F2F Class Notes 18th February (Jesse)

i have tried to learn swimming several times but all of them failed, when i was 5-6 years old, as a child i was choosen into a swimming team because maybe my body structure is fit to be a swimmer but the first time we took practice i saw the teachers threw the children into the water, maybe everybody has an instinct to survive in the water so teachers thought that was the normal action to throw the children into the water and they can learn swim by themselves scene. I was very afraid in my heart. I ran out of the swimming area and from that time though i tried several times to learn swimming, every time failed. I think it is object my heart.

i have tried to learn to swim several times but i failed every time. when i was 5-6, as a child i was chosen to join a swimming team because maybe my body structure is suitable for being a swimmer but the first time we practiced i saw the teachers were throwing / throwing the children into the water / swimming pool, maybe everybody has an instinct to survive / a survival instinct in the water so teachers thought that it was normal to throw children into the water and that they can learn to swim by themselves. I was physically afraid when i saw that scene. I ran out of the swimming area and from that time on / forward / until now, though i tried several times to learn to swim, i still failed every time. I think it is like a phobia.

Grammar

it is normal to do sth 

i think that it is good to do this, and that it is good to do that.

learn to swim / learn how to swim / take a swimming class

i like to teach / i like teaching

Vocabulary

reaction (n)
eg. when I saw the teacher throwing the kids into the water my natural reaction was to run away
eg2. when people offer me something to eat, my reaction is always to say “no thank you”

run into – to meet sb by chance
eg. i ran into Jesse on the way to class

strange foreigner – a foreigner who is a stranger 

affect you later in life

i’m afraid of heights 

I got it / I get it = ming bai

body type / structure

get into = become inside of

phobia – a fear of sth that has no logic to it
eg. i have a phobia of swimming