F2F Class Notes 1st March (Tanya) [s]

Vocabulary

To be offended –  to feel bad about something someone says or does to you

e.g. If Jay says Belgium is stupid, I’d be offended.

To raise a child – 养小孩子，to teach a child everything as they get older and grow up

e.g. It’s really hard to raise children properly. There’s no guidebook.

Original

I felt I should be more responsibility when I became a father when my daughter was borned. And another thing I realise is that I should earn much money for her. If you want to teach your kids buy better education, you have to pay much money on much things. On the other hand you must be ready to divide most of your spare time to raise her.

Every father should be more patient. Especially when you just got home and your kid starts to cry immediately. It’s very frustrating. Although it was very hard, you also can get much satisfaction and achieved because you’re raising a child.

There is rarely person to know how to raise children best.

Correction

I felt I should become more responsible when I became a father when my daughter was born. And another thing I realised is that I should earn a lot of money for her. If you want to give your kids better education, you have to spend a lot of money on many things. On the other hand you must be ready to devote most of your spare time to raise her.

Every father should be more patient. Especially when you just got home and your kid starts crying immediately. It’s very frustrating. Although it is very hard, you can also get much satisfaction and feel a lot of pride because you’re raising a child.

There is nearly no person who knows how to raise children best.

Grammar

A person is frustrated (person) 

Something is frustrating (thing)

To be responsible (adjective)

To have responsibility (noun)

rarely – nearly no (frequency (time) vs amount)

Listen to recording of text + read out loud next class