e.g. Selma’s grandparents still do not live in a nursing home.

In the last two years, some of my classmates gave birth to their second child.

Will you give birth to a brother for me?

I think I will be closer to a child I gave birth to, as opposed to a child I adopted.

So they can adopt some children a child.

The gap/distance between and the rich and the poor is more than severe. For example, the rich earn more than 20 times what the poor earn.

So many people want to get rich quickly by committing a crime.

The rate at which the real-estate prices are increasing is unreasonable.

Orphanage – or-pha-neg